Research Engineer

12/22/2014
Washington, DC

Position Desired

Biomedical Engineering
Anywhere in the U.S.
Yes

Resume

Summary: Multidisciplinary engineer with 4+ years of experience and published works in electrical and biomedical engineering fields.

EDUCATION:
University of Maryland, A. James Clark School of Engineering
• Master of Engineering, Bioengineering - May 2012
• Bachelor of Science, Bioengineering - May 2010
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EXPERIENCE:
Employer: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (ORISE Fellow)
Title: Biomedical Research Engineer
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Time in position: June 2012-Present

•Tested and evaluated several transmission platforms for electromagnetic compatibility and spectrum crowding issues to investigate their effects on device performance in accordance with industry accepted standards.
•Installed, maintained, and utilized RF antennas, signal generators, amplifiers, spectrum analyzers and field probes on a daily basis to measure, monitor, and test effects of electromagnetic fields.
•Utilized Labview and Matlab to program and control data acquisition hardware and automate experiments.
•Developed and tested novel methods for wireless network coexistence testing to monitor signal integrity and evaluate worst-case environments for failures in communication to occur.
•Created search function to rapidly locate any device incident reports that pertain to wireless technologies from large data sets.
•Reviewed a variety of medical device actions, such as premarket notifications of new medical devices: 510(k) submissions and premarket approval applications (PMAs).
•Led a group of three other engineers in writing a review of over a decade of wireless coexistence research.
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Employer: University of Maryland Human Performance Laboratory
Title: Graduate Research Assistant
Location: College Park, MD
Time in position:August 2010-May 2012
•Led a National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) project on
hazardous environment respirator equipment design and safety.
•Worked daily to modify, test, and analyze a self-contained breathing apparatus
(SCBA) air sampling system to detect oxygen leaks from the facemask of the
respiratory device.
•Designed and maintained an oxygen detection system, including sourcing, assembling,
and programming of all hardware.
•Analyzed respirator fit and efficacy using human respiratory simulators.
•Acted as primary liaison between NIOSH and project staff, answered questions and
explained technical information.
•Conducted non-invasive human performance experiments to assess human lung function
and changes to respiratory resistance under physical stress as part of a new product
validation team.
•Instructed undergraduate assistants, managed project deadlines across three
research fronts, maintained detailed lab records and authored quarterly reports for
funding government agency.
•Presented research at the International Society for Respiratory Protection annual
meeting to an audience of over 100 people.
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Employer: Institute for Systems Research
Title: Research Assistant
Location: College Park, MD
Time in position: May 2009-August 2010
•Researched methods for detection of chemical compounds from within a micro-fluidic
device using Raman spectroscopy and reported findings to principal investigators
weekly.
•Designed and micro-fabricated bio-microelectromechanical systems (bioMEMS) for
process integration and control of different research projects as part of a
collaborative research effort spanning multiple labs on campus.
•Designed, assembled, and programmed a fluids control system in Labview to increase
efficiency of experiments.
•Consulted on many publications of higher level members of the research team, which
earned me two co-authorships in high impact journals, and three conference papers.
•Presented research at academic conferences to audiences of over 50...

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