CEW+ celebrates Montana’s passion for engineering in medicine and names her an Irma M. Wyman Scholar.

Montana Lyjak is earning a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Montana knew she wanted to pursue a career in engineering from a young age, and when she underwent a spinal fusion for her scoliosis at the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in 2017, the experience further motivated her to pursue engineering in the context of medicine. Montana hopes to help others in the same way that she was helped.

At U-M, Montana is also involved in the Society of Women Engineers and the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program. She is a founding member of the WISE student programming board, which meets biweekly to develop ideas for the future of WISE and discuss how WISE can help students from students’ perspectives. Montana was elected onto the board of the U-M Archery Club; she has a passion for the sport, as well as an appreciation for what it has led her to learn about the human body and movement. Most recently, Montana joined the NeuRRo Lab to apply the skills she has learned in the classroom to research. She is recognized by her professors and mentors as a leader among undergraduate students with a keen ability to identify a given problem and develop a method to solve it.

After completing her bachelor’s degree at U-M, Montana intends to continue on to graduate school. She hopes to build a career developing prosthetics and other synthetic materials to aid individuals in pursuing activities that they previously weren’t able to.

CEW+ celebrates Montana’s passion for engineering in medicine and names her an Irma M. Wyman Scholar.