McKayla Kruger, McCormick School of Engineering, comes from Litchfield, Minnesota, and is majoring in Manufacturing and Design Engineering while pursuing a minor in Global Health Studies.  Her goal is to “design affordable, adaptable medical devices” that will help improve outcomes, with special interests in diabetic innovations and biometric devices for athletes – as she is passionate about ultrarunning (running distances beyond the marathon - 26.2 miles).  Her minor in Global Health is essential to achieving her “long term vision of creating biomedical solutions that are globally accessible and socially responsible.”