Caroline Debrota Email & Phone Number

Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Mechanical Engineer, Product Engineering Team (June 2021-present):Responsible for design, development, maintenance, and verification of existing and new products.Design of parts for plastics injection molding using CAD (Onshape).Development and testing of new products and systems.Co-op Manager (June 2023-present):Responsible for managing two engineering.

Nashua, New Hampshire, United States

• Hands-on involvement in all stages of the biomedical product development process in a small entrepreneurial team
• Created and presented attractive and informative pitch decks to prospective clients
• Created formal grant proposals to NIH using strong technical writing and organizational skills
• Managed three interns and provided engineering counsel for their technical projects
• Organized and led volunteer effort to laser-cut, sew and distribute 3,000 + cloth face masks for COVID-19 relief using a mask pattern I adapted and improved for the purpose

Manchester, New Hampshire

• Designed and refined complex test fixtures capable of creating and maintaining pressure settings in a fluid system. Test fixture development involved CAD modeling via SolidWorks, prototype fabrication and assembly.
• Worked closely with mechanical, manufacturing, and systems engineers on a multidisciplinary project-based team with focused daily scrums and weekly full-team meetings
• Formulated and reviewed test cases to verify requirements demonstrating safety and efficacy of high-tech medical devices in development. Formal test cases covered test method validation, procedure, uncertainty budgets.
• Organized and led a 3-month long training effort for coworkers to learn to use Python 3
• Used issue tracking and project management tools including Jira and Confluence to stay abreast of deadlines and organize task priorities

Terre Haute, Indiana Area

• Part of a student team developing a lightweight, adjustable pediatric manual wheelchair to accommodate growing children
• Directly responsible for client communication, design work, prototype fabrication, and project documentation

Terre Haute, Indiana Area

• Worked in a 3-person team to engineer solutions for client companies
• Conceptualized and developed solutions to problems with neurosurgical devices posed by client contact, culminating in the design and realization of prototypes suitable for use in laboratory testing (e.g. accessory.
• Managed significant portions of multiple simultaneous projects
• Designed and prototyped mechanical components for optical measurement system
• Constructed bench-mounted testing apparatus to simulate manufacturing environment

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

• Executed independently-formulated experiments in a self-guided research environment
• Analyzed data to develop a comprehensive quantifying equation for chemical levels based on sensor readings
• Presented results to teammates in weekly meetings and to public in final research symposium

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Designed and ran bioassays to test the potency of bioproducts in development
• Created and populated an electronic catalog of over 6,000 cell lines stored in liquid nitrogen dewars
• Established, maintained, and banked five cell lines for experimental use