Hillsborough, New Jersey

908-***-**** adoz0j@r.postjobfree.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-afanasyev-1089361b9/

Andrew Afanasyev

Career Summary

Detail-oriented Biomedical Engineer with strong Customer Service skills, seeking to bring my education and enthusiasm to increase the effectiveness of medical and packaging technologies.

Education

Rutgers University May 2021 New Brunswick, NJ

Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering, Tissue Engineering Track

Packaging Engineering Certificate

GPA: 3.3, Dean's List

Experience

Bristol Myers Squibb (Spectraforce Technologies, contract) Summit NJ

CAR-T Manufacturing Operator 08/2021- 10/2021

Responsibilities in CAR-T were related to the isolation, cryopreservation and harvest. Procedures were carefully performed according to cGMP's. Isolation focused on the extraction and preliminary growth of T cells which were extracted from the patient’s blood. Cryopreservation focused on the preservation and of the viral vector inside the cell while preserving the condition of the cells with DMSO present. Harvest focused on the preparing the lot for client infusion.

Worchester Polytechnic Institute Virtual

Biomedical Engineering Internship 06/2021- 07/2021

A research focused project in which the team researched and suggested improvements to immunochromatographic strip tests for malaria, by improving the stability of antibodies within the test, with protein stabilizers, and structural changes to the test itself.

Wegmans Food Markets Bridgewater NJ

Customer Service Representative 01/2019- 08/2021

Responsible for maintaining the department, keeping the department competitive with the top branches and aiding customers in purchasing decisions. My enthusiasm and drive helped to bolster sales during and after the lockdown.

Skills

OSHA, cGMP, CAD (SolidWorks), LabView, MATLAB, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Introductory knowledge of Python and Java, SQL

Projects

Senior Design: Developed nanoparticles less than 200nm intended to contract torn tissue to its original length and release molecules to aid tissue repair. The first semester of the project focused on isolating parameters that the project would need to fill and secondly to start generating procedures that would fit the parameters.

Packaging Development Processes: produced a 50ml lotion bottle for WWP Beauty with a team of four contributors. Had to collaborate with the group to do the tasks of a gantt chart, FMEA, retail, CAD drawings, rapid prototype and quality assurance and the other tasks required to prepare the production of 200,000 bottles.

Principles of Drug Delivery: Focused on the effectiveness of Convalescent plasma therapy as a cure to COVID-19. CPT attempts to adjust the titers (Antibody concentration) in patients by analyzing excel spreadsheets and clinical results. Also applied the proper GxP practices necessary to handle the materials.

Tissue Engineering: Researched and presented on 3D tissue implants that use plastics to increase striation and performance of muscle tissue in the respiratory track while leading a team of three individuals.

CAD Batcycle: designed and modeled a batcycle from the Batman trilogy using SolidWorks. Animations and packaging were custom made to enhance the presentation and to fulfill customer needs.

Waksman Research Project

Waksman Student Scholar Performed a DNA sequence analysis of the Landoltia punctata, a duckweed plant. The WSS project is sponsored by the Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University. The sequence was published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): https://wssp.rutgers.edu/wssp16-published-dna-sequences. Clone name: 06AAA1.16. Utilized southern plot to receive samples.

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