ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Roboticist and Biomedical Engineer with Expertise in Project Management
RESEARCH ENGINEER, DEWALD LAB, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL THERAPY & HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCES (NUPTHMS)
October 2016 - Present
Develop innovative rehabilitation devices by translating the neuropathophysiology research of the Dewald Lab and input from physical therapists into device R&D focused on the stroke patient population. Work is focused on the software, electrical, and mechanical design of these rehabilitation and research devices. Manage projects undertaken by the Dewald Lab's engineering team.
Notable achievements:
Managed team to bring the second iteration prototype of the Passive Arm Coordination Trainer (PACT3D) to completion (it will be a part of two separate R01 studies in January 2020)
Managed team to improve upon the New Arm Coordination Trainer (NACT3D) by rewriting the RTOS software, replacing major pieces of hardware, and redesigning the shoulder and elbow joints of the robot
QUALITY ENGINEER, SWIPESENSE INC
April 2016 to July 2016
Designed mobile robotic devices to automate product testing for this startup organization and performed duties for both the Quality and Embedded teams in addition to assisting the company's Data Scientist on database programming as needed.
MS ROBOTICS, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
September 2014 - September 2015
Graduated with a Master's degree in Robotics. Coursework included mechatronics, artifical intelligence, machine learning, machine dynamics, robotic manipulation, path planning, and optimal control.
Capstone project was the development of a COP detection device built from strain gauges from an off-the-shelf bathroom scale that connected to the ADC pins of the PIC32 microcontroller.
SIMULATION ENGINEER SUPERVISOR (PREVIOUSLY SIMULATION ENGINEER), JUMP TRADING SIMULATION AND EDUCATION CENTER
October 2012 - December 2014
Directed projects in the Innovation Lab, including managing interns and developing novel simulators and task trainers used to train medical professionals on best practices for certain procedures, and research for surgical planning techniques.
Notable achievements:
Developed a Doppler ultrasound training device with a team of two others and received a patent for the device in January 2014
Successfully developed a process to 3D print accurate, patient-specific heart models to allow surgeons to fully visualize the heart before commencement of surgery on the patient. Work was featured in Crain's Business Magazine and I was interviewed for a segment of a WEEK-25 news broadcast
BS BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
September 2008 - June 2012
Graduated with a degree in Biomedical Engineering, focusing on Biomaterials and Molecular Engineering. Coursework included engineering physiology, biomedical signals and systems analysis, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and biomechanics.
Capstone project was the development of a shoulder dislocation simulator for Feinberg School of Medicine's Innovation Lab. This project went on to win the 1st Place Daniel D. Mickelson Engineering Prize and 2nd Honorable Mention at the NIH DEBUT Challenge