Niya Rae Sheppard

Daughter of Member Leslee Deanes-Bryant.

Granddaughter of Member Clarice Kavanaugh.

Lousiana State University

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Bio-Medical Engineering.

Honors

Black Scholar Program Recipient (3x).

Board of Supervisors Full Tuition Academic Scholarship Recipient. Dean’s List (6x)

Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society Member. National Society of Leadership & Success. Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. National Society of Black Engineers Ambassador. Highest honors in Bio-Medical Engineering department (THE ONLY BLACK GIRL!!)

Campus Involvement

LSU NAACP, Black Student Union, Biological Engineering Student Organization, National Society of Black Engineers, The National Society of Leadership and Success, Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society, Black Scholar Academic Program, Student Christian Medical Association, Engineering Diversity Ambassador, Volunteer Services: Volunteers of America, You Aren’t Alone Project, Louisiana Hospice and Palliative Care, CareSouth Medical and Dental, Resource Center Volunteer, Volunteer LSU

Internships/Volunteer Work

Audible Esophageal Temperature Device August 2022 – May 2023-Worked with a small team to design and physically produce a device to audibly give temperature readings and alerts from a Biosense Webster esophageal stethoscope to a surgeon performing a cardiac ablation procedure.