David Sebastian Dresser
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San Francisco, California 94115 408-***-****
Education
Sep 2015 – Stanford University Stanford, CA
June 2017 Master of Science, Bioengineering • Focus on Biomedical Devices • GPA: 3.87 Award: The Stanford Biodesign Mobile Health Innovation Award (2015) Sep 2008 – University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Dec 2012 Bachelor of Science, Physiological Science • GPA: 3.42 Skills
• SolidWorks, finite element analysis and hemodynamic simulations of vasculature using SimVascular/ParaView, musculoskeletal biomechanics analysis using OpenSim, Eclipse, MATLAB, Java, Python, Arduino (C++/C), Microsoft Office
• Sand casting, mill, lathe, oxy-fuel welding, woodworking, power tools, 3D printing, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) sequences
• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T), manufacturing processes knowledge, anatomy and physiology
• English and Spanish fluency
Work Experience
Aug 2013 – SRI International Menlo Park, CA
July 2015 Research Associate I at SRI International Human Sleep Research Laboratory under supervision of Fiona Baker, Ph.D.
& Ian Colrain, Ph.D.
• Collected data for following studies: National Consortium on Alcohol and NeuroDevelopment in Adolescence
(NCANDA); Sleep, Reproductive Transitions, and Health in Women
• Collected overnight sleep recordings including polysomnography for adaptation, architecture, and event-related potential (ERP) recordings
• MRI scanning using GE 3T scanner; T1-, T2-weighted, fMRI images, etc. included
• Administered, scored, and managed neuropsychological tests from large cohorts of subjects Research Experience
July 2016 – The Cardiovascular Biomechanics Computation Lab at Stanford Stanford, CA Sep 2016 Student Engineering Research Assistant under supervision of Alison Marsden, Ph.D.
• Studied cardiovascular disease progression using patient-specific, SimVascular computational models
• Modeled coronary vasculature and grafted conduits using CT data of coronary artery bypass grafts
• Ran finite element simulations of blood flow through the vasculature to better understand the hemodynamics of the patient
Sep 2010 – UCLA Laboratory for Clinical Affective Psychophysiology Los Angeles, CA May 2011 Student Research Assistant in Stress, Emotion, & Motivated Attention in Schizophrenia Research Lab under supervision of Cindy Yee-Bradbury, Ph.D. & Gretchen Sholty, Ph.D.
• Studied effects of stress on prodromal, recently-onset, and chronically-episodic schizophrenia patients
• Set up EMG/EKG leads on patients to determine their brain and cardiac activity
• Administered neuropsychological tests and triaged them Other Experience
May 2013 – Altanova Corporation San Jose, CA
Aug 2013 Engineering Intern
• Learned to use SolidWorks 3D CAD software under the guidance of the head engineer of the firm
• Included drafting, assemblies, engineering drawings, bill of materials, and simulations