Ruth Logan Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

electro-mechanical-pneumatic testing on new lead and catheter designs used in Therapy Delivery (Stimulation and Drug delivery to CNS sites)

Contractor working at Medtronic - electro-mechanical test new/legacy product designs for neuromodulation therapy delivery leads and catheters.

• Engineering support of laser micro-welding process during manufacture of implantable medical devices. Process development/improvement and hands-on electro-mechanical support for 43 lasers in 5 manufacturing departments.
• Composed FDA required technical reports, statistical analysis in MiniTab of destructive analysis welding penetration data, and submitted for Regulatory approval as per 21 CDR (QSR).
• Tested laser… Show more Engineering support of laser micro-welding process during manufacture of implantable medical devices. Process development/improvement and hands-on electro-mechanical support for 43 lasers in 5.
• Tested laser performance providing data analysis of laser (optics, power supplies, galvos, automated vision system) parameters: changing pulse width, pulse frequency, peak/avg power.
• Modified tooling and product fixturing using Solid Works.
• Green Belt Statistics Training, DMAIC, and Lean Manufacturing.

• Maintained ISO 17025 accredited mechanical test lab. Using ASTM, GM, Ford, UL, Mil-Spec test methods, compared surface finish changes during neutral salt spray (corrosion), and other environmental & mechanical tests on.
• Performed preventative maintenance & repair on mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems on 5 neutral spray test chambers… Show more Maintained ISO 17025 accredited mechanical test lab. Using ASTM, GM, Ford, UL.
• Performed preventative maintenance & repair on mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems on 5 neutral spray test chambers, and 3 test ovens.
• Conducted an average of 55 concurrent multi-month tests providing daily updates to clients and DuBois product salesmen.
• Lead the lab to pass ISO 17025 accreditation audit in 2004.
• Reduced testing costs by 33% by adjusting specific gravity (change in concentration) with a $40 refractomer and using inexpensive caustic soda as the pH adjuster in each salt bath batch. Show less

• Researched and designed optical test benches for prototype diffractive optics and DWM gratings used in fiber optic cable connections. Assisted in Design and Manufacturing Failure Analysis (DFMEA, FMEA) of new products..
• Built Delphi database for production measurements for Quality Control Analysis queries and investigations. Wrote CMM programs in Quindos (a Brown & Sharpe CMM program language). Programmed Zeiss and Mitutoyo CMMs for.

• Provided optical and surface metrology support for molded prisms, cylindrical, diffractive, aspherical, and spherical lenses. Acrylic, styrene, polycarbonate, and special engineered plastics. Determined critical.
• Project Lead – OC Metrology Planning Project: Reduce First Article Inspection and delivery time… Show more Provided optical and surface metrology support for molded prisms, cylindrical, diffractive, aspherical, and.
• Project Lead – OC Metrology Planning Project: Reduce First Article Inspection and delivery time, and increase quality. Procured $200,000 CMM for department.
• Project Lead – 12 lens light screen product—used DOE techniques to optimize throughput. Tripled output from 15 to 60 parts/hr. Replaced UV-cured glue with ultrasonic welding that resulted in increasing quality.

Manufacturing Technology (Corning)Entry level mechanical design of production fixtures and test rigs. Created drawings (AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop) and bill of materials for fabrication and documentation. Light machining, drilling, tapping, grinding, basic G-code programming. Return Product Analysis (RMA) investigations.

Aviation Electrician's Mate 1st class. Electronic/Electrical Maintenance: intermediate & Bench level; test and repair radial and jet engines, fuel systems, inertial navigation, weapons, avionics systems on F4/F8/A6/E2/F14/F18. NAS Kadena (Okinawa, Japan) Flightline supervisor.Designed & Supervised Navy's 1st aircraft cable repair shop (SanDiego); Aircrew.

Aas, Laser Electro-Optics Engineering

Additional courses in Sequential & Combinational Logic, Chemistry, Biology, Industrial Plastics, Machining, GDT, and Medical Terminology

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