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Mountain View, California, United States

• Coordinated efforts for traceable builds through communicating status and goals to R&D and cross-functional team
• Performed system level product characterization and evolving design given feedback from team, physicians and regulatory
• Simplified, established, and captured clinical workflow for communication with equipment vendor, clinical consultant and physicians.
• Established project risk documentation (i.e. DFMEA, UFMEA) and product specifications for component and system
• Coordinated internal builds and external communication to support sterilization validation
• Managed associate engineer in test method and process development

Mountain View, California, United States

• Investigated product performance and collaborated with engineers and technicians to integrate process updates
• Formalized design verification test methods and coordinated build efforts
• Developed particulate test method and performed test method validation
• Defined hydrophilic coating process parameters to create durable coating for FDA approved product
• Maintained vendor relations for various project needs

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Supervise engineers, technicians and co-ops to achieve project goals in research and development
• Identify short term and long term action items to create timeline for deliverables
• Develop test method and design test fixtures for investigation of system or part performance
• Establish and improve manufacturing processes
• Analyze and present experimental data to assess adherence to design requirements and specifications
• Complete quality documentation through adhering to internal protocols and external standards

Pittsburgh, PA

• Investigate marker placement on cadaveric specimen for digitization and registration of sacroiliac joint
• Characterize variability in optoelectronic tracking system and investigate source of error in new method

Milpitas, CA

• Collected and analyzed data to explore differences between media and processes
• Applied software tools and statistical methods to define system variability of new system
• Documented, organized and communicated results to facilitate further analysis and discussion

Pittsburgh, PA

• Modified knee exoskeleton bracket to minimize mass for 150 N-m using Solidworks for failure analysis
• Designed and built test stand to determine torque and bandwidth limitations of knee exoskeleton

Pittsburgh, PA

• Advise high school students on general design principles, hand analysis, SolidWorks, 3D printing, buying custom components, and ideas for a prosthetic hand design

Vancouver, BC

-Designed a low-cost method for joint positioning of Mobile C-arm used for training future technicians-Investigated absolute positioning for 5 degrees of freedom using distance sensor, accelerometer and camera-Interfaced Arduino and MATLAB to collect and analyze data for characterization of sensor behavior

Greater Pittsburgh Area

-Adjusted wiring and plumbing to modify temperature rating of outdoor tankless water heater from 120°F to 350 °F -Assisted in the maintenance of distiller-Aided the building of the solar-powered water distillation system in Phipps Conservatory

Master Of Science - Ms, Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical And Biomedical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Student Dormitory Council (Past Buggy Chair, Pusher and Mechanic), Society of Women Engineers (Past Treasurer.

High School Diploma