Will Gilkeson

Will Gilkeson is from Asheville, NC and majored in Engineering with a concentration in Biomedical Engineering. His time in Wake Forest Engineering has allowed him to cultivate his passion for Biomedical Engineering while also developing his skills in 3D printing and Robotics. Will’s capstone design project, the Tunnel Robot, is working to provide a way to safely monitor the conditions of the WFU tunnel system without the need to send a person to make manual inspections in sections of tunnel that might be potentially hazardous.  His team is working under the guidance of Dr. Hunter Bachman, Dr. Erin Henslee, and Dr. Kyle Luthy.  In addition to his capstone design project, Will worked at Eaton Corporation during the summer of 2021 as a Manufacturing Engineer Intern.

Will’s favorite engineering class was EGR 312, where he enjoyed the coding aspects that led great lessons in Problem Solving. In his undergraduate research experience, Will participated in a research study under Dr. Ashely Weaver titled “Quantitative CT and MRI-based Modeling Assessment of Dynamic Vertebral Strength and Injury Risk Following Long-Duration Spaceflight”. In this study he scaled an industry standard vertebrae model to better represent the surface geometry of NASA astronauts based on MRIs and CT scans. Will also played timpani in both the WFU Orchestra and Wind Ensemble.

Post-Graduation, Will is accepting a job as a Technical Solutions Engineer at Epic Systems in Madison, WI.

Second Major, Minor, Concentration – Engineering (concentration: BME)

Internship(s) – Eaton Corporation / Manufacturing Engineer

Undergraduate Research – Dr. Ashley Weaver / Spaceflight Injury Risk / Modeling

Study Abroad –

Leadership –

Other – Orchestra / Timpani