Alec Cunningham Email & Phone Number

Fort Wayne, In, Us

Warsaw, Indiana, United States

• New product test method development• Wrote test protocols for Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and worked with external consultant for execution• Assisted in establishing design controls for various new systems• Data aggregation for legacy products

Purdue

Established this organization to foster student interest in intellectual property as well as to associate students with the field at a high level via events, speakers, and school visitations.

Worked with a professor form the Indiana University Center for Intellectual Property Research (CIPR) to analyze amount of oral testimony needed to defeat patent novelty; also studied the origins of indirect patent infringement.

Warsaw, Indiana

• Created a validated rework process for Porous Plasma Spray which included: - Technical research of biocompatible substrate materials and rework processes - Wrote technical memorandums and rationalizations - Created work instructions to control processes - Created failure mode analysis and assessed risk - Implemented processes - Project management, work delegation, and prioritization• Worked autonomously. Given high level goal at the beginning of the term and executed the project independently

• Facilitated tibia tray fixation test method development• Evaluated the affects surface finish on taper efficacy for implants• Instrumentation design & rapid prototyping• Wrote test protocols• Acted as recruiter at Purdue’s Industrial Roundtable• Worked heavily with remote team members (including international)

• Established compatibility between analogous instrumentation for legacy Zimmer and Biomet orthopedic systems• Created feature criticality assessments for outsourced instrumentation manufacturing• Implant concept rapid prototyping• Quality hold assessments & risk analysis

Manufactured patient specific lenses for ophthalmic correction