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Cambridge

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Leeds, United Kingdom

Bangalore, India

• A four week appointment at a recently established Gait Analysis Laboratory in Bangalore, India. Advised their team on technical and organisational aspects to bring the laboratory in line with European Clinical Movement Analysis Society (CMAS) standards. • Modified laboratory conditions to improve data acquisition as well as develop the analysis protocols used during a gait analysis. • Advised Engineers at the Defence Bio-engineering & Electro Medical Laboratory (DEBEL), a subdivision of the Indian Ministry of Defence, who were developing their products in association with BIMRA.

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Scientist Training Program (STP) wokring in multiple locations across the North West. Specialisign in Rehabilitation Engineering , including experience in medical device design, clinical measurement and assistive technology. • Trained by leading NHS professionals across UK, including part time MSc course at Kings College London• Worked on many niche medical design projects in electronic and mechanical manufacturing environments.• Developed R&D skills in project management, risk management, specification, validation/verification and medical statistics• Produced CAD drawing for both manufacture and conceptualisation.• Worked to Medical Standards ISO14971 and ISO13485• Projects include an extremely high resolution bio-amplifier, eye simulator outputting electrical signals produced in the eye including artificial noise (awarded International innovation award), and hand-held tri-focal eye stimulator. Trained at the prestigious Alder Hey Children’s hospital in Gait Analysis. Working directly with children with disability to establish a guide and outcome measure for orthopaedic surgeons. • Working closely with a multidisciplinary team of surgeons, physiotherapists and clinicians • Responsible for running technical side of laboratory during clinic assessments• Developed problem solving skills to ensure continual high quality data acquisition in a difficult and time pressured environment. • Undertook analytic projects for surgeon presentation including the controversial Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) operation.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

• In conjunction with the University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University and the Royal Hallamshire hospital.• Worked independently to develop a neck brace comfort assessment tool on Solidworks and Ansys, a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software package. • Demonstrated self-motivation and good time management to achieve project goals to fall in line with the time scale of the larger project of developing a new neck brace design for patients suffering from multiple sclerosis.

Master’S Degree, Clinical Science (Clinical Engineering), Merit

MSc covering all aspects of clinical engineering, including medical device, design rehabilitation engineering and gait analysis..

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Biomedical/Medical Engineering, First-Class Honours

Integrated MEng program in Biomedical Engineering. Course contained electrical, automated control, mechanical, chemical and material.