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Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

• Defined system requirements for a surgical robotics system based on user needs, clinical use cases, FDA standards (60601-1), and risk
• Decomposed system requirements into subsystem requirements using Model Based Systems Engineering to provide tangible design input to the subsystem design teams
• Negotiated product scope between marketing, clinical, and engineering teams to balance tradeoffs between product viability and technical feasibility
• Led dFMEA sessions for the robotic instruments to identify unacceptable risks and brainstorm mitigations
• Defined the system reliability use profile, coordinated the strategy for allocating reliability targets across subsystems, and guided the test method development for reliability verification
• Evaluated the inter-subsystem impact of design changes and coordinated subsystem interfaces

Ithaca, New York, United States

• Analyzed risks on the robotic arm subsystems and identified mitigations by performing dFMEA and uFMEA
• Managed requirements to capture subsystem design inputs and document key interfaces
• Created test methods and test cases for robotic arms to verify the design against the requirements
• Coordinated with mechanical, electrical, and software teams to streamline the overall system integration

Peapack - Gladstone, New Jersey, United States

• Analyzed stress concentrations and deformation results of shafts in bending using FEA in Inventor Nastran to quantitatively compare different designs.
• Generated parts and assemblies for plasma cut and folded sheet metal designs to reduce manual manufacturing
• Optimized 3D printed models by reducing overhands and supports to streamline fabrication and assembly

Wilton, Connecticut, United States

• Designed parts and assemblies of an opto-mechanical system to identify reticles within strict volume constraints
• Created tolerance stacks and developed a 3 degree-of-freedom adjustment mechanism to meet tolerance specs
• Justified design decisions by creating technical trade tables and presented progress in design reviews
• Communicated interfaces with surrounding modules to enable concurrent engineering across a complex system

Ithaca, New York Area

• Created part and assembly designs in SolidWorks to design a drill and sample collection system for competition
• Modeled loading scenarios and analyzed stresses of parts in ANSYS to identify safety factors against yield
• Machined aluminum and steel rover components using manual lathes and mills to fabricate the rover design
• Tested and modified subsystem design to improve performance at primary objectives

Ithaca, New York Area

• Planned and taught weekly recitations to classes of 20-30 students
• Assisted students by giving personalized feedback and explanations in weekly office hours

Ithaca, New York Area

• Utilized Autodesk Inventor to design mechanisms to assist in tendon fatigue loading
• Designed and implemented an airtight chamber with controlled oxygen levels for hypoxic cell culture experiment
• Automated image analysis in MATLAB to more quickly determine collagen percentages
• Maintained cell culture to produce tendon cells for extracellular matrix experiments

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Systems Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering