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Richardson, Tx, Us

Richardson, Tx

• Working with Dr. Heather Hayenga and Dr. Matthew Di Prima fabricating and designing fallopian tube occlusion device with shape memory polymer • Demonstrating cell cytotoxicity and proliferation of various substrates using human primary macrophages and human oviductal stromal fibroblasts using trypan blue, 5-ethynyl-2’-deoxyuridine (EdU) and 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI)• Duties included training lab personnel on 3D printing techniques such as SLA (Formlabs and Ember) and FDM and DLP• Working with Dr. Walter Voit fabricating and designing flexible, self‐softening bioelectronics, smart neural interfaces and testing their performance with Gamry Potentiostat Software, such as Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)• Synthesis and characterization thiol‐x, acrylate and epoxy-based polymers• Creating new laboratory procedure of electroplating iridium oxide on small electrodes to decrease impendence• Photo‐patterning thiol‐ene thermoset polymer thin film structures by DLP projection and characterize • Performing thermomechanical analysis with Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA), Universal Testing Machine (UTM), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR), Ultraviolet‐Visible spectroscopy (UV‐Vis), Profilometer, and Optical micrographs • Design and lead the execution of well-controlled experiments. Coordinate daily planning, execution, and troubleshooting.• Develop standard operating procedures, technical reports, and protocols.

Silver Spring, Md

• Characterizing fretting damage in different test media for cardiovascular device durability testing with SEM and profiler • Monitoring the dynamic Ni release of medical devices with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS)• Performing in vitro durability tests of cardiovascular devices to evaluate the potential for failure rates

• Lab instructor for General Chemistry I & Organic Chemistry• Duties included introducing students to each experiment, providing advice and assisting students as they conducted work in the lab, attend weekly TA meetings, hold office hour period each week, proctor exams, and keep records of student grades• Responsible for evaluating students' performance by observing them while they carry out experiments and enforce all safety regulations

• Supplemental teaching Bi-weekly.• Giving students lectures and extra work to support the learning process

• Worked under Dr. Jose Gutierrez, organic chemist, to study the effects of interaction between polymers and reduction of nitrobenzene derivatives using sodium borohydride and transition metal sulfides• Performed basic experimental technique and characterize polymer with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), thin layer chromatography (TLC), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy• Collaboration with Dr. Parson, analytic chemist, removal of selenite and selenate from water using graphene oxide

Learning Assistance Center

• Assisted students with freshman and sophomore-level Biology and Chemistry classes• Certified by Avid Training• Worked with students on an individual basis

Summer 2014• Worked under Dr. Efie Kokkoli synthesis of peptide-amphiphiles and assisting in cell culturing• Duties included filter/characterize peptide-amphiphiles with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and mass spectrometry (MS) characterization• Responsible for trouble-shooting and carrying out experimentsSummer 2013• Worked under Dr. Efie Kokkoli synthesizing PLGA to create triblock copolymer for tissue engineering• Characterized with rheology, size-exclusion chromatography(SEC) and cell viability assay• Drafted reports on all test and research results

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Young Women in Science and Engineering (YWISE), mentor NanoExplorers, mentor Biomedical Engineering Society.

Summer Internship, Materials Science

Bachelor’S Degree, Chemistry With Minor In Business Administration And Biology

Activities and Societies: •249th ACS National Meeting & Exposition •MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit •Undergraduate Research Conference •MAES.

High School- Distinguished Graduate, Education And Techonolgy

Master Of Science - Ms, Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering

Activities and Societies: GSA