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Irvine, California, United States

Irvine, California

- Technical lead for long-term implantable atrial shunt to treat heart failure patients – includes timeline creation, mentoring of junior engineers, animal study design & evaluation, brainstorming & concept generation, and implant test strategy & execution- Led the creation of a next generation implant – includes development of design inputs through an interactive voice-of-customer survey with over 20 physicians participating- Partnered with internal and external CFD specialists to generate a model to analyze embolization risk- Developed method to improve radiopacity of implant

Irvine, Ca

- Created atrial shunt flow bench to assess pressures and flow rates in order to supplement existing clinical and computer simulation data- Prepared new delivery system configuration for regulatory submission - includes scope assessment of documents to update & design verification tests to repeat, timeline creation, and cross-functional team coordination- Developed fatigue-to-fracture life model for long-term nitinol implant – includes fixture development, fatigue strategy creation, and feasibility testing- Developed novel long-term implantable ventricular anchor – included anatomy characterization via image analyses & literature searches, device design & prototyping, procedure development, and concept evaluation in acute animal studies- Redesigned component of multi-material assembly for improved fatigue performance, in addition to evaluating and improving fatigue test fixture- Selected by management to be on a small team of engineers to work part-time on novel device creation

Irvine, Ca

- Optimized design of a long-term implantable nitinol anchor – included manufacture, acute testing, and long-term fatigue testing- Worked to develop device through design verification and product verification testing – included protocol development and execution, report writing, management of parts in a PLM system (TeamCenter), and presentation of results during Design Review- Assisted with the development of device preparation protocol, assisted with physician training, and prepared devices during domestic and international clinical cases

Irvine, Ca

- Designed parts for and made improvements to the design of a novel Class III cardiovascular medical device to treat tricuspid regurgitation- Created parts and engineering drawings, and worked with vendors for part creation and manufacture - includes machined, extruded, and nitinol shape set parts- Developed test method, helped determine acceptance criteria, and created fixtures for accelerated wear testing of device- Assisted Quality with writing DFMEA and Design Requirements Document

Irvine, Ca

- Designed and tested catheter prototypes to measure arterial blood temperature for transpulmonary thermodilution- Characterized arterial measurement environment through literature review, animal studies, and the creation of bench and numeric models- Conducted testing and assisted in technical report writing for OR table stand- Performed freeform testing and technical report writing during verification and validation for the EV1000 clinical platform

- Designed burners and plates for use in combustion experiments- Designed pressure chamber for high pressure and plasma ignition experiments

- Designed high voltage probe attachment for capillary electrophoresis unit field testing; created prototype of design using FDM 3-D printing- Successfully presented design and analysis for peer and management review

- Assisted in the design and construction of fabricated test equipment- Performed and collected data for environmental tests on medical and aerospace equipment including vibration, thermal, and humidity testing

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Degree with Design Emphasis GPA: 3.68 / 4.0

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Overall GPA: 3.80 / 4.0 – graduated Magna Cum Laude Major (Core) GPA: 3.82 / 4.0

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