Mia Albery

Mia Albery is from Denver, CO and is interested in using data and mathematical models to explore solutions to real-life situations.  Her time in Wake Forest Engineering has allowed her to cultivate these passions and experience a variety of engineering disciplines, exploring and understanding the subjects that she has become most passionate about.  Mia’s capstone design project, the Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, is to design a net zero energy home for middle class families while considering both the environmental and economic impacts.  Her team is working under the guidance of Dr. Hunter Bachman (WFU Engineering) and Prof. Nick Lutzweiler (WFU Engineering) to protype their concept and improve energy efficiency in home construction.  In addition to her capstone design project, Mia worked with Dr. Saami Yazdani (WFU Engineering) to design a 3D printed biodegradable stent to treat periphery artery disease

Mia’s favorite courses were Structural Engineering where she learned to design and construct model bridges and EGR 312 (Computational Modeling in Engineering) where she learned to fit statistical curves to real-time COVID-19 data.  Mia has been active during her time at Wake Forest University, playing on the Wake Forest Women’s Soccer Team and volunteering at the Boys and Girls Club of Winston-Salem.  She has not hesitated to get more involved with community outreach either, spending her time in community service organizations like Hit the Bricks and Desk.

Mia has been accepted at UC Berkeley and plans to pursue a Master’s degree in in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research after graduation.

Second Major, Minor, Concentration – Mathematics, Spanish

Undergraduate Research – Dr. Sami Yazdani (Biodegradable 3D Printed Stent)

Other – Varsity Women’s Soccer, Boys and Girls Club of Winston-Salem, Hit the Bricks, Desk!