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Lead multi-spectral remote-sensing camera system designer. Re-designed existing prototype camera systems from the ground up using mostly off the shelf electronics and optical components. Designed all mechanical system components that included machined, sheet-metal, laser-cut, and 3D-printed parts. Assembled, tested, and deployed systems for field use.

Lead the commercial development of disposable liquid pumps for medical applications. Design and develop new architecture for electro-kinetic pumps that enables high-volume manufacturing. Design and build technology demonstration systems for development partner companies. Conduct design reviews and maintain design history files. Generate intellectual property for patents.Specific Projects:Developed modular engine and pump-head architecture for electro-kinetic pumps that is less than half the size but twice the performance of the previous design. New design is scalable and may be produced by automated manufacturing methods. Designed and built portable insulin pump demonstration system. Pump would be worn for several days then discarded.Designed and built portable negative pressure wound therapy system with infusion capability. System has one pump for infusion of therapy drug, and a second pump for generating a negative pressure at the wound site. System holds reservoirs for the therapy drug and used drug/wound exudate. Designed for academic animal studies.

Manage the product development process of new viscometers based on Rheosense’s patented MEMS sensor technology. Lead conceptual system design, create the mechanical design, and manage industrial design contractors. Generate intellectual property for patents. Conduct design reviews and maintain design history files. Design, build, and test proof of concept and pre-production prototypes. Manage the creation of pre-production and production parts through outside vendors including injection molders, sheet metal shops, rapid prototype manufacturers, and machinists. Ensure the smooth transfer to manufacturing by creating assembly fixtures and manufacturing SOPs. Train technicians in manufacturing techniques. Create companion instrument control programs for the instruments in LabView and manage software upgrades and releases. Create instrument user’s manuals. Implement new mechanical and software features on existing product line as needed based on customer feedback.Specific projects:Lead the product development and release of uVISC, a small portable viscometer. Created an application program to control the instrument. Design highlights include small size and portability, ease of use, fast operation, and high accuracy. Sensor cartridges are swappable, allowing for a wide viscosity range, and disposable plastic positive-displacement pipettes allow for quick and easy sample loading. Maximize profit margins with innovative and elegant mechanical design (cost of goods is less than 10% of the sale price).Responsible for mechanical modifications of flagship high-precision viscometry system, and creating the user interface software. Implemented automated temperature control feature, which included extensive LabView programming and interfacing with external temperature regulation systems. Created interchangeable components that allow for use of multiple syringe sizes, giving customers the ability to make viscosity measurements over a wide range of shear rates.

Design and develop nanoelectronic sensor systems for medical and industrial applications. Design, build, and test components for nanoelectronic sensor systems with emphasis on design for manufacturability. Create parts and assemblies in SolidWorks. Lead and participate in design reviews. Document designs in accordance with ISO9001 and ISO13485. Conduct research and issue technical reports for design history files. Develop patentable ideas for products. Manage outside vendors to source CNC, SLA, urethane cast, and injection molded parts. Manage 2 direct reports: an Associate Test Engineer and Facilities Technician. Manage all the internal Mechanical Engineering needs of Nanomix.Specific projects and accomplishments:Worked through P1 prototypes of the Asthma diagnostic device to make them functional. Many of the as-designed components did not work and needed significant modification. Re-designed and implemented a new pneumatic sealing scheme for the disposable sensor and desiccant cartridges.Led the development of a catalytic converter for use in the Asthma diagnostic device. Successfully increased conversion efficiency from 50 to >95%.Designed and built 2nd generation CVD (chemical vapor deposition) Nanotube production tool with an emphasis on serviceability and safety.Designed and built modular test fixtures for Sensor Cartridge and Catalytic Converter cartridge testing.

Design, build, program and operate automated testing fixtures for nanoelectronic gas sensors. Write data collection and analysis software in LabView. Train technicians to use test fixtures and support their operation. Research the behavior of nanoelectronic sensors and find ways to improve performance. Troubleshoot and repair complex electromechanical systems, both commercial and house built. Continuously develop and improve testing infrastructure. Work with a multi-disciplinary team of scientists and engineers to bring nanoelectronic sensors to market.Specific projects and accomplishments:Led a team to design and build a prototype mechanical breathing-simulator for use in testing CO2 sensors for medical breath-sensing applications. Designed and built gas process systems with 2 independent channels. Each channel is capable of delivering 2 separate gasses at a 2500:1 dilution ratio, constant flow rate and temperature, with 0-90% relative humidity control. Programmed systems for use in automated testing routines using LabView.Wrote data acquisition software to control the electronic measurement of sensors and the gas delivery systems during testing. Wrote data analysis software that quickly organizes and displays the responses of sensors over their test lifetime from recorded data files.

Provided multifunctional technical and operational expertise applying scientific/engineering concepts and practices in the areas of development, beamline operation, and user support. Worked with the staff scientists in the development of instrumentation and software at selected beamlines and end stations for the purpose of improving the operation, ease of use, and quality of data of the beamlines. Implemented R&D projects from beginning to end including planning, design, scheduling, fabrication, installation and testing. Responsible for optimally tuning the beamlines and associated instrumentation between user visits. Provided technical support to scientific users at selected facility beamlines including training in the use of beamline instrumentation and software for data collection and analysis.Specific projects and accomplishments:Designed, built, installed, and tested the following:• Beamstop and holder assembly that improved low-resolution data and drastically reduced replacement and realignment time.• Miniature beam alignment jig that allows more accurate and faster beamline tuning.• Improved sample positioning stage that is more accurate, repeatable, and robust.• Enclosure for Automounter robot that prevents failures due to icing.• Cryostream support assembly for use with the Automounter robot.• Improved sample ‘on-off’ detector mount that helps prevent sample mounting failures.• Compressed air deflector for Cryostream that prevents thermal drift of the beamstop• Improved Yag crystal mount for easier operation of in-line alignment cameraResearched poor monochrometer flux performance that is due to thermal effects from adjustment motors. Wrote proposal for a hardware fix that is currently under way, and implemented an interim operating mode that has greatly improved performance.Troubleshot and repaired faults in auxiliary systems including Cryostream heaters, fast shutters, and beamstop and collimator positioning stage wiring.

Solely responsible for managing all aspects of data acquisition systems on experimental engines. Duties included designing, specifying, installing, programming, operating, and maintaining data acquisition systems on microturbine, reciprocating, and HCCI type engines. Integrated many different data acquisition instruments over multiple protocols including serial, GPIB, VISA, and Ethernet. Wrote LabView programs to control all aspects of data acquisition, processing and logging. Worked with specialized engineers and scientists to more effectively process data in real time. Worked on a small team of engineers to improve performance of the engines based on the data acquired. Helped develop patentable aspects of microturbine thermodynamic cycle. Led the troubleshooting of controls and instrumentation problems during engine testing procedures.

Primary instrumentation specialist performing fluorescence detected sub-Kelvin X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism (XMCD) experiments on transition-metal model compounds and proteins. Designed, built, and operated a variety of sophisticated experimental apparatus. Developed new experimental techniques. Maintained and operated ancillary equipment necessary for the experiments including Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) equipment, a low temperature liquid Helium dilution refrigerator and superconducting magnet system, and a 38 element Germanium fluorescence detector and computer controlled data acquisition system. Operated Soft X-ray beamlines at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) and the Advanced Light Source (ALS) where the experiments took place. Worked with Ph.D. Scientists to publish results in peer reviewed scientific journals.