Mechanical Engineering Engineer

Sameer Dawande

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Seattle, WA 98105 *********@*****.***

CORE COMPETENCIES

SolidWorks (CAD) / Fusion 360 (CAM) Design for Manufacture Matlab, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Python Laser Cutting/ 3D Printing Machine Shop: CNC, Lathe Product Design

CFD (Ansys, Fluent), FEA Control Systems

Clean Room, Microfluidics, Biological Assays/Systems Photolithography, Spin Coater EDUCATION

University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2014-2016

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (GPA: 3.6) Graduate Research Assistant, Emergency Medicine Lab Interdisciplinary Research (ME, EE, Bio) to design and develop a novel medical device to measure the mechanical strength of blood clot to aid Emergency Paramedics and Physicians

• Complete product development cycle from concept through a completed system to get a provisional patent

• Working with blood assays to conduct validation experiments and proof of concept

• Developed a control system using LabView and Matlab for data analysis National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India 2008-2012 Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering (GPA:7.5/10) PUBLICATIONS

• P Deepu, Sameer Dawande, Saptarshi Basu ‘Instabilities of a thin liquid film flow down a anisotropic and inhomogeneous porous layer’ Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Volume 762, January 2015, R2 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2014.644.

• Sameer Dawande, Lucas Oxenford, Ye Chen, Nathan Sniadecki, Jonathan Posner, Nathan White ‘In-vitro clot formation and failure’, Blood, In-review

PATENT

• “Gel and Clot Diagnostic devices”, U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/279,583 filed 1/15/2016 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

4th-Phase, Inc, Seattle, WA (Startup Experience) Dec 2016-Present Research & Development Engineer

• Design and fabrication of Microfluidic devices (PDMS, COC/COP) using various Microfabrication techniques and Hot pressing

Includes working in the Clean room, Spin coating, Photolithography, CFD analysis and rendering

• Extensive use of Solidworks to design/develop individual components and fully detailed assemblies.

Includes large assemblies with configurations, GD&T, Pipe routing and rendering

• Ownership of projects from brainstorming, concept hand drawings through analysis, prototyping, fabrication, testing and documentation

Includes BOM’s, Budgets, Procurement with vendors and Sourcing

• Setup up experimental protocols and conducting experiments in a Wet lab to test for efficacy of the device

• Setting up a Metrology station for data acquisition

Includes developing a Matlab code for communicating with various sensors.

Setting up a control system to communicate with Sensors and actuators through Raspberry Pi and Python codes

• Machine shop and Clean room: Photolithography, Milling machine, CNC, Hand tools, Solvent welding and adhesives

• Rapid Prototyping: 3D printing, Laser cutting (CO2 & UV), Concept breadboarding, Raspberry Pi, Arduino Impact Bioenergy, Seattle, WA June 2016-Nov 2016

Mechanical Engineering Intern

• Worked on waste to energy technology to turn food waste into a valuable resource. Developed an Internet of Things system using Raspberry Pi to remotely monitor the data. University of Washington, Seattle, WA Jan 2015-June 2016 Graduate Research Assistant, Emergency Medicine Lab

• Developed a microfluidics based rapid clot failure diagnostic medical device, for Trauma patients, intended to be used by Civilian/Military Paramedics and Emergency Physicians.

• Conducted primary research, literature review, fundamental experiments, data analysis to test the efficacy of the diagnostic device and publishing results in Journal paper.

• Selected in the top 18 teams at the UW Health Innovation Challenge (HIC) for developing a business plan to take product to market.

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India April 2013-July 2014 Research Assistant

• Design (3D modeling), optimization of the Solar energy tank using Finite Elemental Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis, thermal analysis and design of the overall system.

• Co-authored a Journal paper in a prestigious Journal by developing a mathematical model for a fluids problem and using MATLAB codes for solving complex mathematical equations and analyzing the data. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore, India Nov 2012-April 2013 Design Engineer

• Manufacturing support and hydraulic design for the fifth generation aircraft.

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