International Women in Engineering Day is June 23, 2022!
At HealthTech Connex, we are celebrating our amazing women in engineering in our team who have been instrumental in driving innovation in brain health technology. From software engineering, quality assurance, research, to data analysis, they have played a vital role in driving our purpose forward – to transform ground‐breaking research & development into solutions that can positively impact brain health around the world.
This is the story of Tory Frizzell, our R&D Scientist.
Why did you choose engineering as a profession? Considering your experience so far, what do you love most about engineering?
I was fairly dismayed as a child when I found out that “Mad Scientist” and “Inventor” weren’t exactly degrees you could take in school. At that age, I loved taking things apart and coming up with wild inventions. They were things like shoes that would walk for me (we were doing a lot of hiking that day), a Rube Goldberg-esque flamingo trap (for one that had escaped the zoo), and mechanical wings that I could fit my backpack over.
I might not get to put “Inventor” on my resume, but I found what I loved in biomedical engineering. Ultimately, I picked engineering because I wanted a career where I could use creativity and innovation to solve problems. I love it because every day can be a little bit different. The breadth and variety of skills needed to tackle the unique problems in biomedical engineering poses a rewarding challenge.
My title is now R&D Scientist (the “Mad” is implied), but that means getting to innovate and work to improve lives with my everyday career. I’m lucky enough to work in an environment where my skills are celebrated and respected, and the solutions I come up with have tangible impacts on the world around me.