Victoria Vastis is an experienced professional in the fields of mechanical design engineering and tissue engineering research. Current involvement includes a role as a Tissue Engineering Researcher at Allegheny Health Network. Past experience includes serving as a Teaching Assistant in the Engineering Core at Carnegie Mellon University, as well as holding mechanical design engineering positions at Neuralink, focused on surgical robot hardware, and at Lead-In Record Co. Additionally, Victoria Vastis completed a Master's capstone project at Koppers Inc., combining expertise in mechanical engineering and UX research.