• Co-founded PulseFlex, which is a startup company that focuses on providing the easiest, most comfortable, and reliable blood pressure monitor experience through a cutting-edge wearable blood pressure monitor. • Built the team and led the technical development of the sensor, focusing on electronic components design and integration. Participated in entrepreneurship workshops, cohorts and programs.• Identified the beachhead market and performed customer discovery through interviews with customers, users, and stakeholders. Organized biweekly performance update with team members to communicate project progress and key function clusters.• Sought and secured grants from funding agencies (i.e., NIH, NSF, VentureWell, Activate).

Point-of-care Plasmonic Nano-sensing Device for Opioids Detection• Designed an Ag-ZnO-SNF based nanochip for point-of-care detection of opioids in blood using Raman spectroscopy.• Synthesized the nanomaterial; characterized and evaluated the nano-sensor using human blood. • Performed in vitro and in vivo test for the device.• Led the development of machine learning algorithm for automatic, quantitative detection of organic molecules.• Secured an NSF grant. Served as the leading role in the research and proposal preparation. Implantable Cardiac Energy Harvester and Sensor• Designed implantable, flexible cardiac energy harvesting and sensing modules that is integrated to pacemakers aiming at increasing the lifespan of pacemakers. • Developed and characterized new materials, created novel device design, performed various device tests including bench-top and animal tests. Performed mechanical tests for device verification and validation.• Performed in vitro and in vivo test for the device collaborating with cardiologists and surgeons.Wearable, Flexible Vital Signal Sensing Device• Led a multidisciplinary, startup team consisting of Dartmouth Engineers and Harvard MBA student for the development of the device and market analysis. • Created project plans and product roadmap on technical and business aspects. Led the techno-economic analysis.• Led the team’s daily activities on the design, fabrication, testing and troubleshooting of the prototype.• Organized, planed, and hosted biweekly communications and meetings involving funders, outsourcing vendors, stakeholders, etc. Handshaked with key stakeholder on deliverables from the teamA Miniature, Self-powered, Flexible Robotic Bug• Designed, fabricated, and tested the mechanical components of the robot. • Assembled and integrated the electro-mechanical systems. • Collaborated with EE engineer on designing the flexible PCB for the flexible robot.

• Created engineered solutions and product plan from the project scope.• Supported the creation of designs using SolidWorks 2D and 3D models.• Created internal and customer fit reviews/critiques of prototypes on the vehicles to achieve the highest level of product integration and functionality.• Collaborated with team members with different skillsets develop innovative new products, materials, and processes to evolve current product lines.

• Built a multi-physics computational model to investigate the thermomechanical response of the ultrasonically activated soft tissue. • Incorporated the cellular level cavitational effect in the tissue level continuum model to accurately determine the thermodynamic states such as temperature and pressure. • FEM tool Abaqus and UMAT were programmed for constructing the model.

• Assisted in designing new products and improve existing product for automotive, home and industrial electro-mechanical and electronic switches and switching systems. • Gained basic knowledge with injection molding for plastic components.• Provided mechanical engineering skills to the company’s R&D team through CAD drawings and 3D modeling using N.X. • Designed and performed mechanical tests (durability test, Instron test, etc.) on device components.