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Finite element analysis, CAE, image analysis, image segmentation, CFD

Location:
Troy, NY
Posted:
August 20, 2015

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Mitul A. Shah, Ph.D.

Phone: 518-***-**** Email: acrb17@r.postjobfree.com

RESEARCH SUMMARY

Accomplished biomedical engineer with a strong foundation in numerical modeling, solid mechanics and fluid dynamics. Experience with using standard and explicit ABAQUS.

Looking for opportunities that require an expertise in CAE and FEM modeling.

Expert on developing 3D CAD models and image analysis using Matlab and Solidworks.

Effective communicator capable of working in a fast paced collaborative environment.

RELEVANT RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Modeling the mechanical and chemical behavior of the intervertebral disc using finite element methods

August 2012 - Present

Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Principal Investigator (PI): Dr. Juergen Hahn. & Dr. Eric Ledet

Developed an augmented biphasic swelling theory incorporating viscoelastic behavior of soft tissue using principles of solid and fluid mechanics.

Implemented and optimized finite element model using COMSOL multiphysics.

Developed and refined a CAD model from the MRI data for finite element analyses.

Patient specific modeling of the knee using cadaveric MRI data

August 2010 – August 2012

Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Principal Investigator (PI): Dr. Robert Spilker. Collaborator: Dr. Suzanne Maher (H.S.S. NY)

Performed image segmentations using Analyze® on high resolution MRI scans of healthy and unhealthy cadaveric knees.

Co-ordinated with physicians at the hospital for special surgeries to perform image registrations and expertly extract anatomical features of interest.

Developed and refined a 3D CAD model using segmented object files in Geomagic.

Characterization of the 3D knee model to derive patient specific parameters.

Finite element modeling using ABAQUS

August – December 2009

Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University.

Principal Investigator (PI): Dr. Alan Lau & Michelle Marcolongo

Modeled the plastic and dynamic behavior of a stainless steel stent under the effect of pulsating blood flow on the stent using a3D model of the stent using the dynamic implicit method in ABAQUS..

Performed a finite element simulation analysis for numerically calculating the dissipation of force due to an impact force on the intervertebral disc in ABAQUS (explicit).

An orthotic device built to assist the motion of the upper extremity for stroke victims.

February – August 2007

Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, D.J Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai University.

Principal Investigator (PI): Dr. Manali Godse.

EMG signals from stroke victims are processed using a custom microprocessor to drive a stepper motor.

Design included use of lightweight materials for the detachable orthotic device.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Teaching Assistant

Aug 2010 - Present

Teaching assistant for courses, such as Biomechanics and Advanced Biomechanics Bio-fluid Mechanics, Modeling of Biological Systems, Muscle Mechanics, Bio-imaging.

Mitul A. Shah, Ph.D.

Phone: 518-***-**** Email: acrb17@r.postjobfree.com

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Graduate Research Mentor

August 2011 – July 2014

Mentored an undergraduate student to segment MRI images

Summer @ Rensselaer (For high school students)

National Science Olympiad, Susan Odell Taylor School, Troy, NY

Drexel University

Teaching Assistant

May 2009 – July 2010

Teaching assistant for courses and labs in the physics department

Meditronics Asia Pvt. Ltd, Thane, India

Service Engineer

June – December 2007

Worked on servicing faulty medical devices.

Developed algorithms for microprocessors used in dental x-ray units.

PUBLICATIONS

Mitul, Shah, Eric Ledet, and Juergen Hahn, Computational Investigation of Effect of Loading Frequency on Trans-endplate Nutrition across the Intervertebral Disc. (Under review – BIO-

15-1114).

Mitul, Shah, Eric Ledet, and Juergen Hahn Effect of Dynamic Axial Loading on Trans-Endplate Nutrition to the Intervertebral Disc (In preparation).

Hongqiang, Guo, Mitul Shah, and Robert L. Spilker. "A finite element implementation for biphasic contact of hydrated porous media under finite deformation and sliding." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine (2014): 0954411914522782.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Mitul, Shah, Eric Ledet, and Juergen Hahn. "Effect of loading frequency on trans-endplate nutrition across the intervertebral disc: A force-controlled unconfined compression experiment." In Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2014 40th Annual, pp. 1-2. IEEE, 2014.

Mitul, Shah, Eric Ledet, and Juergen Hahn. "Effect of load frequency on trans-endplate transport of nutrients to the intervertebral disc." New Orleans. Orthopaedic Research Society (2014).

Mitul, Shah, R. Spilker, M. F. Koff, and J. Lipman. "Patient specific three dimensional knee model." In Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2011 IEEE 37th Annual Northeast, pp. 1-2. IEEE, 2011.

Jhaveri, Sankhesh, Mitul Shah, and Todd C. Doehring. "Optimization of a novel, wide-field, high resolution optical microscopy system." Drexel University. Drexel Research Day. (2009).

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

May 2015

M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University

May 2010

SKILLS

Finite Element Software

COMSOL Multiphysics, Abaqus, Tochnog, GID

Image Analysis Software

AnalyzeDirect, ImageJ

CAD Software

Geomagic, SolidWorks

Programming Languages

C, C++, Python, Assembly language

Software Packages

OpenSim, AutoLev, MATLAB, Visual Basic, PSPICE



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