Meet the Mentor:
Stephanie Owen
3M Specialist Advanced Product Development, Transportation and Electronics Business
Electronics Materials Solutions Division
As a product development engineer in the Electronics Materials Solutions Division at 3M, Stephanie invents, prototypes, and launches innovative new products to enable the high-speed data center market. She leads new-to-the-world global projects, including her recent work on 3MTM Expanded Beam Optics technology. She also contributes to various interconnect technologies, including copper and optical data transmission.
When Stephanie is not developing new products, she spends her time reading thriller novels, trying new foods, traveling, and observing the rich biodiversity under the waves while scuba diving. Stephanie also volunteers with GirlStart to empower K-12 girls to embrace the importance of STEM through demonstrations, workshops, and experiments and uses her unique perspective to help build a more inclusive workplace for all through D&I workshops.
Stephanie has both a master’s of science and bachelor’s of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas Cockrell School of Engineering.
Driven by her passion for the ever-expanding electronics industry, Stephanie’s expertise in product development, project management, and commercialization brings new ideas into realized products.
Mentees
Sarah Wang
The Spring Epilepsy Detection Glove
Meet Sarah. Sarah developed The Spring Epilepsy Detection Glove, a glove that can detect tonic-clonic and myoclonic epileptic seizures with common hand movements.
Samaira Mehta
OVision - The Automatic Assessment of Ovarian Cancer Features & Mesothelin Protein Overexpression from Histopathological Images using Deep Learning
Ovarian cancer (OC) is the deadliest cancer of the female reproductive organs. 65% of ovarian cancer patients die each year in the United States alone. The best way to reduce that number is for doctors to develop a treatment plan that is specific to the patient and their condition.