-Honors thesis entitled “Experimental Validation of FEA Trained Neural Network for Characterization of Soft Tissue Anomalies”-Novel biliary stent design harnessing shape memory effect of nitinol resulting in inventorship on provisional patent with ongoing development towards full patent- Led Computer Aided Design and mechanical testing sample preparation for thermoplasticpolyurethane project in collaboration with Hitachi High Performance Medical Solutions Division- Led development of novel shape memory spinal cord stimulation device deployment method andCAD resulting in a research paper Sampath, S.G., Telfeian, A.E., Sullivan, R., Lu, A., and Srivastava, V., Shape Memory Nitinol Based Minimally Invasive Spinal Cord Stimulation Device Concept for Improved Pain Management, Pain Physician Journal, 2021

Tutor for mathematics and engineering

- Led hemolysis testing of cardiac drainage catheters, including preparation and lab bench testing of bovine blood- Developed procedure and fixture for heat treating of pediatric and adult cardiac catheters to alter tip geometry

Research assistant for Dr. Ellen Arruda, Chair of Mechanical Engineering- Performed experimental testing and data analysis of football helmet materials and geometries- Utilized digital image correlation software and developed MATLAB image processing models- Developed User Material subroutines to model custom materials in Abaqus CAE