Brittany Smith attended the University of Connecticut where she earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in the Spring of 2020. During her time at UConn, she performed research with Dr. Gokirmak on investigating the temperature-dependence of MOSFETs and with Dr. Chon on developing an ECG, EMG, and EDA wearable device. In addition, she participated in an internship through the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program at the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory. While at her internship, she worked on creating an ingestible underwater blast detector. During her time at UConn, Brittany won numerous awards, including the UConn School of Engineering Outstanding Senior Women Academic Achievement Award and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, which she brought to Duke University when she started her PhD.
Brittany began her graduate career at Duke in 2020 under the mentorship of Dr. Franklin in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Brittany’s research focused on novel nanomaterial inks and print processing for sustainable electronic devices. At the time of her participation in the NYU Tandon First-Look program, she has been a co-author on 12 reports, of which she was a lead / co-first author on 4 and has presented her work at 6 conferences. Brittany was also a member of the Duke Materials Research Society and ECE Advocacy for Student Engagement leadership boards and an active member of the Duke SMIF outreach team. Brittany will be on the academic job market in the Fall of 2024, seeking a tenure-track assistant professor position at an R1 university.