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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

- Program Manager for a BARDA OTA program developing MPS capabilities for filovirus pathogenesis.- Hardware Technical lead on DARPA TELLUS program, developing various sensors, custom high throughput test equipment, and simulations for environmental bacterial sensors.- Led efforts towards developing integrated bioelectronics systems for strategic and biomedical sensing technologies.- Led Verification and Validation of Draper's clinical cell therapy manufacturing microfluidic electroporation and viral transduction technologies.- Designed, modeled, fabricated, and tested various microfluidic devices for applications including extracorporeal oxygenation, filtration, buffer exchange, miniaturized circuits/valves, electroosmotic pumps, and flow focusing particle generation.-Program Manager for a PRMRP grant focused on the development of a clinically scaled microfluidic extracorporeal oxygenator. - Invented technique to nondestructively measure cardiovascular tissue mechanics in vivo enabling the development of novel and customized pediatric valve prosthetics.- Invented and led development of novel extracorporeal oxygenation technologies to drive significant gains circuit efficiency and complexity.

Greater Boston Area

• Designed a new active mechanical method to prevent thrombotic adhesion and systemic infection in Central Venous Catheters (CVC)• Validated CVC performance through proof of concept experimental design utilizing multidisciplinary work in fluid dynamics, medical device design, and hemorheology• Performed analytical, numerical and experimental validation of fluid mechanic properties as well as analyzing device performance through statistical methods• Taught students engineering coursework in the fields of heat transfer (ME419-senior level) and fluid mechanics (ME303-junior level). Led weekly discussions sessions as well as meeting one-on-one and in small groups to provide individualized assistance on coursework

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- Developed solutions for degassing in open bath hydraulic systems.- Investigated solutions for stick-slip induced brake rotor resonance and electromagnetic dropper post actuation.

Cambridge, Ma

• Performed cartridge verification tests on biomimetic microfluidic kidney assist devices in order to characterize filtration, created molecular weight filtration curve• Automated and consolidated the testing and data acquisition systems using LABVIEW• Designed and fabricated an Ussing chamber to test urea diffusion across PES membranes• Led testing team of current industry devices and performed comparison analysis, Draper device had equivalent and superior performance to industry standard

Prof. T James Lab, Somerville, Ma

• Pioneered protocol in mechanical Micro-blanking to create arrays of 25-200µm diameter holes in cartilage extracellular matrix for cellular seeding• Prepared cartilage samples by cryo-sectioning

Prof. L. Black Lab, Sommerville, Ma

• Constructed protocol to analyze normal and decellularized porcine heart valves on a uniaxial mechanical stretcher to determine elasticity properties• Functionalized gold nano-plated slides with extracellular matrix bonding peptides in order to determine individual binding site’s effect on rMSC morphology, proliferation, and differentiation

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Boston University Cycling Club, Boston University Triathlon TeamDraper Fellow

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Enginering

Activities and Societies: Men's Varsity Track and Field, Captain Student Athletic Advisory Council ATO of MassachusettsMagna Cum Laude

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