Engineering Supervisor

Jesus W. Hernandez

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EDUCATION

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) & UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX

• M.S. in Biomedical Engineering 2011

St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX

• B.S., Biology 2006

• Minor: Chemistry

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering Lab, UTSA, San Antonio, TX

Graduate Research Assistant with Dr. Mark R. Appleford & Dr. Joo L. Ong, 2008-2011

• Collaborated on an array of different multi-scale projects with biomedical engineers, scientists, and physicians involving the preclinical development of calcium phosphate scaffolds for military personnel with significant craniofacial or limb damage.

• Performed material testing on various coated titanium implants for bone replacement therapy.

• Performed duties on the areas on biomaterials, biomechanics, and molecular biology.

• Researched effects of osteoblast precursor cells to determine how porosity and pore size affected cell proliferation and differentiation.

• Applied sintering methods to produce novel ceramic-based synthetic bone grafts.

• Prepared oral and poster presentations for conference publications.

• Developed excellent interpersonal skills through work with project teams.

• Applied and processed specimens that contained each bone scaffold through various tissue histology and histomorphometry techniques.

Southwest Research Institute, U.S. Army Lab, San Antonio, TX

Laboratory Technician with Gary Bessee, 2006

• Analyzed hydrocarbons/fuels samples ranging from Biodiesel to Aviation Fuel to ensure corporate and governmental organizational research standards were met prior to use in organization products.

• Utilized Fuel Filtering, Carbon-Hydrogen Analyzer, Total Acid Numbers, Fuel Distillations, Rancimat Instrumentation (fuel oxidation test), Fuel Titrations, and Gas Chromatography to obtain data and provided results to supervisor.

• Compared corporate and governmental organizational research standards with lab results to determine discrepancies and reported results to supervisor.

• Maintained four laboratories and equipment for the Research Department of the Automotive Engineering Division.

Microbiology Department, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX

Student Associate with Dr. William G. Haldenwang, Summer 2005

• Used PCR and gel electrophoresis to analyze gene response of simple differentiation (sporulation) in Bacillus subtilis.

SKILLS and TECHNIQUES

• Mammalian cell culture

• Fluorescence microscopy

• Statistical analysis

• Histological processing and Immunohistochemistry

• Extraction of DNA from E. Coli and PCR quantification for plasmid preparation

• Luminex Assay for detection of bone cell proteins

• Adobe Photoshop for published images

• Bioquant Osteo for Histomorphometry analysis

• Knowledge of Solidworks and AutoCAD

• Experience with FT-IR, XPS, SEM, MTS, and goniometry for material characterization

• Microsoft Office Suite

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX

Lab Proctor, Biology I & II, Anatomy, & Histology 2003-2005

• Assisted in preparation and execution of laboratory section.

• Prepared class lectures and graded lab practicals.

ABSTRACTS

A Satsangi, B Xiao, JW Hernandez, JL Ong. Resorbable bilayer polymer membranes for multi-modal drug release. Society for Biomaterials, Seattle, WA, 2010

A Ong, J Hernandez, S Oh, M Appleford. In vitro Osteoblast Responses to Silver-doped Hydroxyapatite Sol-gel Coatings. Society for Biomaterials, San Antonio, TX, 2009

A Satsangi, J Hernandez, JL Ong, S Oh, J Strnad, M Appleford. Gingival Osteoblast Co-culture Response to Surface Modified Titanium Implants. Society for Biomaterials, San Antonio, TX, 2009

B Bates, T Guda, J Hernandez, B Singleton, MR Appleford, S Oh, JL Ong. Changes in trabecular-like hydroxyapatite scaffold permeability after in vitro cell culture. Society for Biomaterials, San Antonio, TX, 2009

PUBLICATIONS

T Guda, JA Walker, BM Singleton, JW Hernandez, J Son, S Kim, S Oh, MR Appleford, JL Ong, JC Wenke. Guided bone regeneration in long bone defects with a structural hydroxyapatite graft and collagen membrane. Under review.

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