Raphael Zonis Email & Phone Number

Ithaca, New York, United States

-Oversee a diverse set of engineering projects from conception to implementation utilizing mechatronics, manufacturing, automation, microfabrication, and experimental design and analysis, to develop tools and knowledge for researchers around the world in the fields of crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy, and bio-cryopreservation -Engage in business development activities such as market research, IP searches, and solicitation of customer feedback to assess the most profitable avenues for R&D and to improve product quality-Contribute to the successful application for, fulfillment of, and reporting for federal research grants from the NIH and DOE

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Utilize a combination of design, manufacturing, programming, robotics and electronics to design and implement automated solutions to support high throughput, combinatorial material synthesis for high-performance solid-state battery development• Autonomously subdivide overarching mission goals into discrete subtasks that are executed on a day-to-day basis

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

-Worked towards developing an automated work flow for the freezing of human eggs-Designed and built microfluidic devices and components using rapid fabrication techniques. Acquired skills include CAD, expertise in fluid mechanics at low Reynolds number, basic CFD simulation, toolpath creation for CNC milling-Using MATLAB, designed and constructed an integrated optical control system for the tracking and control of microparticle position in a custom made microfluidic device. Acquired skills include computer vision, object oriented programming, serial hardware communication, code optimization for real time implementation

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

-Using LabVIEW, developed a closed-loop, force-feedback system to determine the shortening velocity of horse airway smooth muscle tissue samples-Developed, fabricated, and tested a multilayer microfluidic device capable of immobilizing airway smooth muscle cells to study their active mechanical properties

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

-Collaborated with team of two other graduating mechanical engineering students to design an electricity-free, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) thermocycler for low resource settings-Developed 3D printed microfluidic device capable of making micron size alginate gel particles for single cell encapsulation-Created technique for high density embedding of antibody coated beads in a hydrogel matrix to perform high throughput, multiplexed, live single cell secretomic analyses

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

-Studied the mathematical theory behind the Finite Volume Method (FVM) as well as its numericalimplementation-Used Python programming to create an FVM scheme capable of propagating two dimensional shock waves in simply shaped solid bodies with minimal numerical damping

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Completed a Master's Thesis under the supervision of Linda Griffith and Scott Manalis.

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