Casey Mcbride Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, PA, US

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Systems Validation Engineer (Sept 2019 - Mar 2020), Software Requirements & Test Engineer (April 2020 - Dec 2020), Software Verification Engineer (Jan 2021 - present)

Indianola, Pennsylvania, United States

• Bayer Radiology, Injector Systems
• Assisted Quality System Engineering in multiple functions including Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), Product Analysis, Recall Management, and Compliance
• Managed product and process issues through the CAPA process interfacing with NPD, Manufacturing, and Internal Audits
• Assessed complaints for MR product and performed technical evaluations to determine root cause

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

• Advised current students on potential study abroad opportunities as well as passport and visa applications
• Conducted marketing initiatives through social media platforms

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

• Led tours for prospective engineering students and their families
• Spoke on student panels regarding the college experience, engineering curriculum, Co-op program, and study abroad programs
• Mentored potential incoming female engineering students through the Pink Panther program

Cranberry, PA

• Assisted the Head/Eye/Face (HEF) New Product Development Engineering Team for 3 Co-op Rotations (Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Summer 2018).Rotation 1:
• Performed various forms of benchmark testing, compiled results and ran statistical tests when necessary including lifecycle testing of fire helmet size adjustment ratchet system
• Created, modified and validated a measurement test procedure for nape strap deformation
• Established a new geometry for fire helmet earlaps to save weight and cost and performed fabric analyses to determine potential higher performance fabric configurations.
• Learned how to incorporate customer feedback into designs and how a company goes through the design phase.Rotation 2:
• Engineered an automated test apparatus utilizing PID controllers, thermocouples, and heated head form to quantitatively compare helmet cooling efficiency

Reedsville, PA

• Assisted the Ultrasound Transducer R&D Engineering Team:
• Optimized a potential alternative acoustic attenuation backing layer by determining the component geometry, mold design, and manufacturing method
• Designed a new thermal test chamber to be used for testing the temperature profile of medical transducers and ordered the necessary components through external vendors and suppliers
• Completed a manufacturing Design of Experiment to improve component properties
• Completed GD&T for transducer connector cable drawings largely working remotely with team members in Bothell Washington and created a standard for changing into metric units
• Ran thermal baseline testing on different backing layer materials to determine if there was a significant temperature difference

Pittsburgh, PA

• Optimized polymeric microsphere drug delivery system to locally administer dexamethasone within adipose tissue to improve tissue retention and enhancement.
• Utilized UV spectrometry to track microsphere release patterns over time
• Created protocol to determine drug encapsulation efficiency
• Performed various fat graft analysis techniques, including histology to quantify vasculature and observe tissue architecture
• Imaged tissue samples on various microscopes to analyze tissue characteristics including the use of ImageJ tracing to determine if cells were hypertrophic
• Presented at the 2015 BMES Annual Meeting in Tampa FL. Oral Presentation: “Double Wall Microsphere Controlled Drug Delivery System for Adipose Tissue Retention and Enhancement”