Engineering Design

CASSIDY DZOAN 408-***-**** *******@*******.*** San Jose, CA

EXPERIENCE

Oct 2017 – Jun 2018

Oct 2017 – Dec 2017

Jul 2016

Jan 2016

Jan 2016 – Jun 2016

Jun 2013 – Aug 2013

Jun 2014 – Aug 2014

Sept 2013 – Jun 2014

Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Project – UC Davis Student

- Team-oriented design and manufacturing project sponsored by Ekso Bionics

- Designed and prototyped a lower extremity exoskeleton aimed at reducing biomechanical strain on the body

- Applied physics, material properties, industry standards, and user needs to establish engineering design specifications and set target specifications Aviran Lab – UC Davis Mentee

- Lab description: algorithm design for studying RNA structure with high resolution and throughput

- Completed basic coding projects drawing on topics of statistics, machine learning, applied math, and biophysics as an introduction to the bioinformatics field Mentorship – Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Mentee

- Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Harris, current Chair of Pediatrics

- Shadowed doctors and residents in varying areas of specialties in both the pediatrics clinic and main hospital

- Learned to read patient charts, introduced to overview of critical markers for health assessment, observed doctor-patient interaction and doctor-doctor interaction, and learned about overall medical pediatric care.

BMES Make-A-Thon Participant

- Designed and prototyped a new device tailored to fit client need in a 30-hour team competition while adhering to material and cost limitations

- Multi-lens-accommodating frames for use in Third World Countries Gift of Life Foundation Coordinator of Volunteers

- Bone marrow registry aimed at effectively matching patients with compatible donors by being the first to use cheek swabs to test and recruit donors

- Tabled at events and followed protocol to register volunteers for the foundation My Best HomeCare Student Intern

- Familiarized myself with home respiratory equipment: pulse oximeters, CPAP/BIPAP machines, ventilator systems, and other necessary accessories

- Shadowed a respiratory technician during patient home visits to monitor equipment acquired from MBHC

- Worked closely with pulmonary doctor to learn different patient cases and learn the overall business aspect of a homecare company

- Assisted the billing department by assessing explanation of benefits (EOB), organizing patient charts, and logging payments from patients and insurance companies Van Lang Vietnamese School Teacher

- Volunteered to teach first grade Vietnamese to elementary school children EDUCATION

University of California, Davis (2014 – 2018)

Biomedical Engineering, B.S.

SKILLS

Lab: titration, SDS-PAGE, centrifugation, standard lab procedures Coding: MATLAB, basic Python (in progress)

Manufacturing: lathe, mill, drill press

CAD: SolidWorks

Microsoft: Word, Powerpoint, Excel

Design: Photoshop, PaintTool Sai

Certifications: CPR

COURSES

BIM 102: Quantitative Cell Biology

BIM 106: Biotransport Phenomena

BIM 142: Biomedical Imaging

BIM 189C: Computational Genomics

BIM 108: Signals and Controls

BIM 105: Statistics

BIM 111: Biomedical Instrumentation

NPB 101: Physiology

ENG 35: Statics

ENG 17 & 100: Circuits I & II

ENG 105: Thermodynamics

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