Experience

Bertec

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Engineer

  • Sep 2020 - Present



Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Engineer

  • Oct 2014 - Aug 2020

  Part of the Human Agility Lab in the Physical Therapy and Human Movement Science department. My main project is working on a robot that can hopefully quantify and measure human balance and maneuverability during walking for patients with spinal cord injury. Part of the Human Agility Lab in the Physical Therapy and Human Movement Science department. My main project is working on a robot that can hopefully quantify and measure human balance and maneuverability during walking for patients with spinal cord injury.



SelectivePrep

• Instructor

  • Sep 2013 - Mar 2018

  SelectivePrep is a private company that teaches and tutors classes of 7th or 8th graders to help better prepare them for the Chicago Public School high school placement tests (Selective Enrollment Exam). I teach the students math, reading, grammar, and vocabulary for 2 hours per week over an 8 week course, providing weekly, personal feedback to each parent based on student performance. SelectivePrep is a private company that teaches and tutors classes of 7th or 8th graders to help better prepare them for the Chicago Public School high school placement tests (Selective Enrollment Exam). I teach the students math, reading, grammar, and vocabulary for 2 hours per week over an 8 week course, providing weekly, personal feedback to each parent based on student performance.



Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Feb 2014 - Oct 2014

  Using robotic devices to asses joint stiffness in patients with SCI during the rehabilitation process. Using robotic devices to asses joint stiffness in patients with SCI during the rehabilitation process.



Southern Methodist University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Apr 2013 - Aug 2013

  Worked in the Locomotor Performance Lab under director Dr. Peter Weyand. Primary responsibilities were in experimental metabolic data collection for a D.O.D. funded study to examine the energetic requirements of loaded walking. Worked in the Locomotor Performance Lab under director Dr. Peter Weyand. Primary responsibilities were in experimental metabolic data collection for a D.O.D. funded study to examine the energetic requirements of loaded walking.



The Ohio State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Associate

  • Jan 2012 - Jun 2012

  Worked in Movement Lab under adviser Manoj Srinivasan, PhD. Lab goals included determining how and why humans and animals walk and run the way that we do. Our approach included a mix of computer simulations and modeling as well as human subject experiments.Completed Master's thesis on energetics of human legged locomotion.

• Graduate Teaching Associate

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2011

  Responsible for the lab section of a system dynamics class. Supervised 4-6 classes per week, with 18 students per class. Also performed pre-lab lectures, had to assist students during lab, and grade weekly lab reports.

• Student Research Associate

  • Jul 2011 - Sep 2011



Honda of America Mfg., Inc.

• Automotive
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Engineer / COOP

  • Apr 2006 - Jun 2006