Travis Schauer Email & Phone Number

Osseo, Mn, Us

Maple Grove, Mn

• Assisting in the development of radiofrequency and ultrasound ablation catheters. Cross-functional activities include developing multi-physics computational models, prototype design, and guiding and interpreting bench tests and preclinical animal studies. • Developed a comprehensive computational model of the laser bonding process of balloon catheters. Worked extensively with test labs, academic researchers, and process development engineers to coordinate testing of required material properties and to validate the model.• Developed an extensive suite of computational models to analyze and improve the performance of various medical device coating processes including transonic gas-assisted sprays, electrostatic sprays, roll coating, blade coating, and drop-on-demand coating technologies.• Co-developed models to assess the drug uniformity of numerous drug eluting stent (DES) designs and worked with marketing and R&D to create product brochures that highlight the drug uniformity advantages of our products over our competitors.• Supported the design and optimization of extrusion dies for polymer tubing by analyzing the non-Newtonian melt flow through the dies.• Assisted in the development of mechanistic models of drug release from polymeric coatings (dissolution/diffusion) and transport of drug through the arterial wall (convection/diffusion/binding).• Assisted in the development of junior engineers through mentoring.

Burnsville, Mn

• Performed low Mach number and transonic wind tunnel tests on pitot-static probes and flush air data systems.• Performed CFD analyses to solve problems such as predicting the pressure distribution around aircraft for determining appropriate pressure sensor locations, analyzing high-speed flow though temperature sensors, tracking water droplets around aircraft to determine locations suitable for ice detectors, predicting drag on multi-functions probes, and investigating flow separation off the nose of aircraft.• Used analytical skills to provide estimates of the time response of temperature probes and the mass flow rate through various sensors based on thermodynamic and aerodynamic considerations.• Used neural networks to assist in the design of flush air data systems (FADS).

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Determined the wake characteristics of a supercavitating vehicle using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) in a high-speed water tunnel.• Investigated the cavity shape surrounding a supercavitating vehicle and assessed the supplemental gas flow required to maintain a given cavity size.

Ms, Aerospace Engineering

Bs, Aerospace Engineering