Congratulations to our BFIL alum, Catherine Eleanor Hawkins, for being named to Tulane 34, one of the university’s highest honors! Catherine earned her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Electrical Engineering and was recognized for her exceptional leadership in the Society of Women Engineers, her impactful STEM outreach, and her work on the Toddler Mobility Trainer project. At BFIL, she completed an independent thesis designing a metal housing for photoacoustic imaging using ultrasound and laser technologies. Catherine will join Medtronic in Colorado as a quality engineer in the Neuroscience Business Unit.