Isaac Jourard, P.Eng., Msbme Email & Phone Number

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

• Lead designer of photodynamic bladder cancer therapy device
• Design and sustain handheld laser therapy devices, including mechanical, electrical, and optics assemblies
• Manage electrical, firmware, and software consultants
• Conduct thermal and flow calculations and simulations to optimize electronics cooling

Toronto, Canada Area

• Managed lab of engineers, scientists and students, and mentored junior staff
• Developed ultrasound and optical imaging catheter technologies
• Invented new technologies, wrote patents, and helped others with their applications
• Planned and conducted verification tests for regulatory submissions
• Developed firmware for microcontrollers and application software to interface to
• Mechanically designed miniature drive systems, catheters, testing jigs, enclosures, etc.

New York, New York

• Researched use of ultrasound to non-invasively measure arterial pulse wave velocity and blood pressure waveform
• Processed and analyzed imaging data using Matlab
• Designed fluid-solid interaction FEA in Abaqus to simulate arterial wall displacements through the cardiac cycle
• Scanned and performed tonometry on hospital patient study volunteers

Toronto, Canada Area

• Led mechanical subprojects of ultrasound and OCT catheters in development
• Designed and prototyped housings, mechanical drives, electromechanical components, etc.
• Participated in risk management, FMEA
• Followed medical device and catheter-specific safety regulations
• Prepared documentation for FDA regulatory submission and quality compliance

Toronto, Canada Area

• Designed a handle to control steering of an intracardiac echo catheter, which included plastic injection molded housings, internal mechanisms for mechanical advantages, and fluid couplings
• Took project from requirements gathering and concept development to prototyping

Waterloo

• As co-founder, I performed managerial duties such as recruiting, organizing meetings, managing finances, and teaching lower year students. The other two co-founders and I created a 30+ person team from scratch, and.
• As propulsion team leader, I led the team that designed the hybrid rocket engine, which had 300lb of thrust with an active burn time of 8 seconds:
• Video of rocket in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOK9v5eielM&feature=plcp

Christchurch, New Zealand

• Mechanically tested handheld GPS computers in development
• Designed testing setups using servos, pneumatics, electronics, and unique fixtures
• Automated tests by programming PLCs and C++
• Wrote test plans and test reports

Waterloo, Ontario

• Designed and built a mini-oven to thermally age wirebonds, and published a paper on this unique design
• Setup and ran experiments for aging wirebonds, using equipment such as DAQ units, Power Supplies, Amplifiers, Switchboxes, Multiplexers, and MATLAB

Toronto, Canada Area

• Fabricated and assembled several end-of-line powered seat testing fixtures and other jigs
• Machined using the lathe, mill, drill press, chop saw, bandsaw, grinder, etc.

Bolton, Ontario

• Commended by supervisor as being fastest person he’s known to learn Unigraphics NX
• Led project to change the material and manufacturing of hydraulic manifolds to save $400,000
• Gave weekly PowerPoint presentation on project status
• Designed parts of plastic injection-moulding machines

Master Of Science (Msbme), Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging Laboratory - Researcher

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Waterloo Rocketry Team - Founder Graduated on Dean's List