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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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).

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.
• 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