Ella Chegwidden

0452336105

ella.m.chegwidden@student.uts.edu.au

linkedin.com/in/ella-chegwidden

 

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Final-year Biomedical Engineering student with hands-on industry experience at Inara Technologies and academic experience as a casual faculty staff member at UTS’s Faculty of Engineering and IT. I bring strong communication skills, a practical understanding of biomedical technologies, and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

 

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EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), Biomedical                                      February 2023 - December 2026 (expected)

University of Technology, Sydney, NSW

• Student as partner grant recipient 2024

• WEIT Gender equity ambasador 2023-2024

• FEIT CAREER Compass Champion 2023-2024

• Soul badge recipient 2023

 

Diploma of Innovation                                                                                                     June 2023 - December 2024

University of Technology, Sydney NSW

 

ATAR and Higher School Certificate                                                                                                    December 2022

Inaburra School, Bangor NSW

 

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Biomedical Engineer Intern                                                                                                            July 2025 - present

Inara Technologies

• Design of clinical trial and navigation of the ethical approval process and applications

• Conducting a review of literature and internal documents for product validation and research ideation.

 

UTS student partner                                                                                                                       July 2024 - present

UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT (FEIT)

• Utilised my dedication and commitment to tasks to facilitate seminars and construct high-quality portfolios with students.

• Collaborating professionally with professors and peers to assist students in progressing with their professional preparation.

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Private Mathematics tutor                                                                                                        January 2023 - present

Self-employed

• Developed excellent time management and organisation to construct a weekly schedule that accommodates the needs of each student.

• Utilised resourcefulness to construct and distribute materials to assist each student, depending on their needs for the week and upcoming assessments.

 

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RELEVANT VOLUNTEERING

WEIT Gender Equity Ambassador                                                                                                July 2023 - July 2024

UTS WEIT

• Provided a high standard of Communication with teachers and my fellow ambassadors to effectively educate students during outreach programs.

• Utilised and developed my resourcefulness and adaptability to effectively use the technologies available to the students at their school.

 

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TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

Academic report writing - Developed as a student partner for Faculty movements at UTS, for which my peers and I received a SaP grant. Report writing skills are also evident in our publication from 2024.

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Professional Communication and Collaboration - At both Inara and UTS, I maintain high professional communication and collaboration with coworkers to facilitate and complete daily tasks.

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Time management - My excellent time-management skills were commended on by peers who are also completing the WEIT Gender Equity Ambassador program.

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User-focused content generation - Developed through seminar and workshop creation for up to 400 UTS students, helping students develop portfolios and career awareness.

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TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Medical-Device Engineering: Fusion 360, SOLIDWORKS, rapid prototyping & 3-D printing, ethical review and regulatory affairs.

• Biomedical Engineering: Next generation Sequencing, immunostaining and fluorescent microscopy, Nano-particle based cell imaging and detection, and Bioprinting (CELLINK and LinuX).

• Programming & Data Pipelines: C/C++, Python, Git/GitHub flow, SOLIDWORKS and KNIME Analytics Platform.

• Signal & Data Analytics: MATLAB, Excel—time-series filtering, envelope detection, statistical significance testing and LABVIEW.

 

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REFEREES

Available on request