Engineering Design

EDUCATION

University of Arkansas, College of Engineering, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering

Graduated December 2017

GPA: 3.9

University of Arkansas, College of Engineering, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering

Graduated May 2015

GPA: 3.1

HONORS/AWARDS

Silas Hunt Distinguished Scholarship 2011-2015

CERTIFICATION

BLS Certification from the American Heart Association

PATENT

U.S. Patent 201********, “Dialysate Free Artificial Kidney Device,” April 5, 2018- Inventor

A device and method are described for the treatment of blood, which device may be used in conjunction with or in place of a failed Kidney. The device includes an ultrafiltration unit to remove proteins, red and white blood cells and other high molecular weight components, a nanofiltration unit to remove glucose, at least one electrodeionization unit to transport ions from the blood stream, and a reverse osmosis unit to modulate the flow of water, to both the blood and urine streams. In one embodiment, a specialized electrodeionization unit is provided having multiple chambers defining multiple dilute fluid channels, each channel filled with an ion specific resin wafer, and electrodes at the extremity of the device and proximate each of the resin filled dilute channels. By selective application of voltages to these electrodes, the ion transport functionality of a given dilute channel can be turned on or off.

ENGINEERING PROJECTS

Multiplexed Microfluidic Reverse-Transcriptase Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification chip for Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis in a Resource-limited Environment

Independent Study at the University of Arkansas, College of Engineering, at Fayetteville, AR.

January 2014 – May 2015

Project Aims to prove that a multiplexed microfluidic chip coupled with reverse-transcriptase loop-mediated Isothermal amplification of hypervariable regions of16S rRNA in bacteria can be used to simultaneously detect and identify eight of the most common septic-causing bacteria in the developing world from blood and cerebrospinal fluid specimens.

Responsibilities included:

Learning to operate the AutoCAD design system, and design and print, the photo-mask for multiplex microfluidic chip.

Successfully evaporate primers onto the microfluidic ship and prove that this concept is possible.

Produce PDMS top halves of the microfluidic chip from the silicon master.

Familiarize myself how to adsorb primer sets to specific locations on the glass slide (bottom half of chip)

Adsorb the proven primer sets to glass slides, after which I will finish the PDMS chips by sealing them to the glass slides using air plasma.

Senior Design- Breast Prosthesis

Senior Biomedical Engineering Design class at the University of Arkansas, College of Engineering, at Fayetteville, AR.

September 2014 – May 2015.

The aim of this project is to improve the durability while maintaining color, hardness, and texture for a product that is manufactured by ContourMed in Little Rock, AR. The breast prosthetic is used to help women who have undergone a lumpectomy or mastectomy, as a result of Breast Cancer.

Responsibilities included:

A team contract with weekly meetings, team standards, obligations, and procedures were agreed upon.

Held weekly, informal meetings with Design Review Board.

Presented two formal presentations to Design Review Board. One for design requirements, and the other for design specifications.

Design requirements covered the ASTM and FDA SOPs that would be followed, the general regulatory standards for an external aesthetic restoration prosthesis, and a class 1 device, the scope, general marketing information, user needs, engineering requirements, and the accompanying devices chosen to test the success for the new material.

Design specifications covered physical, material, and process requirements. As well a risk/hazard analysis using a Fault Tree Analysis method.

The second half of this project will be conducted from the perspective for the FDA design mandates. We will fabricate devices following FDA design control guidelines during design lab session. Following the FDA and Medical Device Regulation, and The FDA Design Control Process.

We will then describe and apply the FDA Design Control process for medical devices

Fabricate prototypes for a medical device based on our specifications.

Test device prototypes against our design requirements.

Use statistics to compare the prototype testing results to design requirements.

Describe and apply medical ethics to contemporary case studies.

Present designs in written and oral form following FDA design control guidelines.

Water For Life: Creating a Plan to Meet Water Demands for the Future

Environmental Engineering Project with Marty Matlock PhD. Published by the University of Arkansas.

October 2011-May 2012.

Based on our research we created world water safety plan that could be submitted to and implemented by UNICEF.

A water safety plan was made that was based individually on the 60 largest water basins across the world.

Each region was assessed by the amount of water it contains, population density, and economic means of the area.

A comprehensive knowledge of the technologies that sanitize, and purify water was required in order to appropriately rank, and assign which technology would be appropriate for the individual watershed system.

Technologies was assessed by the following characteristics: efficiency, or water input versus water output ratio, cost, amount of water produced, number of people able to satisfy.

Assessed each region based on population density, average economics, current means of water treatment, and water scarcity.

Personally design a “decision maker” that was used to assign appropriate technology based on each individual area’s water needs.

Created a map using Arc GIS 10. This map is a visual representation of what technologies were required for each world water basin.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Associate September 2015- October 2017

University of Arkansas Department of Chemical Engineering Fayetteville, AR

Co-inventor of the Dialysate Free Artificial Kidney Device (see patent above)

Daily activities included & were not limited to: creating the polarized- resin wafers used in the eletrodeionization unit (EDI), creating & building overall Kidney Device unit, running various tests on the EDI & Reverse Osmosis (RO) membrane units, multiple protein purification & quantification processes such as: Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, NanoDrop Microvolume Spectrophotometers, ionic probe detection, and chemical assays. As well as, data analysis and completion of monthly progress reports.

Completed management tasks such as: group & individual meeting scheduling, laboratory skills & safety training, buying & ordering of laboratory supplies and equipment, equipment cleaning & maintenance

Engineering Intern June 2014- September 2015 Veterans Center of the Ozarks Fayetteville, AR

Assisted in the implementation and activation of medical equipment and equipment systems.

Assisted in the implementation of internal, organizational initiatives.

Assisted in medical equipment repair & preventative maintenance programs.

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

North American Membrane Society Conference

May 2016

Planning Committee- 2013 NWA St. Jude Give thanks. Walk-

The walk raised over $101,000 for the St. Jude Hospitals Organizations.

Committee Members Responsibilities include:

Attendance of bi-monthly meeting with the NWA Planning Committee and Event Marketing Representative for ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Attendance to various fundraising dinners

Securing event sponsors

Marketing the event to the local area

Set up and running of event

VOLUNTEER

-St. Jude Give thanks. Walk 2013- Member of the board that planned and execute the walk and personally raised over $1,000.

-Washington Regional Medical Center- Physician Shadowing 80+ hours

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Computer: Proficient in Mac and PC formats and functions, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access, and Outlook), Dropbox, ARC GIS Mapping, MATLAB, AutoCAD, and COMSOL Microfluidics

Laboratory: Electrodeionization, Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, NanoDrop Nucleic Acid Quantification, various Ionic Electrodes, Instron Testing, Reverse Osmosis, DNA transfection, protein expression, purification, and quantification. Also, familiar with bioreactors, chromatography, calorimetry. Ultra Filtration & Nano Filtration systems.

SELECT SKILLS

-Great ability to learn in a fast pace environment

-Excellent communication skills both verbal and written

-Very energetic and innovative with a proven ability to plan and launch various engineering projects.

-A committed team player with leadership qualities

-Great ability to the network and maintain relationships with business partners and customers.

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