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Boulder, Colorado, Us

•Structural and Mechanism Design and Development of purified water and ice vending kiosk.•Design and Assembly of medical device teaching / demonstration device.•Contract design and engineering service focusing on biomedical research and medical device development.•Architect, design, prototype and debug of 44 axis of motion microfluidic test-bed. •Development of a novel microfluidic, multi-vessel, fluid distribution and dispensing system.•Development of an 80 zone closed loop TEC driven incubation plate for temperature maintenance of biological fluid.•Verification and Validation planning, test protocol development, execution, and reporting of high volume disposable medical devices.•Design, Development, Prototype, and Verification of a suite of Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty surgical tools used to treat compression fractures of the spine.•Design of microfluidic fluid blister expression mechanism – Named on Genmark Patent•Design of multi layer microfluidic On-Chip Membrane Valve and Pump System•Design of soybean DNA/RNA analysis system used for Seed Hybrid confirmation•Design and prototype of a POC painless blood sample extraction device for 200ul sample volumes – Patent pending.•Design, prototype and test of a bone marrow based stem cell extraction and purification system including a consumable and bench top appliance.•Design of a multi stage at home embryo gender test microfluidic chip and enclosure.•Design and prototype fabrication of an automated magnet actuator for paramagnetic bead separation.•Design, prototype and test of a qPCR microfluidics test platform – including heating, 3 axis Cartesian robot, multi-channel syringe pump, optical sensor.

Englewood, Co, Us

•Directed engineering efforts in the development of an RF based (2.45GHz) home popcorn popping appliance.•Named on several related patents.•Used EMWorks/HFWorks Simulation to analyze and tune RF heating cavity and emitter designs.•Designed and managed production of polymer consumer goods used in delivery of popcorn snack foods.•Designed and manufactured custom high speed snack food packaging equipment. – Dispensing of packaging, popcorn kernels, elevated temperature palm oil, dry flavor, heat sealed lidding. Vision inspection. Single operator capable of producing a package every 4 seconds.• Designed and manufactured custom snack food manufacturing equipment. – Panning/coating process and equipment.

• Commercialization of AxoTrack Ultrasonic Needle Visualization System• Lead Design Engineer for large volume, durable / disposable ultrasonic needle visualization system.• Successfully commercialized and redesigned existing plastic product to eliminate manufacturing errors and realize proper functionality of the device.• Built MonteCarlo tolerance model to accurately analyze 3D variation of component position and made specification adjustments to converge manufacturing capability and product requirements.• Performed statistical analysis (SAS .jmp) to evaluate and determine vendor process capability.• Developed and fabricated prototypes of various new design concepts for follow up design concepts.• Composed and executed verification and validation test protocols.• Composed and maintained design/process failure mode analysis for medical device and processes. (dFMEA, pFMEA)• Designed, fabricated and commissioned (IQ,OQ,PQ) assembly fixtures and automation.

Deerfield, Illinois, Us

• Lead Design Engineer for large volume, disposable hazardous drug handling system. • Successfully redesigned existing plastic and polyisoprene disposable pharmaceutical product to eliminate misalignment errors and realize proper functionality of the device. • Performed tolerance analysis and made specification adjustments to converge manufacturing capability and product requirements.

Deerfield, Illinois, Us

• Lead Design Engineer for large volume, disposable hazardous drug handling system.• Successfully redesigned existing plastic and polyisoprene disposable pharmaceutical product to eliminate misalignment errors and realize proper functionality of the device.• Performed tolerance analysis and made specification adjustments to converge manufacturing capability and product requirements.• Performed statistical analysis (MiniTab) to evaluate and determine vendor process capability.• Established and led technical program to train engineers and technicians in GD&T, Tolerance Analysis, component design and FEA evaluation.

Pfäffikon, Sz, Ch

• Successfully designed and developed mono and tri-color Integrated Projection Modules (display light engine) for use in micro multimedia display devices.• Specified filters, mirrors and optical components to combine and direct laser light from both diode and vecsel laser modules.• Interpreted design data output from Zmax for conversion into SolidWorks solid models.• Designed and verified assembly tooling for the semi-automated fabrication and testing of Integrated Photonics Module. Required placement of miniature components (~1.5mm) with required variations of less than 15um.

Glostrup, Dk

• Lead 5-12 person engineering effort, from evaluation to product launch, in the research, design and development of an automated IHC diagnostic tissue stainer.• Interfaced with end users, vendors, intra-company departments and nodes, to ensure a successful product development plan. Lead and participated in multiple cross-functional teams.• Attended world wide technical conferences to gather end user input and feedback, and support prototype instrument demonstrations. • Successfully completed the instrument design under FDA Medical Device Design Controls and QSR.• Maintained project schedules and budgets. • Lead design reviews, verification and validation testing.• Created multiple technical procedures, contributed to SOP revisions.• Created and maintained Product and Engineering Specifications.• Served as technical interface with testing agencies to gain UL, FCC, CSA, CE, TUV certifications.• Maintained and administered CAD tools and Project Data Vault.

• Lead 5 person engineering team, from concept to completion, in the design and development of a completely automated, PC controlled, web conversion tool. Integrated servo and stepper motors and drives, static control, galvo directed laser marking system, CCD based vision inspection, web alignment system, pneumatic control, electrical panel design, custom part placement system.• Designed and produced a 19” rack mount electronic chassis for a network router. This new product design included sheet metal design, printed circuit board design and layout, industrial design, part tolerancing for manufacture, and part specification and vendor qualification.• Designed various injection molded plastic components for Cytomation, Inc., a large biomedical research tool manufacturer. These parts were part of a cost reduction effort on a flow cytometer and included electronic housings, probes, mirror and prism mounts for laser direction.

Project Engineer• Designed and led development and fabrication of an automated, high volume, in-circuit test system for Intel. This system was used to perform all functional testing on the Intel PII and PIII slot 1 processor cards.• Designed the ‘Start System’ for Colorado Time Systems. This is a wireless, remote, battery operated, public address system. Designed rotationally molded plastic parts, injection molded plastic parts, PCBA’s, fabricated sheet metal parts; integrated a wireless transceiver module.• Designed an automatic ink feeding system for the Tektronix Phazer line of printers. This design incorporated injected molded plastic parts, stamped sheet metal design, and motor specification.• Logged 3000+ hours using PRO/Engineer solid modeler to design parts and assemblies.• Designed and manufactured assembly tools and fixtures for production support.• Lead cost reduction efforts on several diverse products.

Mechanical Engineer• Designed high precision mechanical components for Travan tape drives.• Designed plastic injection molded gears, bezels, head mounts, light pipes and enclosures.• Designed stamped and formed sheet metal, and machined metal and plastic components.• Evaluated systems to determine performance characteristics.• Designed and manufactured assembly tools and fixtures for production support.• Used Ashlar Vellum and AutoCad to perform three dimensional part modeling.• Assisted in cost reduction efforts.

Master Of Engineering (M.E.), Biomedical Engineering

Engineer’S Degree, Plastics Engineering

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Masters Certificate, Plastics Engineering