'''Serving as UIF Since: '''Spring 2018 [[File:Jessica Aldrich2.jpg|right|Jessica Aldrich2.jpg]]<br/>'''School:'''Wichita State University<br/>'''What does she do now:''' Masters in Biomedical Engineering, WUIFx program director<br/>'''What that means:''' Developed an empathy based design thinking curriculum to empower high school students to make positive change in our community while completing my graduate studies
<br/>'''Contact her about:''' Design thinking workshops, facilitating design competitions, high school programming, Pop-up events, guest lectures, community development, relational leadership, trying to do too many things at once.<br/>'''E-Mail:'''jxaldrich@gmail.com<br/>'''Phone:''' 785-250-3916
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<br/> Jessica Aldrich is a University Innovation Fellow at Wichita State University. She is a masters student in Biomedical Engineering and received her BS from Wichita State in May 2018. During her undergraduate career, Jessica studied Biomedical Engineering with minors in Math and General Business. She spent her freshman year as a student athlete playing volleyball at Avila University before transferring to Wichita State. After graduation, Jessica spent the summer working on her thesis and spent a few weeks in Europe taking a course in design from the University of Twente.