James Pizzini
***** ***** ***********, *** # **** San Antonio, Texas 78247 Email: acvmla@r.postjobfree.com
210-***-**** Website: jamespizzini.com
Objective: To work for one of the best civil engineering firms in Texas
Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA Graduated May 2013
Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering, GPA: 3.4
Recent Stephen G. Cook Engineering – CAD Department Manager Began Aug 2014
Work - Drafting of and coordination of land surveys, corroborating field data utilizing CAD software.
History - Promoted from CAD Technician to Department Manager after 9 months, supervising all CAD operations and interviewing new department hires with the hiring manager.
- Assimilated the duties of the IT Specialist after the position was eliminated, overseeing online security, software and hardware upgrades, and managing the company email accounts
Advanced Orthopedic Designs – Intern Jul 2014 – Nov 2014
- Shadowed Certified Prosthetists and Orthotists and Certified P/O Assistants in their routines of fabricating orthoses and prostheses for treating musculoskeletal disorders and amputations.
- Handled different materials and fabrication methods for custom orthotic and prosthetic devices
Walgreens – Pharmacy Technician Jan 2014 – Aug 2014 - Supported licensed pharmacists in the preparation of medications, assisting patients with their needs, handling insurance and billing information, communicating with doctors, and adhering to HIPAA guidelines
Licenses - Certified Solidworks Professional (CSWP-CORE) 2013-2015
- Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) 2014-2016
Skills - Fluent with AutoCAD Land Development Desktop and apt with Solidworks and PTC Creo Parametric
- Project Management; coordination with clients for survey data allocation and depiction in drafting stage
- Mechanical design in computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing (CAM) with a CNC mill and lathe, as well as for 3D printing with a Rostock Max V2
- Experimental data analysis with MATLAB, Microsoft Office, and other programs
- Practice of professional research laboratory assistant protocols with sensitive biological materials
- Finite Element Analysis with PTC Creo and ANSYS Workbench
School Major Qualifying Project – Skeletal Muscle Tissue Model Completed Apr 2013
Projects - Researched, designed, prototyped and published a report on a new device for mimicking
in vivo skeletal muscle conditions in vitro for use in research on treatments for skeletal muscle injury and degeneration.
- Demonstrated design for manufacturing and oversaw machining of prototypes
- Demonstrated proper cell culture protocol for stress-strain experiments and histology
Biomechanics – Bovine Tendon Model Dec 2012
- Created a constitutive model in MATLAB of the quasilinear stress-strain curve of anisotropic
bovine tendons stretched to failure in an Instron 554.
Experimental Biomechanics – Porcine Rib Bone Analysis Dec 2011
- Treated and stress-tested porcine rib bones to evaluate the efficiency of experimental bone
screws versus customary screws used by surgeons to fasten osteoporotic bone.
Activities WPI Biomedical Engineering Society Officer, Alumni Coordinator, Underclassman Mentor 2012 – 2013