Danny Lai
| Headline: | Engineer |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Industries: | Biotech |
| Skills: | Design, Engineering, English, Languages, Product design, Writing |
| Groups: | E-Challenge Competition 2008 |
| Interested in: | Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Participating in a competition, Patenting my idea, Providing services to startups, Receiving feedback, Trading services |
| Schools: | Stanford University, University of California System - Berkeley |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Apneon Inc |
| Position: | R&D Engineer |
| Time period: | October 2007 - Present |
| Description: | • Iterative design of medical device accessories from concept to prototype to design validation.
• Prototyped and tested medical device accessories resulting in over 10 iterations of a design. • Jointly developed SolidWorks method for cephalometric analysis of human and animal x-rays. • Created documents for BOMs, component drawings, design inputs & specifications, build routers, standard test methods and test protocols. |
| Employer: | Cordis / Nitinol Devices & Components |
| Position: | Product Development Engineer II |
| Time period: | June 2006 - November 2007 |
| Description: | • Managed a project jointly with Principal Engineer in the absence of project manager.
• Trained in stent design using AutoCAD and SmartCAM. • Developed and validated test methods. • Characterized and analyzed device prototypes and competitive products. |
| Employer: | Boston Scientific Neurovascular |
| Position: | R&D Engineer, Co-op |
| Time period: | June 2005 - January 2006 |
| Description: | • Designed and developed an in-vitro full-body anatomical flow model system for R&D use to assess stent, catheter and coil performance.
RESULT: Model became a preferred method of physician interaction by marketing and sales. • Interacted with and obtained feedback from over 30 physicians in concept testing of flow model. • Directed project through various phases of product development and managed project budget. • Hands-on knowledge of neurovascular stents, catheters, coils, and angiography. |
| Employer: | Guidant Vascular Intervention |
| Position: | Graduate Student Engineer |
| Time period: | January 2005 - June 2005 |
| Description: | • Researched and developed an ex-vivo tissue perfusion system in a team of 5 graduate students.
• Planned testing timeline, resulting in on-schedule completion of characterization phase. • Interacted with vendors for time-critical procurement of biological materials. • Prepared biological specimens and deployed drug eluting stents. |
| Employer: | UCSF Dental School |
| Position: | Staff Research Associate |
| Time period: | January 2004 - September 2004 |
| Description: | • Supervised and trained lab personnel and volunteers.
• Tested and characterized fatigue strength of dental biomaterials. • Operated SEM, INSTRON, Enduratec and data acquisition equipment. • Metallographic processing of materials (cutting, polishing, etching, composite bonding). |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2004 - 2006 |
| Degree: | Mechanical Engineering, MSc |
| University: | University of California System - Berkeley |
| Time period: | 1999 - 2003 |
| Degree: | Mechanical Engineering, BSc |
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Aaron Wang
MD/PhD student at Stanford University PhD expected in 2009; MD expected in 2011;
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