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Emerging Leader Awards
2021
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Robert Hamilton, chief scientific officer at NovaSignal, developed the core technology by combining artificial intelligence, robotics and automated cerebral ultrasound which led to the company’s founding in 2013. To date, the company has raised more than $70 million in venture financing and has developed and received regulatory clearance for two medical devices, including the first fully automated ultrasound.
As a dual degree student, he earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the College of Idaho and a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Washington University in 2008. He earned master’s and doctoral degrees in biomedical engineering from the University of California.
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Patti Harburg-Petrich is a principal and the United States West Coast Aviation Lead at Buro Happold. As a structural engineer and LEED accredited professional for Building Design + Construction, Harburg-Petrich takes a holistic approach to green building. She leads a multidisciplinary team for the new Midfield Satellite Concourse at Los Angeles International Airport. The project targets net zero energy and carbon neutrality. In 2015, she was named Young Engineer of the Year by the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California for her outstanding contributions in the engineering profession.
Harburg-Petrich earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree in structural engineering from Washington University in 2005.
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Lt. Col. David Levene is chief of the advanced capabilities division for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office and leads a 30-member team on specialized projects to rapidly design, develop, test and field advanced technical capabilities.
A graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Levene was a combat-experienced experimental test weapons systems officer with more than 1,300 flight hours in the F-15E and nearly 30 other military and civilian aircraft.
A member of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps as an undergraduate, Levene earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Washington University in 2005 and two master’s degrees from the Air Force Institute of Technology.
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As a machine learning research manager at Apple, Brent Ramerth is responsible to develop the software and statistical models that allow for power predictive keyboards and autocorrection on the iPhone operating system. He holds seven patents for innovations in natural language processing and autocorrection. He particularly cherishes his design of a novel keyboard for the Cherokee language, the first of its kind on mobile platforms.
A Langsdorf Scholar, Ramerth earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Washington University in 2007 and a master’s degree in human language technology from the University of Arizona in 2008.
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As a Canada Research Chair and professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Victoria, Stephanie Willerth’s research group uses stem cell-based bioengineering to address biological problems in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. She develops engineered tissues suitable for transplantation in the human nervous system to treat diseases or to repair damaged tissue in the spinal cord.
In 2020, Willerth co-founded Axolotl Biosciences, which provides turn-key reagents for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Her book, “Engineering Neural Tissue Using Stem Cells,” was published in 2017.
Willerth earned master’s and doctoral degrees in biomedical engineering from Washington University in 2008. She also earned bachelor’s degrees in biology and chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.