Lukha Thirion
Biomedical Engineering Student · Mechanical Design, Biosensing & Medical Devices
Biomedical Engineering student with a strong mechanical foundation, drawn to the intersection of neural engineering, biosensing, and wearable health technology. My work spans hands-on device design and plastic injection molding, biosensor characterization, and biomedical signal processing — building things that read the body's signals and turn them into meaningful data. This portfolio walks through my projects, research, technical skills, and the problems I love to solve.
About me
I am a Biomedical Engineering student at Grand Canyon University with a minor in Business Management and a strong mechanical foundation. I am drawn to the intersection of neural engineering, biosensing, and wearable health technology — the tools that read the body's signals and turn them into something meaningful.
My experience spans the full arc of medical device work. As a Research Lab Assistant and Project Manager at Labelle Labs, I design and prototype devices, characterize biosensors using electrochemical methods, and contribute to early sepsis-biomarker diagnostics research. I have hands-on experience with plastic injection molding — designing molded parts, operating and tuning the machines, and troubleshooting defects for a microneedle biosensor — as well as SolidWorks (CSWA certified), benchtop experimentation, and biomedical signal processing. I lead a 24-member multidisciplinary team and ground my design decisions in real clinical needs by working directly with physicians.
Alongside my research, I have built projects including a wound-healing device prototype, a neural spike detector, an ECG signal processing pipeline, and a live ultrapure-water quality monitoring dashboard — work that has sharpened my skills in SolidWorks, MATLAB, Python, and data analysis. I am a problem-solver at heart, most engaged when I am untangling a hard, open-ended challenge. Long term, I hope to keep building technology that reads and responds to the human body — with an eye toward graduate research in neural engineering and biosensing.
Design & Fabrication
CAD / SolidWorks (CSWA Certified), Plastic Injection Molding (Part Design, Machine Operation, Process Development, Defect Troubleshooting), Prototyping & Fabrication, DFM, Technical Drawings & Assemblies
Research & Testing
Biosensor Characterization (Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy), Study Design & Data Collection, Statistical Analysis (DOE), Laboratory Experimentation, Biomedical Signal Processing
Software
MATLAB (Modeling & Simulation), Python (Basic), C, Excel (Statistical Tools, Graphing), SolidWorks, GitHub
Résumé Highlights
Education
B.S. Biomedical Engineering — Grand Canyon University (Expected May 2028) Minor in Business Management | Ingram Honors College
Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Alpha Eta Mu Beta (AEMB — Biomedical Engineering Honor Society)
Experience
Research Lab Assistant & Project Manager — Biomedical Devices, Labelle Labs (injection molding, biosensor characterization, device design)
Signal Processing Projects — ECG Analysis & Neural Spike Detection (MATLAB, GitHub)
College of Engineering & Technology Intern — Grand Canyon Education
Clinical Shadowing — Abrazo Health Hospital
Core Skills
SolidWorks / CAD (CSWA Certified)
Plastic Injection Molding (part design, machine operation, process tuning)
Electrochemical Characterization (EIS)
MATLAB, Python, C
Biomedical Signal Processing
Design of Experiments (DOE) & Statistical Analysis
Lab Testing & Biomaterials Testing
Microscopy
Lab Safety & SOP Driven Procedures
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Projects
Wound Healing Device
CAD · Rapid Prototyping · Electromechanical Design · Biomedical Research
Designing and prototyping a novel electromechanical wound-healing device that uses direct-current stimulation and infrared light to accelerate tissue recovery. As Project Manager and Research Assistant, I lead a multidisciplinary team through iterative SolidWorks design, hands-on lab testing, and prototype refinement, validating proof-of-concept while grounding design decisions in real clinical needs alongside physicians
Injection Molded Microneedle Biosensor
Injection Molding · Part Design · Process Development · Biosensing
Designed injection-molded plastic parts for a microneedle biosensor device and ran the full manufacturing process end to end — setting up and operating the injection molding machine, developing and tuning process parameters, and troubleshooting part defects to improve quality. This project gave me hands-on experience translating a precision biomedical component from design into a repeatable manufacturing process.
ECG Signal Processing Pipeline
MATLAB · Git/GitHub · Signal Processing
Built an end-to-end ECG signal processing pipeline in MATLAB from scratch — writing custom Butterworth filters, detecting R-peaks, and computing heart-rate variability without relying on toolboxes. Organized the work into a structured GitHub repository with clear documentation and reproducible outputs, strengthening my skills in biomedical signal processing and research-driven coding.
Neural Spike Detector
MATLAB · Signal Processing · Neuroscience
Built a neural spike detection system in MATLAB that simulates extracellular recordings and identifies neuronal spikes using adaptive MAD-based thresholding and refractory logic. Evaluated detection performance against ground truth using precision, recall, and F1 metrics, with publication-quality visualizations. A self-directed project driven by my interest in neural engineering and brain-computer interfaces.
Repository & CAD
Links to my public work. Private items available upon request.
GitHub
Code samples, analysis notebooks, and small tooling.
CAD Library
SolidWorks design files and exports for selected projects, available on request.