Peder is a student in the Surgical Innovation track of the PhD Innovation program in the Thayer School of Engineering. Originally from Minnesota, he comes to DBEC directly following undergraduate study in mechanical engineering at South Dakota State University (BS, 2019). He comes in with internship experiences at 3M Health Care, Mayo Clinic’s Motion Analysis Lab, and humanitarian engineering work with Resource Exchange International in Indonesia. Peder enjoys running, mountain biking, and Nordic skiing in his free time.