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Cambridge, MA, US

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Employee #1 of 2 at a VC backed pre-seed medical device startup (MIT spinout) developing tissue O2 sensors and aquantitative MRI platform; worked closely with executive company leadership/advisors and clinical.
• Developed and managed project plans and timelines for concurrent engineering projects
• Created and presented milestone updates to co-founders and key leadership, collaborators, advisors
• Developed CAD models and drawings for qMRI phantoms, sensor delivery systems / catheters, and fixtures
• Developed and performed all manufacturing; created quality documentation for phantoms, sensors, catheters, andassociated delivery systems; managed relationships with external collaborators and machine shops
• Completed experimental design and wet lab sample manufacturing, testing, traceability, and documentation;managed and maintained lab space

Manchester, NH, US

Developed and wrote test procedures for system requirement verification of an ambulatory drug infusion pump, analyzed associated data; authored test reports and other documents for FDA submissions; contributed to design failure investigations relevant to Risk Assessments, Hazard Analyses, and FMEA’s; determined test coverage for design revisions.

Conducted R&D, Manufacturing, and Quality Control work for the development & commercialization of an artificial lung (class III); developed testing and manufacturing protocols; analyzed and modeled data to assess gas exchange, hemolysis, pumping, heat generation, clotting; researched bearing designs of commercially available blood pumps

Instructs two 50 minute sessions each week for 30 freshman engineers that focuses on a successful transition into college life and engineering as a major.*seasonal*

Oversees manufacturing of fiber bundles used in an artificial lung device, assists with in vitro and in vivo testing of the device via data collection and analysis

Leader for children ages 7-16, taught various outdoor activities, fostered the development of relationships between the children, led overnight hikes into the Adirondack Wilderness*seasonal*

Chanhassen, MN, US

Lifeguarded and maintained pool area, conducted chemical test of pool water