Congrats to Lyndsey Bouve, Dallas SWE’s July Member of the Month!
Lyndsey graduated with her bachelor’s in biomedical engineering from the University of Arkansas in 2021. During her time at Arkansas, she sought opportunities beyond the classroom and became heavily involved in the Student Ambassadors program where she served as VP and President of the organization that is responsible for leading campus tours to prospective students. She also studied abroad for 6 weeks one summer in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her senior design project, which involved 3D printing a practice spirometry device, solidified her interest in product design/development which helped shape her career goals.
Following graduation, she pursued her master’s in biomedical engineering through a joint program with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the University of Memphis back in her hometown of Memphis, TN. While in graduate school she worked in two unique lab spaces—one featuring a robotic testing platform for cadaver tissue testing, and the other being a movement science laboratory, complete with motion capture camera systems and a variety of wearable sensors. Her thesis involved a blend of these lab spaces for the design, fabrication, and testing of an offloading backpack system with the goal of alleviating heavy loads off the shoulders and spine.
She started to attend social events with the Memphis SWE chapter during graduate school and found it empowering to be around other women in engineering as she was preparing to make the transition from academia to industry.
After graduating in December 2023, she moved to Texas and started her first professional role as a Product Design Engineer at Retractable Technologies, Inc in Little Elm. She is excited to be supporting the design and production of new safety syringes that help protect healthcare workers from accidental needle sticks in both domestic and international markets.
Lyndsey was excited to see how active the Dallas chapter was and that they had many opportunities for involvement around her new city. All it took was attending one Dallas SWE event in January 2024 and meeting a few kind members to want to get involved. She joined the Outreach Committee shortly after so that she could be involved in giving back to the community.
Lyndsey is passionate about STEM education and mentorship for young women who are in or pursuing STEM fields and she is excited to be a part of the Outreach Committee so that she can help young students learn about different paths that are available in STEM. She has enjoyed every event that she has been a part of through Dallas SWE so far and is excited to continue making connections and friends through this organization.
Outside of work, she enjoys concerts, trying new coffee shops, reading, and attending creative workshops (her favorites include floral design, pottery, and sewing).
She hopes to see you at the next SWE event — if you see her, come say hi!
