Mechanical Engineer Medical

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Sahil Kumar Gera

MS in Bioengineering, B.Tech in Mechanical and automation engineering ABOUT ME

Multi-skill R&D engineer with 4+ years of expertise in biomedical research and medical device development with cross country work experience and 3+ years of competence in developing 5 multi-functional manual and automatic robots, 2 Go-karts and an All-terrain-vehicle(ATV). Seeking to leverage my expertise in medical domain as a Head Medico-Mechanical Engineer. WORK EXPERIENCE

TEACHING ASSISTANT TRANSDUCERS AND INSTRUMENTATION (TNI), CMCH VELLORE JAN ’20 – APR ‘20

Conduct course of 13 labs based on design, development & calibration of sensors. VISITING RESEARCH STUDENT UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA MAY ’19 – JUN ‘19

Conduct clinical trials, machine tests, data analysis & modify device programs. JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE VELLORE, TAMIL NADU SEPT ’16 – AUG‘18

Medical device development and (ISO) validation, prostheses and orthoses fabrication, control device assembly, packaging design, CNC machining, circuit designing, embedded/Java programming, developing GUI, android app and wireless devices. PROJECT ENGINEER OXYGEN TO INNOVATION (O2I), NEW DELHI APR ’16 – JUN ‘16

Cross industry Defence/Medical/Kickstarter project design and development. Team establishment via recruitment drives and lead them to execute multiple projects ENGLISH TEACHER AND MENTOR MAKE A DEFFERENCE (MAD), NGO, NEW DELHI AUG ’13 – MAR ‘14

Development of education plans, structure syllabus, mentor teachers & teach students RESEARCH ACCOLADES

PAPER PRESENTATION IEEE TENCON

OCT ‘19

S. Gera et al., "Electrical Stimulation and assessment of the induced force in the Denervated Muscle," TENCON 2019 - 2019 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON), Kochi, India, 2019, pp. 2046-2050, doi: 10.1109/TENCON.2019.8929282.

1ST PRIZE ORAL PRESENTATION, CMCH VELLORE

OCT ‘19

Topic: “Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) assisted cycling for paraplegics” 2ND PRIZE POSTER PRESENTATION, CMCH VELLORE

OCT ‘17

Topic: “Electrical Stimulation of Denervated Muscle to restore muscle mass” EDUCATION

KEY SKILLS

Designing:

Solidworks, PRO-E,

AUTOCAD, CATIA, Ansys,

Blender, Geomagics

DesignX, Sketchup, Eagle,

Surface & Solid modelling

Medical Research:

Medical device develop-

ment, system modeling.

Biomechanical analysis

using OpenSim, Kinovea

and ProAnalyst.

Prepare study designs,

obtain ethics & IRB

approvals, conduct

clinical trials & file patent

Coding:

Visual studio, Eclipse/

Android studio, MPLab,

Windows & android app

development, expertise

in C++, other languages:

python, Java, C#, C

Management:

Lead team > 25 members

Organized workshops

Managed inventory, BOM

Handled various inter-

departmental projects

simultaneously.

CERTIFICATIONS

Good Clinical Practice

(GCP)

SPSS

PROE

CATIA & AutoCAD

Solidworks

3D printing

PCB designing

MS Bioengineering (2-institute program)

CMCH Vellore & SCTIMST Kerala

JULY ’18 – JULY ’20

B.Tech Mechanical & Automation Engineer.

ADGITM, GGSIPU, New Delhi

AUG ’12 – AUG ’16 Aggregate Score: 70.68 %

Higher Secondary

Tagore International School New Delhi ‘12

Aggregate Score: 83 %

Secondary School

The Pinnacle School, New Delhi ‘10

Aggregate Score: 83.6 %

PROJECTS

HIP STRENGTH ASSESMMENT DEVICE DEPT. OF ORTHOPAEDICS, CMCH VELLORE NOV ‘19 – JUL ‘20

Development of hip-strength assessment-device (dynamometer) for patients undergoing acetabular reconstruction

KNEE STRENGTH ASSESMMENT DEVICE DEPT. OF ORTHOPAEDICS, CMCH VELLORE NOV ‘19 – JUL ‘20

Development of knee-strength assessment-device (dynamometer) for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty

FES ENABLED STATIONERY CYCLE AND BERKEL BIKE FOR PARAPLEGICS DEPT. OF BIOENGINEERING, CMCH VELLORE AND DISCIPLINE OF EXERCISE AND SPORTS SCIENCE, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

MAY ‘19 – JUL ‘20

Development of stationary cycle for independent engagement of paraplegics using any wheelchair to perform FES assisted cycling in CMCH and extending its applications to multiple sclerosis patients to perform clinical-trials in University of Sydney, Australia MUSCLE CONTRATILITY SENSOR CENTRE FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH, CMCH VELLORE OCT ‘18 – JUL ‘20

Development of muscle contractility assessment device to assess efficacy of stem cells in rectal muscle incontinence. (Patent pending)

MODIFIED LOWER LIMB ORTHOSES DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION (PMR), CMCH VELLORE

SEPT ‘18 – JUL ‘20

Designed a lower limb orthoses, embedded with pressure sensors and a rechargeable recording device, for SCI patients in PMR to assess efficacy of walking in bone health. FOOT PRESSURE & PPG PAD DEPT. OF SURGERY, CMCH VELLORE SEPT ’16 – JUL ‘18

Two separate projects involving development of multi-point contact foot pad/insole for dynamic gait analysis and assess plantar pressure and the blood flow. DISSERTATION - PROSTHETIC LIMB GGSIPU NEW DELHI

MAY ‘15 – JUN ‘16

Pneumatic muscle installed prosthetic limb, aids both prosthetic and orthotic group of people.

BRAKE DESIGN AND ELECTRONICS AND INNOVATION HEAD SAE BAJA APR ‘15 – FEB ‘16

Development of ECU for an all-terrain vehicle(ATV) which can detect collision, vehicle position, speed, orientation and display path to driver in repeated laps in a race. LEAD DESIGNER INTERNATIONAL GO-KART CHAMPIONSHIP (IGKC) 2015 & INTERNATIONAL SERIES OF KARTING (ISK) 2015

AUG ‘14 – APR ‘15

Designing chassis, establishing speed control during cornering, and built lightweight Go-Kart with 360-degree obstacle detection using ultrasonic sensors. TEAM CAPTAIN AND DESIGN LEAD ABU ROBOCON 2014-2016 AUG ‘13 – MAR ’14 AUG ‘14 – MAR ’15 AUG ’15 – MAR ’16 Development of task specific robots, which can perform stairs/pole, climb automatically, play badminton, and manoeuvre using non-conventional resources. OTHER SKILLS

Fabrication:

6 years of experience in

workshop tools handling,

manual job handling

using Lathe, Welding (TIG,

MIG, Gas, Electrode arc

welding), VMM, hand

drills and grinders, test

fixtures, CAM fabrication

Soft skills:

MS office, Visual studio,

Adobe Photoshop, expert

in written communication

Core skills:

Strong issue solving skills,

work in challenging

situations, product chain

development

INTERESTS

Music & Theatre

Travelling

Calisthenics,

Sketching,

Adventure sports,

Play musical

instruments like

guitar & keyboard

All sports specifically

basketball, Table

Tennis, & Badminton

REFRENCE

Dr. Suresh R. Devasahayam,

B.E. ECE (CEG), M.S., Ph.D.

Bioengineering (University

of Illinois), Senior Scientist,

Professor and Head,

Department of

Bioengineering, Christian

Medical College & Hospital

Vellore. Email:

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