Dr. Imen Elloumi-Hannachi is a multi-disciplinary applied sciences and engineering expert, currently heading the STEM Engineering Capstone Program and Industry Partnership at UW Bothell, with a background in biotechnology, protein engineering, mechanical engineering, and scientific computing and machine learning. Her core focus, at UW, as well as in prior roles, was the challenging but rich intersection of academia, R&D, and product strategy. She received her National Engineer’s Diploma in Bioindustrial Engineering from the INSAT, in Tunis, Tunisia. She also holds a master’s in Marine Biotechnology and Fisheries Science, from the INAT, Tunis, Tunisia, and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology (now the Institute of Science Tokyo). She has performed research at the Institute of Advanced BioMedical Engineering and of Science (ABMES), Tokyo Women’s Medical University, and at the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA. She has also held several industry positions, including as a co-founder of a startup that was spun off of the Institute for Systems Biology, in Seattle, that focused on data and AI for drug development and clinical research, and as the head of marketing and product executive for a major supplier of research grade chemical manufacturing company based out of South Carolina. Elloumi-Hannachi is always looking to expand the capstone program’s reach. If your organization has a complex engineering problem to solve, looking for a customized solution, regardless of industry, reach out to uwb-eng-capstone@uw.edu to discuss how a UW Bothell student engineering team can provide the solution.