Danette Martinez

Danette Martinez is from Winston-Salem, NC and is interested in design as it relates to Engineering. Danette was granted the URECA Scholarship the summer following her freshman year, and she worked with Dr. Luthy on creating a wireless sensor network on environmental sensing nodes. She currently works in Dr. Weaver’s lab and segments CT scans of femurs to prepare them for analysis. The project research pertains to the effects of weight loss on bone densities of older people.  During her senior year, Danette has been hard at work as a member of the Autonomous Pelagic Profiling System capstone senior design team under the guidance of Dr. Kyle Luthy and Dr. Hunter Bachman (Wake Forest Engineering). The goal of the project is to provide an inexpensive means of exploration for environmental scientists and ecologists interested in collecting and retrieving data to a depth of 100 meters within bodies of water.

Upon her return to campus after studying abroad at the Wake Forest University Worrell House in London, England, Danette became involved with the Wake Forest Robotics Club. She has also taken an interest in the WFU Engineering E-Nable prosthetics Club where she and her peers print 3D prosthetics for people in need in our community.

After graduation, Danette plans to immediately enter the Engineering field with a product design and prototyping position.

• major/minor: Major in Engineering/ Minor in Math
• Undergraduate research: worked for Dr. Luthy in conjunction with Dr. Lowman to create wireless sensor networks on environmental sensing nodes. // now working in Dr. Weaver’s lab to assess the effects of weight loss on bone densities of older people.
• Leadership: member of the Wake Forest Robotics club and the WFU Engineering E-Nable Prosthetics Club
• Other: Study Abroad at Wake Forest University Worrell House in London, England