Engineer Construction

Noah B. Pestana

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860-***-****

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Availability: 8/15/2013

EDUCATION

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Aug 2013

Electromagnetics, Plasma, and Optics Track

Courses: Optics, Computational Electromagnetics, Biological Sensors,

Electromagnetics

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

May 2011

with minor in Biomedical Engineering and Math

Main Courses: Algorithms and Data Structures, Engineering

Problem Solving, Anatomy and Physiology,Electronics,

Electromagnetic fields and Waves, Biophotonics, Robotics,

Biomedical Electronics, Noise and Stochastic Processes,

SKILLS

Circuit Design Signal Processing Microsoft

Office Applications

Prototype Design MatLab LaTex

Optics Labview Computer Hardware

Installation Circuit Construction Visual Studios

Electromagnetic Simulations

EXPERIENCE

Biomedical Optics Lab, Northeastern University Boston, MA

Spring 2011-Summer 2013

Research Associate: Developed device for In-Vivo Flow Cytometry and

removal of motion artifacts, Developed Low-cost device for determining

concentration of target cells using microfludics

Proven Process Medical Devices Mansfield, MA June

2010- December 2010

Consulting Engineer: Redesign and troubleshooting of medical devices,

worked with documentation needed for FDA, and calibrating test equipment

Department of Cell Biology Yale University Summer 2008-

Fall 2008

Research Engineer: Responsible for design, repair, and construction of

electronic controls for microscopes and galvanometric mirrors for Multiple

Angle Total Internal Reflectance microscope with FRAP capabilities.

Optical Science Lab Northeastern University Boston, MA Fall

2007-Spring 2008 and Spring 2009

Volunteer Researcher: Basic Photodetector construction, research and

construction of dual integrating spheres for determining the optical

properties of tissue, calibration of radiometer

Publications

Pestana, N., D. Walsh, et al. (2013). "A Dedicated Low-Cost Fluorescence

Microfluidic Device Reader for Point-of-Care Ocular Diagnostics." Journal

of Medical Devices 7(2):

Pestana, N., L. J. Mortensen, et al. (2013). "Improved diffuse fluorescence

flow cytometer prototype for high sensitivity detection of rare circulating

cells in vivo." Journal of Biomedical Optics 18(7):

References will be furnished upon request.

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