Joel Sadler
| Headline: | Startup Member |
| Skills: | Engineering, English, Java, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Software Engineering, Spanish |
| Groups: | BASES E-Challenge 2010, E-Challenge Competition 2009, Global Social Venture Competition 2009-10, Social e-challenge Competition 2009 [inactive], [OLD] Social e-challenge Competition 2008 [INACTIVE] |
| Interested in: | Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Audi Electronics Research Laboratory |
| Position: | Mechanical Design Engineer |
| Time period: | September 2007 - Present |
| Description: | • Developing and prototyping product concepts for the Audi future car in collaboration with ME310 Design Entrepreneurship. • Responsible for driving a 1-year design process, from ideas to a fully functional prototype, as a simulated technology startup
comprising of an international team of six graduate level designers. |
| Employer: | Wound Healing and Tissue Engineering Laboratory: Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
| Position: | Research Assistant |
| Time period: | January 2005 - Present |
| Description: | Developed a biphasic model of wound healing during Vacuum Assisted Wound Closure Therapy.
Analyzed the fluid and mechanical interactions in the wound bed using finite element analysis (ADINA) and solid mechanics. |
| Employer: | Apple Inc. |
| Position: | Product Design - Intern |
| Time period: | August 2006 - June 2007 |
| Description: | Responsible for the mechanical design on an upcoming Apple input device. • Integrating and executing in the product design process, including concept generation, prototyping, detailed design in 3D CAD
(UG NX4), FEA validation, thermal analysis and Design for Manufacturability. |
| Employer: | Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, |
| Position: | Product Design Intern |
| Time period: | June 2006 - August 2006 |
| Description: | Conducted concept development and mechanical design of new surgical devices utilizing Harmonic Scalpel Technology.
Gained a broad exposure to the medical product design field, including conceptual design, 3D CAD modeling (Solidworks), risk analysis, FDA regulation, root cause analysis, and clinical testing. |
| Employer: | Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology |
| Position: | Research Assistant |
| Time period: | May 2005 - August 2005 |
| Description: | Designed, fabricated and tested a novel biomimetic dry adhesive based on the nano-structured surface and adhesive properties
of gecko lizard foot pads. Gained hands-on experience in MEMS and microfabrication techniques using silicon substrates in a clean room environment (Photolithography, Cadence photomask design, PECVD, wet etching, DRIE plasma etching, SEM imaging). |
| Employer: | Horiba LTD. Japan |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | June 2004 - September 2004 |
| Description: | Coordinated and inspected in Automotive Emissions Measurement Systems and related products.
Developed and characterized manufacturing process for multistage printed circuit board production. |
| Employer: | MIT Precision Compliant Systems Design and Manufacturing Laboratory |
| Position: | Research Assistant |
| Time period: | February 2004 - December 2004 |
| Description: | • Designed and implemented fuel cell rolling mill for production of wrapped fuel cells. Designed low-cost, pneumatic actuators
using compliant mechanisms for use in Microsoft Corporation sponsored Flatbot project. • Gained experience in 3D CAD modeling (Solidworks) and prototype fabrication. |
| Employer: | PROJIMO Wheelchair Design |
| Position: | Fellow |
| Time period: | January 2005 |
| Description: | Designed and built low-cost, custom fitted wheelchairs for the disabled community of Sinaloa, Mexico.
Complied a technical manual for incorporation of enhanced design features into PROJIMO’s future wheelchair manufacturing. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2008 |
| Degree: | Mechanical Engineering, MSc |
| University: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Time period: | 2006 |
| Degree: | Mechanical Engineering, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Awards: | Stanford Graduate Engineering Fellowship Award – Awarded $76K grant for Stanford MS degree (September 2007)
MIT 2006 Ideas Competition Winner (May 2006) • The “MIT Rowchair” entry presented a design for a low-cost lever actuated wheelchair based on bicycle parts. MIT 50K Entrepreneurship Competition – 2005 Finalist (February 2005 – May 2005) • Patent pending team entry “HealRight” presented a novel, suture-less, and painless wound closure system. |
Joel's Startups (2)
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ReMotion Designs
Sustainable Mobility Solutions. Advanced Extreme Affordability Prosthetics to Empower the Developing World.
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Joel's Contacts (2)
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Charles Naut
Currently pursuing Computer Science degree at Stanford and working as Co-founder and VP of Technology at myCollegeSTAT LLC.
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Andrew Haeg
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