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Waynesburg, PA, US

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Designed, developed, and tested components, systems, and test fixtures for advanced medical devices. Created 3D models, drawings, bills of materials, and specifications for products, raw materials, and components..
• Performed extensive design modifications to mechanisms and enclosures of new circulatory support system (LifeSPARC), correcting issues with performance and manufacturability and driving product from prototype to.
• Served as part of team that developed automated fixtures, drastically reducing amount of time required for incoming inspection and testing of circuit boards.
• Partnered with external suppliers and quality control and manufacturing teams to implement changes that reduced scrap, improved manufacturability, and increased product performance.

Canonsburg, PA

• Executed research and development of new cookware products, new manufacturing processes, and innovative materials. Collaborated with industrial teams to transition new products from prototype stage to pilot runs to.
• Helped develop novel process for manufacturing stick-resistant, bonded-metal cookware that does not require nonstick (PTFE, ceramic) coatings.
• Worked on high-performance, lightweight cookware, utilizing advanced, non-metallic thermal management materials to achieve 40% weight savings versus similarly performing cookware.
• Contributed to development of new process for joining metals and nonmetals that allowed for cost savings, reduced scrap, and could form previously impossible material combinations.

• Worked as part of multidisciplinary product development team to create novel technologies for use in medical devices and energy conversion systems.
• Developed new oxygen concentration technology, enabling creation of portable medical oxygen concentrator that was 50% lighter and able to operate twice as long on battery charge as units with comparable oxygen output..
• Co-authored successful proposals to government agencies (NSF, NIH, PEDA) and private investors, securing funding that enabled development of new technologies and successful products.
• Designed and developed prototypes of novel type of external combustion engine and participated in project to install parabolic trough concentrating solar-thermal panels that could be used to heat buildings and generate.

Master Of Science (Ms), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Member of ASME Focus on structural mechanics, advanced materials, and instrumentation. Participated in a.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Member of the FutureTruck advanced vehicle design team, member of ASME