• Consumables Technical Lead responsible for managing existing and new products• Established a cross-functional consumables core team to drive more efficient product development aligned with industry best practices and company policy• Partnered with manufacturing team to create and streamline a quality control program for consumables products, including inspection of incoming lots• Served as a subject matter expert for resolving instrument integration concerns• Coordinated with vendors and marketing team to implement a standardized product labeling scheme and format• Guided and evaluated proposal requests from potential new suppliers for components and contract manufacturing services to mitigate single supplier risk• Initiated and managed a multi-cavity injection molding tool development project with a critical vendor to support significant anticipated growth• Communicated to upper management resource gaps and required skill sets for priority projects• Stabilized consumables portfolio (16+ active products) by translating tribal knowledge into formal design documentation and critically evaluating high-risk products • Resolved a manufacturing process failure at a third-party vendor and led initiative to improve the process with a lower cost, faster lead time, and more operator-friendly method• Drafted company’s first consumables design controls guidance document to streamline project deliverables for new product development• Established a formal template for organizing technical requirements to accelerate planning and verification phases of new products• Heavily revised product specification drawing (SolidWorks) to facilitate improved vendor communication and QC and to serve as a template for new products

• Technical team lead for group of 5 R&D engineers developing Class II medical devices and critical accessories• Working knowledge of FDA 21 CFR 820, FDA 21 CFR 809, ISO 13485, ISO 14971• Started and led cross-functional team discussions (R&D, quality, regulatory, manufacturing) to drive more effective product development strategies• Led product team's design control documentation and risk management (dFMEA, Hazard Analysis) efforts, which were translated to company-wide policies• Coordinated R&D and regulatory efforts for determining product labeling requirements• Supported complaint investigations for prior generation device and implemented design and process changes to address failure modes and improve device performance• Created timeline for a new product from concept to design transfer and delivered on schedule• Employed Design of Experiments (DOE) to conduct more efficient exploratory studies and identify critical design factors for new product design• Created Bill of Materials (BOM), manufacturing procedures, and Instructions for Use (IFU)• Designed, prototyped, tested components both in-house and through external vendors• Created assembly procedure and straightforward instructional video to expedite prototype transfer from R&D to manufacturing• Created a technical writing guide to greatly reduce R&D document rewrites and approval times• Performed mechanical characterization of thin-walled plastic parts (Instron)• Performed tolerance stackup analysis

• Employed DOE for rapid characterization of both individual and multi-factor effects of an assembly process, performed statistical analysis of results, and wrote a technical report• Designed a test fixture and developed a test method for characterizing part dimensions on a CNC measuring system (Micro-Vu Vertex)• Designed a machined adapter and a 3D-printed test fixture to replicate the manufacturing site’s assembly setup• Developed test methods for an electromechanical testing system (Instron) and utilized high-speed video to capture failure events

• Developed a wireless implantable system for anti-cancer drug delivery in mice• Determined clinicians’ needs to drive design specifications• Conducted design, finite element analysis (FEA), and mechanical characterization of material and structural properties of polymer microbellows• Designed packaging to incorporate electrochemical actuator, catheter, wireless components, and commercial valve• Evaluated vendors for raw materials and components• Created detailed bill of materials (BOM) and assembly process flow chart• Generated and conducted protocols to assemble and characterize functionality of prototypes• Statistically analyzed test data to confirm device performance to specifications• Class 100 cleanroom experience• First author of 2 journal papers and 3 conference papers• Advisor: Dr. Ellis Meng

• Assisted in development of a chemotherapeutic drug delivery system for cancer treatment• Experience with good lab practices and managing complicated chemical reactions• Employed scanning electron microscopy for nanoparticle characterization• Co-authorship on 1 journal paper and 2 conference papers• Advisor: Dr. Lisa Brannon-Peppas

• Attended astronaut space medicine training and revised astronaut certification tests• Created tools for budgeting astronaut schedule on the International Space Station (ISS)

• Statistically analyzed measurements of suture thread diameters to verify compliance• Translated laser cutter training and protocol documentation from English to German • Compiled conference presentation for production line managers and engineers

• Researched radiation limits that affect International Space Station (ISS) altitude strategy• Performed loss of vehicle risk analysis for space shuttle based on orbit parameters• Developed quick reference guide for ISS vehicle specifications and crew requirements