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Houston, Texas, United States

• Tutoring of elementary through college students in over 40 different subjects including math, science, language arts, history, and engineering courses. Test preparation at all levels for AP, SAT, ACT, and other exams.
• Teaching of over 100 clients with a diverse range of learning capabilities, limitations, and desired outcomes such that each client achieved learning objectives, goal scores, and/or gained admittance to higher.

• The Houston Community ToolBank is a nonprofit organization that provides fellow not-for-profit organizations (and disaster volunteers) with year-round access to an inventory of tools for use in volunteer projects.
• Project management between trailer coordinators, disaster trailers, and the Houston warehouse to serve the 7 million people in the Texas Coastal regions to complete and exceed tool lending program goals by 200%.
• Developed backstock, donation, and event supply systems to optimize manageability for organizing and maintaining a warehouse of tools to equip over 65,000 people with over 79,000 tools for community and disaster relief.
• Built partnerships with organizations across Texas and the USA to complete various community and disaster relief projects and to achieve being the first ToolBank to exceed 1000 orders involving over $5.1 million in.
• Coauthored the regional Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) plans for disaster management, affecting 14 counties and millions of people in Texas.Skills: project management, disaster management, logistics.

• Worked under Dr. Stephen H. Little M.D., who serves as the program director for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship program, medical director of the Valve Clinic, and director of
• Conducted computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations in patient specific heart models after the implementation of a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) to study the viability of this procedure as an.
• Mock circulatory loop (MCL) experimentation using physical patient specific cardiovascular models and EKG characteristics to study the effects of TAVR regurgitation on the health of the patient so that better surgical.
• Segmentation of MRI images to create the patient specific CAD cardiac models used for the aforementioned CFD and mock loop experiments.
• Conducted in vitro functional imaging of structural heart disease constructs to better understand the impact of TAVR implementation.Skills: cardiovascular fluid dynamics, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).

• Conducted CFD studies of regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement implantation in patient specific models to develop device improvements for better patient outcomes.
• Preparation and positioning of TAVR inside segmented patient specific models from MRI data for CFD simulation to reduce time and expense needed for physical model testing.
• Wrote a thesis on blood regurgitation experienced after the implementation of TAVR utilizing research and experience gained at University of Houston and Houston Methodist Research Institute.Skills: Computational fluid.

• The Biotech Manufacturing Center of Texas was a contract manufacturing facility specializing in medical device components and engineering consulting and prototyping. Contract projects included:
• Consulted clients on how to realize their ideas for medical devices, including the design, manufacturing, assembly, and testing processes.
• Designed schematics for medical devices and sent to machinists for tooling. Assembled the tooled components, designed and built testing fixtures. Conducted ample testing to ensure the medical devices meet the standards.
• Served as an independent reviewer for critical design reviews for various clients and their products, including West Pharmaceutical auto-injectors.
• Wrote testing and assembly documentation, implementation specifications, SOPs, and GOPs that were verified using Gage R&R to fulfill all FDA validation requirements.
• FMEA implementation for medical device parts and sub-assemblies for better device development and manufacturing.Skills: contract manufacturing, medical device components, SolidWorks, Minitab, ISO and ANSI drafting.

• This senior design project (or Capstone project) was completed as a requirement for an engineering undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University in collaboration with Texas Heart Institute.
• Developed a novel prototype for a device to aid in Nissen fundoplication surgical procedures through extensive SolidWorks design and material assessment to meet the needs of the client while remaining cost efficient.
• Presented findings in weekly meetings and design reviews to a panel of physicians and engineers for client approval.
• Tested and analyzed performance of prototypes in animal tissue as an animal model analogous to patient anatomy.Skills: SolidWorks, FMEA analysis, design reviews, working prototypes built, collaboration between.

• Part of a 5 person team maintaining 300 computers and assisting up to 150 users at a time by analyzing and troubleshooting printer and computer issues

• Aided in further development of a novel cardiac assist device for patients recovering from cardiac arrest to improve patient outcomes.
• Assessed materials for their bio-compatible characteristics to optimize functionality and minimize immune response for better patient outcomes as well as improved cost efficiency.
• Experimented with the utilization of external electromagnets to drive the pumping action of the device to mitigate the risk of infection from foreign bodies inside the patient. Gained knowledge and experience with.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Master Of Science (M.S.), Biomedical/Medical Engineering