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Joseph Hubert Alexis

**** ****** ***** ***. ***● Houston, Texas, 77025● 713-***-****● ******.********@*****.***●www.linkedin.com/in/josephhubert

EDUCATION

Rice University, Houston, TX May 2017

Master of Bioengineering (MBE) GPA 3.45- Courses considered for graduation

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Tamil Nadu, India May 2015

Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering 7.69/10

COURSEWORK

•Fundamentals of Neuroscience

•Nano-neurotechnology

•Systems Biology and Neuro-engineering

•Bio-photonics Instrumentation

•Data Mining and Statistical Learning

PROJECTS

TRUVent Bag-Valve-mask Manual resuscitation trainer Jan 2017 - May 2017

Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas

•Developed and designed Ambu Mask interfacing 8 sensors with a microcontroller to display and record real time flow, pressure, leak and tactile sensor data.

•Conducted trial using final prototype with 30 medical residents at the Ben Taub Hospital to test viability as a training tool under the guidance of the resident anaesthesiologist.

•Presented the findings to a team of clinicians at Baylor College of Medicine and Ben Taub.

Parkinson’s Disease Tracking using Mobile Bio-behavioural sensing August 2016- December 2016

TMCx- Texas Medical Center Innovation, Houston, Texas

•Developed algorithm to detect the duration for which the user was sitting, standing, walking, running and skipping using mobile accelerometer data with data classifier on MATLAB.

•Refined algorithm to develop gait detection to implement algorithm for disease progression tracking in Parkinson’s disease.

•Assisted the mobile app developer in devising interactive games to assess fine motor skills by incorporating inputs from a Physiotherapist at the Methodist Hospital.

•The final presentation given at the TMCx can be viewed here:

https://youtu.be/0Cr7glvCoss?t=35m45s

Insulin Pump with Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Monitoring August 2013 - January 2014 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

•Developed predictive algorithm to anticipate glucose spikes and tested it successfully with simulated data.

•Interfaced Iontophoresis sensors with TI MSP430 microcontroller for transdermal glucose level estimation.

•Lead a team of 5 under-graduate students to the semi-finals of the Texas Instruments Analog Design Challenge,

India 2014 and secured a position among the top 340 teams selected from over 1,700 participants.

EXPERIENCE

Intern Jan 2017- May 2017

Fannin Innovation Studio, Houston

•Documented the methods section, Innovation section and clinical data for 3 SBIR grants worth $250,000 each.

•Designed, prototyped and tested multiple embodiments of pediatric ureteral stent delivery and retrieval systems; recorded and presented data to design teams.

•Designed test bench using AutoCAD and 3D printed components to validate surgical tool designs for spinal bifida.

•Co-ordinated, partnered with and communicated to engineering design teams from Rice, Texas A&M as well as clinicians from Baylor and Texas Children’s Hospital; learnt to handle multiple projects parallelly.

•Assisted the development team in devising the FDA Regulatory strategy; identified predicate devices for 510k submissions.

Summer Associate – Imaging Physics May 2016- Jul 2016

MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, Texas

•Helped develop NEMA tutorials demonstrating PET/CT quality control tests for the IAEA Human Health Campus as part of the Peaceful Users Initiative(PUI) project.

•Developed deeper understanding of Nuclear imaging modalities. Tutorials included the following procedures:

-Daily PET/CT QC test

-Radioactivity concentration calibration

-Spatial resolution

-Sensitivity

-Scatter fraction, count losses and randoms measurements

-Image quality

-Accuracy of corrections for count losses and randoms

-Accuracy of PET/CT image registration

•The final guides that were developed can be viewed here:

https://humanhealth.iaea.org/HHW/MedicalPhysics/e-learning/QC_PETCT/index.html

Summer Intern Jun 2013- Jul 2013

Siemens Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai, India

•Helped in the planned maintenance and troubleshooting of several imaging modalities including CT, MRI and PET-CT

•Debugged several issues and attended service calls under the guidance of a senior engineer.

•Interacted with customers and clinicians, developed good relations through maintaining professional demeanour at all times.

•Maintained inventory and appropriate documentation for tools and service logs for all issues resolved.

SKILLS

Computer skills: C, C++, MATLAB, R, Python

Language skills: English, French(Intermediate), German(Beginner), Tamil (Native Speaker), Hindi(Fluent)

Industry-Specific skills: AutoCAD, LabVIEW, Arduino, PIC and TI MSP430 microcontroller programming, PSpice

ACTIVITIES

•Teaching Assistant for the BIOE 449: Biomedical Instrumentation Lab Course

•Prototyped and designed an assistive device for wheelchair users successfully within 48 hours in the Oshman Engineering Design-A-Thon Challenge (2016)

•Student Volunteer Intern at the Office of Technology Transfer at Rice University

•Six Sigma White Belt Certification

•Duncan Graduate Student Fellowship (2016-2017)

PERSONAL DETAILS

•Single and willing to relocate anywhere

•Have F1-OPT work permit; can legally work till May 2019 without any sponsorship

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