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━━ Technology Lead ━━▸ Drove development and system integration of precision fluidics and associated robotic systems for in-vitro clinical analyzers that use photometric, nephalometric, electrochemical and chemiluminescent detection technologies. These systems transfer and mix microliter range patient samples and reagents and ensure minimal carryover between tests by employing advanced cleaning techniques━━ Technical Accomplishments and Team Leadership ━━▸ Direct… Show more ━━ Technology Lead ━━▸ Drove development and system integration of precision fluidics and associated robotic systems for in-vitro clinical analyzers that use photometric, nephalometric, electrochemical and chemiluminescent detection technologies. These systems transfer and mix microliter range patient samples and reagents and ensure minimal carryover between tests by employing advanced cleaning techniques━━ Technical Accomplishments and Team Leadership ━━▸ Direct multidisciplinary & cross-functional engineering teams consisting of R&D, systems, manufacturing and service▸ Designed and developed electromechanical and fluidic systems, including robotic arms, aspiration and dispensing systems, and mixers on four analyzer platforms. Advanced features include detection of liquid level, clog and partial aspiration, pipettor crash, and automated mechanical alignment▸ Created a thermal control system to maintain system water temperature utilizing only analyzer waste heat▸ Developed AI/ML CNN for detecting abnormalities▸ Perform systems integration, verification testing, and risk management▸ Maintain compliance with FDA design control regulations (21 CFR 820.30)▸ Serve on patent committee reviewing internal invention disclosures and monitoring competitive patents▸ 24 patents, 4 pending━━ Mentoring and Organizational Advancement ━━▸ Authored over 12 internal engineering standards▸ Created a “Best Practice” internal seminar series▸ Mentor junior engineers to develop their technical and leadership skills with many advancing to subsystem and project leadership positions▸ Developed and deployed engineering tools including motor sizing, tolerance stack analysis, and robust optimization. Created and presented technical training in areas such as motion control, threaded fastening, and GD&T▸ Improved efficiency and reduced inventory cost by creating a Mechanical Components Group to maintain a validated common hardware library with associated design use documentation Show less

Exton, Pennsylvania

━━ Design Engineering ━━▸ Designed, developed, tested and debugged both mechanical and electrical systems of materials processing equipment for flight on the Space Shuttle and other spacecraft. ▸ Performed integration and documentation tasks for shuttle middeck payloads and payloads on unmanned vehicles, including the development of test, maintenance, and in-flight procedures.▸ Conceived, designed, and patented "next generation" microgravity biomedical materials processing equipment… Show more ━━ Design Engineering ━━▸ Designed, developed, tested and debugged both mechanical and electrical systems of materials processing equipment for flight on the Space Shuttle and other spacecraft. ▸ Performed integration and documentation tasks for shuttle middeck payloads and payloads on unmanned vehicles, including the development of test, maintenance, and in-flight procedures.▸ Conceived, designed, and patented "next generation" microgravity biomedical materials processing equipment with expanded capabilities, increased experiment capacity, simplified operation, and video capability for automated photography of samples in-flight. Accounted for stress, thermal, weight, orbital operation and safety considerations. ━━ Project Management ━━▸ Managed day-to-day operations of middeck payload preparation and operation for three shuttle missions. Interfaced daily with NASA, NASA contractor, and Canadian Space Agency personnel, along with corporate and university customers. ▸ Negotiated technical issues with representatives of the Russian Space Agency to permit flight of equipment on the Russian Space Station in the NASA-MIR program.━━ Mission Support ━━▸ Trained astronauts on in-flight procedures that I developed. ▸ Provided ground support, coordination, and experiment preparation for materials processing payloads flown aboard four shuttle missions at Kennedy Space Center, FL; the METEOR orbital spacecraft at Wallops Island, VA; two sounding rocket flights at White Sands Missile Range, NM; and the NASA KC-135 Low-G aircraft in Houston, TX. Show less

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering, 3.9 Out Of 4.0

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, Hess Undergraduate Honors Research.

Master Of Science - Ms, Applied Mechanics

Activities and Societies: Baldwin Fellow, Research Assistantship, Teaching Assistantship Thesis: Environmentally Enhanced Thermal Fatigue.