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Shadow clinicians and technicians in casting residual limbs and creating and modifying prosthetic sockets to fit patient needs. I shadow every part of the prosthetics making process from casting patients to doing final adjustments on the finished prosthetic.

Analysis of the interaction between a residual limb and prosthetic socket to determine theoptimal tissue morphology for ideal skin health in transfemoral amputations (ongoing) o Use finite element analysis to model uniform application of pressure to a residual limb and analyze the results for peak pressures on the skino Compare the peak pressures on the skin between different tissue morphologies when uniform pressure is appliedo Use finite element modeling to model the interaction between a residual limb and prosthetics socket

I am the hardware lead for a neurotech and brain computer interfacing student organization at the University of Texas at Austin. Our projects are: a neuroprosthetic arm, EEG controlled VR avatar, and an EEG controlled rover.My responsibilities are: Lead a team of 10 people to design and develop brain-computer interfacing projectsUtilize Jira to plan a year long, multiphase project and Fusion 360 and Blender to design and create hardware for the project

● Taught complex chemistry and organic chemistry topics to college students● Oversee daily operations of the tutoring service, including managing up to 20 tutors and ensuring smooth delivery of academicsupport services for engineering students

Developed a machine learning model for hamstring injury in the hamstring muscle group. Using coherent point drift, principal component analysis, and image segmentation, I developed a preprocessing pipeline for parametrizing the muscle shapes to implement a predictive AI model. This model would predict which athletes are anatomically predisposed to hamstring injuries, allowing us to prescribe preventative exercises to them. TO speed up this preprocessing pipeline, I automated the process to run in the background, allowing anyone who uses it to work on other projects while processing the data.

Research Assistant: Synthesis and application of bioactive hydrogel foam in the process of healing chronic wounds o Created and tested device to mechanically foam a polyethylene glycol-based hydrogel o Compared the stability and pore size of hydrogel foams made by hand and by the deviceo Used cell culturing to grew, mesenchymal stem cells and isolate the bioactive factors of the cells to apply them to the hydrogel foamo Using cell culturing, established a protocol for quantifying the production of collagen in human dermalfibroblastso Characterized the effects of sterilization and storage on hydrogel foam gel fraction and swelling ratio