Racing

Into Leadership
Jessika Decker
Getting Racer Ready…
1.) Pack My Bag
2.) Get Up the Mountain
3.) Slip the Course
4.) Stretch and Think
5.) Pep Talks
6.) Line Up
7.) Racer Ready?
 Jessika Leigh Decker
973-919-1589 • jleighd0036@gmail.com
Education

Pack My Bag
University of Rhode Island May 2018
Bachelor of Science: Biomedical Engineering GPA: 3.86/4.00
Minor: Leadership Studies, Honors Program Dean’s List
Skill Summary
Computer Applications: Proficient in Matlab, OS X and Microsoft, Experience with Multisim and SolidWorks
Programming: Experience with C++, Android Studio, and Java
Hardware: Soldering, Printed Circuit Board Analysis, and Electronic Test Equipment
Related Work Experience
Summer 2017 CREmedical, Kingston, RI
to present Intern
• Run experiments using CREmedical’s Tripolar Concentric Ring Electrodes (TCREs), for research
and product development
• Collect EEG data using Twin EEG & LTM Clinical Software and analyze data using Matlab
• Develop 3D printed cap holders for the TCREs and modify and test printed circuit boards
Senior Capstone Project, Monitoring pain in individuals who are nonverbal using a video-based algorithm and
Android Application
• Member of a three-person team to create a video-based image analysis pain detection monitoring
system with an Android app notification method (Currently Enrolled, Two Semester Project),
Hardware Manager
• Funded by the University of Rhode Island Undergraduate Research & Innovation
Publications, Posters, and Proceedings
Decker, J., Steele, P., Al-Bakri, A., Sunderam, S., Ding, L., Besio, W. (2017, Dec). Interictal Narrow-Band High-
Frequency Activity in Noninvasive Tripolar Electroencephalography is not Electromyograhic Interference.
Poster and platform for the 71th Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society in Washington, D.C.
Decker, J., Bellisle, R. (2017, May). The Biomechanics of Music Performance. Poster presented at the University
of Rhode Island Annual Honors Conference in Kingston, RI. Published in URI Digital Commons.
Related Coursework and Projects
*Currently Enrolled
Related Coursework: *Neural Engineering, *Biomaterials, Physiological Modeling and Control Systems, Medical
Imaging and Lab, Biomedical Instrumentation Design and Lab, Linear Systems and Signals, Statistics, Bioelectricity,
Introduction to Biomechanics, Digital Circuits Design, Communicating Differences
Honors Project, The Biomechanics of Music Performance
Collaborated with a partner to examine the mechanisms of musical performance to prove and explain the
effectiveness of the accepted positioning of a flute and oboe
Leadership Experience
2016 URI Student Engineering Council
to present Co-Chair (2017 to present)
Theta Tau Delegate (2016 to 2017)
Maintain engineering organizations working together to overall benefit the College of
Engineering
2016 Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society), URI Beta Chapter
to present Treasurer (2017 to present)
2015 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society , URI Student Chapter
to present Communications Chair (2017 to present)
Vice President (2016 to 2017)
Assisted in presenting research at an IEEE International Engineering in Medicine and
Biology Conference, Orlando, FL
2015 Theta Tau, Sigma Gamma Chapter-“A Professional Engineering Fraternity”
to present E-Council Theta Tau Delegate (2016 to 2017)
 Who am I?
• Relator
• Achiever
• Maximizer
• Responsibility
• Harmony

“You need to have your own act together before you can lead others”
Get Up the Mountain
Manage My Emotions
HDF 190: FLITE
Slip the Course
Critically Think
ELE 212: Linear Circuit
Theory Lab
Stretch and Think
Constructivism
BME 363:
Bioinstrumentation
Lab

• Ask questions
• Further explore
• Research
• Re-asses
Pep Talks
Inclusive Leadership

HDF 190 -> E-Council

Line Up
Accepting Feedback
BME 485: Senior
Capstone Design

Monitoring pain in individuals who are nonverbal using a video-based

algorithm and Android application
Rachel Bellisle, Jessika Decker, and John McLinden

Develop image processing method and design Create an Android application that processes Monitor patient and alert caregiver if
algorithm in MATLAB images and performs algorithm in real time pain is detected

Adaptive Threshold Binary Filter

B

Cross Correlation
% match eyes = 81.30
Original Image Template Images % match mouth = 76.59

Participant P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8
% True 100 90 100 10 90 90 100 90
Positives
A
% match eyes = 95.88 % False 0 0 0 30 0 0 57 0
Take an New Image
% match mouth = 93.04 Positives
Image
Racer Ready?…5…4…3…