Project Engineering

Kush Mangal

US Citizen

School Address: * Bayard Road, Apt 43, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Permanent Address: 2 Revere Court, Princeton Junction, NJ 08550-2160

Email: ****@***.*** Cell: 609-***-****

EDUCATION Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA

Master of Biomedical Engineering, May 2011

Current GPA: 3.53

Graduate Classes: Cellular Biomechanics, Molecular and Micro-

scale Polymeric Biomaterials in Medicine,

Nanoparticles, Computational Biology, Biosensors & BioMEMS,

Rehabilitation Engineering, Cell Biology

Bachelor of Science, May 2010

Major: Chemistry

Minor: Biomedical Engineering

RESEARCH Carnegie Mellon University, Computational Chemistry

Project

EXPERIENCE Student Researcher, January 2010 - July 2010

. Tested and compared molecular similarity calculations with

published literature values and determined the range of any

errors.

Princeton University, Biophysics Project

Student Researcher, May 2009 - Aug. 2009

. Focused on cell signaling by obtaining concentration threshold

for cell aggregation by Fluorosence spectroscopy using starved

dictyostelium cells.

Princeton University, iGem Project

Student Researcher, May 2007 - Jan. 2008

. Synthetic Biology project that focused on a system that utilizes

RNA interference (RNAi) to detect and destroy cancer cells in a

tissue-specific manner

. Presented project at MIT at iGem Jamboree conference in November

2007.

Rutgers University, Device Project

Student Researcher, June 2006 - August 2006

. Assisted graduate students in designing motor movement and

simulation for scanning technique using lower radiation levels

for pediatric children.

ACADEMIC Surgery for Engineers: Alternatives to Endoclips, Fall 2008

PROJECTS ( Designed a method to create internal

incisions for future surgical procedures and robots.

Medical Devices: GlucoWrist, Fall 2008

. Developed a proposal to design an automatic glucose analytical

device for diabetes patients.

LEADERSHIP Student Senator, Carnegie Mellon Undergraduate Student

Senate, Spring 2008 - January 2010

. Elected by students in the Mellon College of Science. Served

on Campus Life & Internal Dev. Committee.

President & Co-President & Founder, People to People

International Chapter, Spring 2008 - Current

. Organized local events that focused on international

humanitarian and cultural causes

Director of Eyeglass Drives, Unite for Sight Chapter, Fall 2008

- January 2010

. Provided eye exams to people living in rural communities and

organized eye glass drives

Board Member at Large, CIT First Year Advisory Board, August

2006 - May 2007

ACTIVITIES Writer, Tartan Newspaper, January 2007 - Current

. Writer in the Science and Technology Section

SKILLS Laboratory: organic synthesis & purification,

fluorescence microscopy, CO2 incubators, HPLC, atomic

absorption, cell culturing & transfection, Minipreps and

Maxipreps, PCRs, gel extraction, Thin Layer Chromatography

(TLC)

Trained in chemical/biosafety/biohazard materials,

laboratory practices.

Instruments: NMR, FT-IR, UV/VIS, GC/MS, HPLC

Computer: Mathematica, JAVA, MATLAB, UNIX, PASCAL, vCell,

HTML, MS Office

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