Medical Device Quality Control

ABDERRAHIM FAKIRI

Address: ***A Lowell Street, Apt 8, Methuen, MA 08144

E-mail: **********.******@*****-******.***

Cell phone : (857) 488- 2530

EDUCATION:

. University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA

May 2010

Bachelor of Science in Plastics Engineering

3.76 G.P.A

. Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA

May 2008

Associate of Science in Engineering

3.78 G.P.A

. University Hassan II of Science, Casablanca, Morocco

June 2002

Associate of Science in Mathematics and Physics

RELATED PROJECTS:

. Capstone:

. Developed a casting mold capable of producing fiber

reinforced elastomeric tensile specimens. The tensile

strength of these reinforced tensile specimens was compared

using three different fibers (Kevlar , glass fiber and carbon

fiber) with three matrixes (Polyurethane, silicone and

epoxy).

. Design:

. Designed and machined cavities for a two plate cold runner

mold.

. Designed specifications for an artificial pancreas improved

with a biosensor (polymer in medicine class).

. Designed an extrusion cross head die for three lumen

catheter.

. Systems Control:

. Quality control, analysis and optimization of an open and

closed loop system for a polycarbonate card thermal

imprinting machine.

. Other:

. Electrospun of ceramic filled nanofibers using solution and

melt electrospinning.

. Learned lean manufacturing tools and how to employ them to

decrease material handing, holding, ordering, and labor costs

in order to increase the efficiency of the facility.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

. SolidWorks, MasterCam, Mold Flow, MS Word, MS Excel, and MS

PowerPoint.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

. Hands-on experience in extrusion blow molding, injection molding,

thermoforming, single and twin screw extrusion, rubber injection

molding, the rotational molding processes, flat and blown films, and

recycling.

. Hands-on experience in polymer characterization: dilute solution

viscosity and Brookfield viscosity, gel permeation chromatography

(GPC), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Scanning

Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM),

Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Differential Scanning

Calorimetry (DSC) and melting point apparatus.

. Hands-on experience in different type of polymerizations: emulsion

polymerization of styrene, bulk polymerization of MMA, radical

copolymerization of styrene and MMA, interfacial polymerization of

nylon fibers, solution polymerization of polyester, bulk polyaddition

of silicone rubber, Sol-Gel polyaddition of polyurea and polyurethane

networks, and enzymatic polymerization.

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:

Research Engineer, Saint-Gobain Innovative Materials, R&D Center Northboro,

MA ( July 2010- Present)

. Work with the polymer characterization & thermal group to solve

customer issues with certain materials as well as determining average

molecular weight, material composition and thermal properties using

FTIR, UV-Vis, GC/MS, GPC, TGA, TMA, DMA, DSC and Rheometer

. Analyze competitors' products and create reverse engineering database

. Create a library for FTIR to identify unknown materials

. Analyze data and write customer reports

Product Designer, Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2),

Lowell, MA (September 2009- June 2010)

. Designed and prototyped medical devices such as catheters, needles,

scalps etc, using SolidWorks and prototype machine

LANGUAGES:

English, French, Arabic

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