Daniel Shi Email & Phone Number

Berkeley, CA, US

Berkeley, California, United States

Will support the instruction of MCB 32: "Introduction to Human Physiology" in Fall 2024 and NEU C61: "Brain, Mind, and Behavior" in Spring 2025

• Dissected order-to-cash (O2C) processes to address inefficiencies, leading to 20% fewer manual steps
• Represented Canada in North America supply chain discussions by analyzing wholesaler, retail, and patient demographics in the Canadian pharmaceutical sector and advocating for their regional interests
• Designed dashboards to monitor KPIs in SAP BtB/SFDC; applied Azure Databricks and Power Automate to streamline data analytics for the US Channel Operations team

• Characterized the influence of gelatin methacryloyl on the mechanical properties and biocompatibility of electrospun polymeric vascular grafts (supervised by Prof. Dr. J. Paul Santerre)
• Learned how to create biomaterial formulations and operate and electrospinner to spin scaffolds
• Conducted blood isolation protocols, uniaxial tension tests, suture retention, western blot, confocal microscopy, DNA/elastin/collagen/glycosaminoglycan assays, NMR and TNBS assays

• Investigated a novel bioprinting method to create contractile thin film muscles for biohybrid robots (supervised by Prof. Dr. Robert K. Katzschmann)
• Identified the impact of Matrigel on hydrogel properties and evaluated growth metrics on various prints
• Authored semester thesis titled “Characterization of Volumetric 3D-Printed Thin Film Muscles”

Markham, Ontario, Canada

• Coordinated press sampling for four global GPU launches (RX 6600 XT, RX 6600, RX 6500 XT, RX 6950 XT) and collaborated with product managers to manage past and future products
• Analyzed historical data to forecast competitive pricing and business cases
• Coded in Python, SQL, VBA to optimize price scraping and analysis scripts for business planning

• Collaborated on an international team of researchers as part of the Zürich Heart Project (supervised by Prof. Dr. Wendelin J. Stark)
• Designed artificial heart ventricles and actuator diaphragms in Ansys SpaceClaim and SolidWorks
• Recommended the ideal designs and biomaterial combination for fabrication with optimization studies (Taguchi DOE and OVAT) and Ansys Static Structural FEA

• Designed problem sets using course concepts for various biomedical/bioengineering applications: medical devices, pharmaceuticals, synthetic biology, computational neuroscience modelling
• Problems were implemented into the core ChemEng curriculum for increased biomedical/bioengineering exposure at the undergraduate level

Edmonton, AB

• Optimized cationic polymers to deliver DNA to bone marrow stromal cells for bone regeneration (supervised by Prof. Dr. Daniel Graf and Prof. Dr. Hasan Uludag)
• Developed proficiency with in-vitro cell culture and relevant quantitative assays (MTT, Flow Cytometry, ALP, RT-PCR/qPCR, etc)
• Presented at the 2019 University of Alberta Medical Genetics Research Day

Toronto, ON

• Collaborated with five other engineering students to research, design, and fabricate a seed extractor for the Brazilian baru fruit; assigned by client from Baru Baron
• Coordinated team roles and scheduled deliverables with Gantt Charts (MS Project)
• Designed prototype blueprints with SolidWorks and AutoCAD for fabrication

Toronto, ON

• Collaborated on a team of six engineering students to design a mobile app function using haptic technology, and participated in the drafting/designing/prototyping stages
• Implemented user experience (UX)-centered design in consideration of project specifications

Edmonton, AB

• Developed a Python program that used Leap Motion’s hand tracking device to translate the ASL alphabet in real-time (supervised by Prof. Dr. Vakhtang Poutkaradze)
• Self-taught Python and received experience coding in a professional environment

Edmonton, AB

• Organized lesson plans on a weekly basis for students in grade 6 and 8 math to support them in achieving their academic goals
• Prepared practice problems that addressed each student's specific shortcomings

Edmonton, AB

• Constructed consumer products from electronic and machine parts, such as motherboards and fiber optics
• Evaluated end product quality through testing and troubleshooted for errors

Master Of Translational Medicine, Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering

Recognized as the #1 Public University Worldwide by Wall Street Journal, Forbes, US News (2024). Significant Experiences: • Graduate.

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Chemical Engineering

Recognized as the Top Canadian Engineering University by Maclean's (2019). Significant Experiences: • Third Year Chemical Engineering.

Full International Baccalaureate Diploma

High School Diploma, First Class Honours

Recognized as the Top Public Secondary School in the province of Alberta by the Fraser Institute. Club and Athletics Participation: •.