Daniel Vena Email & Phone Number

United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston

460 King St W, Toronto, On M5V 1L7

As an associate educator in Data Analytics, I support the lead educator in teaching Excel, SQL and Tableau to students that are entering the world or advancing their skills in Data Analytics.

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

Developing experimental setups for sit-to-stand and hand-rail research in the challenging environmentassessment laboratories (CEAL) at Toronto Rehab under MITACs funding. Includes modeling andassembling adjustable grab-bar and handrail setups in the lab, instrumenting lab with appropriateforce and motion capture equipment and generating biomechanical models to collect a variety ofkinetic and kinematics variables for 3 active projects taking place with the Technology Team atToronto Rehab.

Toronto, Canada Area

Taught two courses over the course of my PhDSeptember 2013 to April 2016: Teaching assistant for Clinical Instrumentation Graduate Course- Graded exams and oral presentations, providing detailed and constructive feedback for over 30 students- Met with students to assist with oral presentations and exam preparation- Created mid-term and final examsSeptember 2016 to April 2017Taught a first year undergraduate course in Engineering Design and Communication (APS111/2)- Guided 6 teams (30 students) through two semester-long design problems - Met with students during office hours to assist in navigating through the design process- Performance as a TA was rated 4.5/5 by student feedback

Toronto, Canada Area

Developing biomechanical models for multiple projects under supervision of Karl Zabjek including:spine mechanics lower-limb examination in scoliosis patients during gait, validation of an ambulatorymodeling tool for individuals with scoliosis, and modeling a haptic probe using motion capture as avalidation tool.

Toronto, Canada Area

Contracted for a short part-time internship through the Dr. Mark Chignell at the University of Toronto, my responsibilities were to analyse data collected to investigate user experience across varying degrees of video quality. The end goal of the project was to characterize how user-engagement varied with video quality. Anaylses conducted included clustering through k-means, analysis of variance, and t-tests.

Toronto, Canada Area

Design of clinical software application (SunnyCARE) that enables electronic entry of patient consultnotes of emergency department staff. The internship, under supervision of Dr. Ed Etchells, involvedethnographic observations of the emergency department, development of user interface test bedbased on UCD principles and heuristics, and iterative design based on think-aloud testing andcognitive walk-throughs with real end-users (resident physicians). The internship resulted in thesuccessful design of the medications ordering component of SunnyCARE.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical Engineering, Gpa: 3.9

Activities and Societies: IEEE American Thoracic Society Canadian Thoracic SocietyCompleted my doctoral thesis on the role of overnight.

Master’S Degree, Biomedical Engineering, Gpa: 3.9

Supervisor: Dr. Geoff Fernie Title: Evaluation of vertical transfer poles in assisting the sit to stand transfer in older adults.

Basc, Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering