Development of wireless implantable neuromodulation/sensing medical devices

Lead Engineer on development of ReStore wireless vagus nerve stimulatorLead Engineer on development of peripheral nerve stimulator for GSK Innovation Challenge Micro Neural Interface: designed a distributed, wireless cortical recording/stimulating systemShape Memory Polymers: investigated improved immune response from softening neural probes

Taught undergraduate course: BMEN 3320 Electrical and Electronic Circuits in Biomedical Engineering in Fall 2013

Research & Development: designing, constructing, and testing analog electronic equipment for recording and stimulating the nervous system - Designed inductive link for powering remote devicesSoftware Development: authoring software for research applications - OptiMap video tracking

Neuroengineering Lab of Dr. Karen Moxon:Surgically implanted chronic recording and stimulating electrodes in rats.Designed seizure prediction algorithms based on neural signals from microelectrodes (single neurons, EEG).Conducted real-time, closed-loop seizure prediction/stimulation experiments.Studied network mechanisms underlying the generation of spontaneous seizures in-vivo.Worked on a team designing experimental protocol (IRB approvals, human safety regulations) and hardware for microelectrode recording in human epileptic patients at Thomas Jefferson Hospital.Observed human neurological surgical implantation of EEG and DBS electrodes

Taught Lab component of Neural Signals course.- Short lecture- Lab simulation exercises using NEURON.

Neuroengineering Lab of Dr. Michel Lemay:Assisted in chronic spinal cord stimulation surgeries in cats.Developed computational biomechanical model of hind limb for gait analysis.

Instructed undergraduate physics students on homework and lab assignments

Assisted in commissioning of the Neutral Meson Spectrometer (pion detection, calibration, veto timing and efficiency).