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Recent Stanford graduate with Masters in Mechanical Engineering, currently developing ReMotion Designs--high-performance prostheses for extreme affordability--and working as a Mechanical Designer at Stanford, SurgSolutions, COR Innovations.
Headline:
Inventor
Skills:
Engineering
Interested in:
Consulting opportunities, Meeting new people, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Receiving feedback, Starting a company
Schools:
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Stanford University
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
Stanford, Coulter Foundation Grant, SurgSolutions, LLC
Position:
Mechanical Designer / Prototype Developer
Time period:
February 2008 - Present
Description:
• Acting as lead designer for novel surgical device development in the emerging field of natural orifice transenteric surgery.
• Designing, fabricating, and testing (in animal models) prototype revisions for novel laparoscopic surgical device in preparation for human clinical trials.
Employer:
Medical Device Design, Stanford
Position:
Stanford-Jaipur Knee Project Team
Time period:
December 2007 - Present
Description:
• Collaborating with nonprofit, Jaipur Foot, India, to design a fully functional prosthetic knee joint engineered for extreme affordability
• Made multiple site visits to Jaipur, India to facilitate design implementation and study the joints performance. To date, 43+ patients have been fitted.
Employer:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
Position:
Mechanical Engineering Internships (2)
Time period:
February 2007 - August 2007
Description:
3/07 – 9/07 and 6/05 – 9/05
• Designed and implemented system for automation of workpiece surface location routine of prototype micromachining system in support of the National Ignition Facility laser optics crystal mitigation program
• Studied and extensively documented the operation of the data acquisition system, monitoring systems, and the programmable logic controller for the Large Optics Diamond Turning Machine (LODTM)
Employer:
Patient Patents, San Luis Obispo
Position:
Senior Design Project
Time period:
February 2005 - May 2005
Description:
• Designed, fabricated, and tested a mechanical, ergonomic, weight-distributing wheelchair cushion for collaborating company, Patient Patents, Inc. The design has since been patented.
Employer:
Cal Poly
Position:
Senior Design Project
Time period:
December 2004 - September 2005
Description:
• Finalized the 5kW photovoltaic system design for an entirely off-grid home—Cal Poly’s 2005 Solar Decathlon entry which placed 3rd in the international competition in Washington D.C.
Employer:
Mainland Machine, San Luis Obispo, CA
Position:
CNC Machinist and Programmer
Time period:
June 2003 - May 2005
Description:
• Created CNC code, performed setups, fabricated fixtures, inspected parts for precision tolerances
• Worked 15-20+ hours per week while attending school full-time
EDUCATION
University:
Stanford University
Time period:
2009
Degree:
Mechanical Engineering , MSc
University:
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
phd candidate in mechE, nsf graduate fellow, extreme affordability alum, d.school alum, software developer on the opensim project, mechanical designer on 30 meter telescope, co-founder of sonicXlabs
BA from St John's University, Msc from Columbia University, John S.Knight Fellow at stanford university, Senior Producer/Analyst at American Public Media for 5 years, now serving there as Public Insight Editor
