Experience

Switchback Medical

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Engineer

  • Jan 2022 - Present



Medtronic

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Pr. R&D Engineer

  • Jul 2017 - Jan 2022

  • Technical lead - implantable devices• Design optimization - nitinol frames• FEA - in vivo, preclinical, and test analysis• Design verification testing - fatigue• Root cause analysis - field and test failures• Implementation of new test and simulation technologies• Materials research

• Sr. R&D Engineer

  • Apr 2014 - Jul 2017

• Contract Engineer - FEA and Mechanics R&D

  • Jul 2013 - Apr 2014

  · FEA modeling in support of medical devices and materials.· Characterization of material behaviors.· Verification and implementation of new computational modeling tools.



University of Minnesota Orthopaedics

• Post-doctoral Research Fellow

  • Aug 2011 - Jul 2013

  · Research on implant fixation and implant failure.· Finite element analysis of medical devices.· Computational modeling of in vivo systems.· Mechanical testing of novel medical devices with biologic tissues. · Research on implant fixation and implant failure.· Finite element analysis of medical devices.· Computational modeling of in vivo systems.· Mechanical testing of novel medical devices with biologic tissues.



University of Iowa Orthopaedic Biomechanics Lab

• Research Engineer

  • Aug 2007 - Sep 2011

  · Simulation of wear in spinal implants using adaptive-mesh FEA.· Development of non-linear material models for analysis of soft-tissue mechanics.· Quantification of soft-tissue damage using image-processing of histology images.· Multi-variate data analysis.· Training and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students.· Grant writing, conference presentations, and writing of peer-reviewed journal articles.

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jun 2005 - Jul 2007

  · Research on relationship between ankle cartilage stresses and post-traumatic osteoarthritis.· Collaborations with clinicians, biologists, and other engineers.· Publications in conference proceedings and biomedical research journals.



University of Kansas

• Summer Research Fellow

  • Jun 2004 - Aug 2004

  · Characterization of the mechanical properties of synthetic and cadaveric vertebrae.· Operation of servo-hydraulic testing equipment. · Development of new testing protocols to test vertebrae in physiologically relevant loading modes. · Characterization of the mechanical properties of synthetic and cadaveric vertebrae.· Operation of servo-hydraulic testing equipment. · Development of new testing protocols to test vertebrae in physiologically relevant loading modes.



Imation

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Engineering Intern

  • Jun 2003 - Aug 2003

  · Manufacturing engineering with diskette assembly team.· Identification of new potential sources for diskette materials.· Initial feasibility testing of new materials.· Interactions with maintenance, quality control, and business unit representatives to improve assembly line efficiency. · Manufacturing engineering with diskette assembly team.· Identification of new potential sources for diskette materials.· Initial feasibility testing of new materials.· Interactions with maintenance, quality control, and business unit representatives to improve assembly line efficiency.