Master's student - Orthopedic and Spine Biomechanics

SASIDHAR UPPUGANTI

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Akron, Ohio-44304 Tel: 860-***-****

OBJECTIVE: Looking for a full-time entry level position in the capacities of a design, development, and testing team member in orthopedic implant manufacturing companies with special interest towards spinal products.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering Aug 2007 - Present

University of Akron

CGPA: 3.656

Bachelor of Engineering in Instrumentation Engineering May 2001 - May 2005

V.E.S.I.T, Mumbai University, India

Cumulative percentage: 62.27 % (First class)

RELATED COURSEWORK:

• Computer aided design and modeling

• Engineering Mechanics

• Experimental stress analysis

• Spine biomechanics

• Hard connective tissue biomechanics

• Soft Connective tissue biomechanics

• Physiology for Engineers

• Biomedical Instrumentation

• Biometry

WORK EXPERIENCE:

1) Research Assistant, Spine Biomechanics lab, University of Akron Aug 2008 - Present

• Design and installation of an in-vitro spine test machine to apply quasi-static loading to a human cadaveric spine specimen and thus evaluate its three dimensional biomechanical kinematics.

• Use of PTC ProETM for sketching, modeling and machining jigs and fixtures for the flexibility spine tester.

• Other administrative duties.

2) Graduate Assistant, The University of Akron Aug 2007 - Aug 2008

3) Operations executive, Bharat Petroleum Co. Ltd., Hyderabad, India May2006 - Jun 2007

• Inventory and logistics management of petroleum products at the depot.

• Training and hands-on experience in SAP.

• Developing a in-house software application, Planned Dispatch program (P.D.P).

• Field engineering duties like Tank lorry gantry ops, Pipeline transfer, etc.

4) Analyst programmer, Syntel, Inc., Mumbai, India Sep 2005 - Apr 2006

• Software development team member (Client: Target inc. Project: DC Shelf life).

• Training and hands-on experience in COBOL and Mainframe server applications.

PROJECT WORK:

1) Personal health monitoring system Jan 2005 - May 2005

• Design and installation of a microcontroller system to read and log vital body parameters like, temperature, ECG, and SpO2 using an array of sensors.

2) Research on cranial vault defect reconstructions Jan 2008 - Mar 2008

• Assisted a colleague in the musculoskeletal biomechanics lab to conduct his research on cranial vault defect reconstructions using impact test protocol.

3) Cement augmented screw pullout analysis Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

• Study of pullout strength in normal vs. cement augmented screws implanted in the

Metaphyseal region of long bones with osteoporosis.

4) Research in Spine Biomechanics lab Aug 2008 - Present

• Evaluation of the biomechanical performance of the AxiALIF TranS1 trans-sacral screw as a MIS technique for efficient spinal fusion in normal vs osteoporotic human bone.

SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE:

• Control and automation: LabVIEW, Matlab, MathCAD

• Design and development: PTC ProE, Solidworks

• Statistical analysis: SAS

• Programming languages: C, C++

• General: MS Office

ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Awarded the prize for overall performance in 1998-1999 (High school)

• Awarded “Best Student Of the Year 2000-2001” in Junior college

• Certificate of recognition for poster presentation in Conference for Undergraduate and Graduate student research (CUGSR) 2009.

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