(Formerly Verb Surgical)

R&D lead for training content and instrumentation for commercial training. Proficiency in using design control techniques to generate targeted content to meet both customers and business needs.Collaboratively work with supplier to resolve manufacturing issues to improve product robustness and yield.

Clinical liaison to improve team's understanding of use conditions, procedural development, patient population applicability, sales and physician training programs; specialized in simulated use design validation testingR&D lead for a successful FDA 30-Day Notice premarket approval (PMA) application for a manufacturing process change for a Nitinol component; responsibilities included development of test strategy and justification, and inputs to process validation (IQ, OQ, PQ) activities Developed a business opportunity for an inter-business unit through data mining over 1500 clinical data points to understand and analyze disease state and product requirementSystem and delivery system engineer for an endovascular stent graft system to treat complex aortic aneurysm diseases; responsibilities include supports of defining system requirements and patient applicability, development of simulated-use design validation test, component design and evaluation, rapid prototyping, and test method developmentDevelop physician customer relationships via interactions during physician-conducted design validation testing, clinical trial support, animal study, and product fairs

-Identified potential design risk to project; launched an ongoing root cause investigation with cross-functional team-Conceptualized and developed test methods by combining the use of electro-mechanical, imaging, and data acquisition instruments for the characterization of different device functionalities-Collaborated with valve engineer in the design of the Nitinol component of the next generation aortic valve-Planned overall test setup strategy, created a test method sequence, trained operators and facilitated validation activities for NiTi frame fatigue test method-Performed statistical analysis using Minitab to evaluate test data and process capability-Participated in Design Controls deliverable that included released and reviewed engineering change orders

-Planned and executed root cause analysis of the tissue component of the aortic valve; data was used in design and IFU guidelines-Designed studies to evaluate loading and deploying forces of valve prototypes in different configurations for determining the target profile for the delivery system-Design and fabricate prototypes for the delivery system and test method fixturing

-Researched the materials science and any related issues of Nitinol shape memory alloy using two micro-welding processes (laser welding and resistance spot welding), research was accepted in two journals and two conference papers-Successfully led all aspects of a separate industrial project to investigate issues of relevance in a laser welding process of Titanium-Developed prototype to demonstrate a patented technology, which was showcased on Discovery Channel

-Taught classes of over 70 students using effective visual and verbal communication tools-Recognized by students as one of the sixteen “very highly” rated TAs

-Investigated the suitability of various co-polymers as the primary fabrication material by determining the amount of swelling, mechanical strength, contact angle, and viscosity-Increased yield of organic reactions by 200% using optimized process parameters and co-polymers-Recommended the purchase of new equipments to accelerate experimental process

Led and designed ASTM corrosion tests to determine the corrosion features of various types of nanocrystalline and polycrystalline nickels.