Medical Device Electrical

Manjiri Kshirsagar

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EDUCATION

Duke University Durham, NC GPA: 3.63/4.0

Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering (May 2013)

Coursework: Medical Instrument Design, Intelligent Sensors, Medical Device Innovation, Mobile Device for Biomedicine

University of Mumbai Mumbai, India GPA: 4.0/4.0

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication (May 2011)

Coursework: Electronic Instrumentation, RF Circuit Design, Signal Processing, Microcontrollers, Wireless Networks

AWARDS

Duke BME Excellence in MS Studies Award (May 2013)

SKILLS

Software Tools: C, C++, Matlab, Proteus, Eagle, PSpice, Eclipse, SolidWorks

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Becton Dickinson Technologies Research Triangle Park, NC Jun 2012- Aug 2012

Summer Associate, Artificial Pancreas

• Developed a virtual patient model to compare and test control algorithms for glucose control in diabetic patients

• Modeled the metabolic activity of the pancreas in Matlab by fitting results obtained from clinical trials

• Optimized the mathematical model to predict glucose profiles in order to accelerate the process of fine tuning the

glucose control algorithms

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Duke University Durham, NC Feb 2013- Apr 2013

Team member, Vein Viewer

• Developed an application on android platform that highlighted veins of the hand based on multispectral imaging

• Constructed the electrical circuit and the housing required for the vein viewer device

• Developed the application in Java on Eclipse to receive captured images and display their processed versions

• Programmed in embedded C for the Arduino microcontroller interfaced with the circuit and camera

Duke University Durham, NC Aug 2012- Dec 2012

Team member, Electro-oculographic Peripheral Controller

• Worked in a multi-functional team to develop a device enabling paralyzed persons to control peripheral electrical

appliances with their eye movements

• Developed the software in embedded C to analyze and process the electro-oculographic signals from the eye

• Interfaced the software and hardware modules and created testing procedures to test the device

L&T Infotech Mumbai, India Aug 2010- Apr 2011

Project Trainee, Wireless Lighting Control using ZigBee

• Constructed a network prototype for remotely controlling the lights of an entire building from a single station

• Designed and assembled electronic circuits for each of the wireless network nodes

• Studied and programmed the Microchip ZigBee stack in MPLAB using embedded C language

• Developed a ZigBee based wireless module with GUI to demonstrate control of electrical appliances

LEADERSHIP AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• Chairman, Student Council of Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers(IETE) in 2010

• Recipient of JRD Tata Scholarship for academic year 2008-2009

• Volunteer at ‘Sewa International’, an NGO as a part of community services

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