Biomedical Field Service Engineer

HIMANSHU BHATT

Ph: 937-***-**** E-Mail: ********.******@*****.***

CAREER OBJECTIVE

I am seeking for a full-time employment in the field of Biomedical and Instrumentation Engineering with a desire to be a major contributor in the advancements of a medical device company.

SUMMARY OF SKILLS

• Expertise in R&D of medical devices with excellent technical knowledge of Orthopedic devices, 3 D designing and design controls, safety procedures and Medical Instrumentation

• Worked on medical equipments including Linear Accelerator, X-ray Machine, Gamma Camera, Ultrasound Transducer, ECG, EMG, Defibrillator, Volumetric Infusion Pumps, and Bed-side Monitors

• Excellent knowledge of Op-Amp amplifiers, Oscilloscopes, PCB designs, Microcontroller 8085, and all electronic circuits components such as diode, resistor, capacitors, transducers, and semiconductors

• Powerful in Human Anatomy/Physiology, Biomechanics, Biomaterials and Digital Signal Processing

• Proficient in 3-D modeling using SolidWorks, COSMOS, FEA in ANSYS, ABAQUS and MATLAB

• Good understanding of FDA regulations, GLP guidelines, 21 CFR, 510(k) requirements and review process, IEC 60601, Biocompatibility ISO 10993, ISO 13485:2003, ISO 14971, ASTM standards (G40, G95, G99) and FMEA

• Participated in Cadaver Studies and Medical Device testing under supervision of orthopedic surgeons at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, OH

• Excellent technical writing and documentation skills (Published a review article and also documented an innovative design of In-Vitro Multi-Joint Simulator machine)

EDUCATION

• Wright State University, Dayton, OH GPA: 3.67/4.00

Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering Fall 2008

• North Gujarat university, Gujarat, INDIA GPA: 3.86/4.00

Bachelor of Engineering in Biomedical and Instrumentation Engineering June 2006

WORK/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant, Wright State University, OH Sept 2006 to Nov 2008

• Thesis: Finite Element Optimization of Hip Implant Geometrical Parameters to Determine Safe Zones and Resist Dislocation

o Researched and studied several hip dislocation cases and determined major hip design parameters including head and cup diameters affecting performance and life of a hip implant

o Reviewed existing hip implants in market and developed 12 classified innovative 3-D hip models using SolidWorks

o Presented Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of hip implants for both static and dynamic analysis using ANSYS and analyzed statistically for stress results followed by proficient mathematical modeling

o Performed Risk Analysis and developed Safe Zones for versatile and competitive hip implant design

• Research project: In-Vitro Multi-joint (Hip, Knee, Ankle and Spine) Simulator using SolidWorks

o Designed 3-D one-station multi-joint simulator for hip, knee, ankle and spine implants

o Included wide Ranges of Motion (ROM) with ± 10º of internal rotation, ± 35º of adduction-abduction and +135º of flexion to -25º of extension

• Research project: Prediction of material characteristics used in Aero plane Engine designing by using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Approach and GUI in MATLAB

o Predicted Fatigue Crack Growth (FCG) Rate and Creep-Fatigue Life of Ti-6Al-4V alloy at elevated temperatures in Aero plane engines using Back-propagation neural network with 2-10-1 architecture

o Forecasted Low Cycle Fatigue (LCF) and Wear Rate (WR) using number of cycles to failure for different alloys at elevated temperatures up to 1000 ºC

o Efficiently generated Graphical User Interface (GUI) for prediction of material characteristics

INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

• Hospital Intern, Biomedical Department Assistant Jun 2005 to Aug 2005

Biomedical and Instrumentation Engineer, M. P. Shah Cancer (Civil) Hospital, Ahmedabad, India

o Assisted in installation and maintenance of hospital medical equipments

o Hands on experience in troubleshooting and servicing of medical equipments

o Gained technical knowledge of various medical equipments including Linear Accelerator, Gamma Camera, MRI, X ray Machine, Mammography, CT-Scan, ECG (EKG) Machine, EMG, Pulse Oximeters, Volumetric Infusion Pumps, Heart-Lung Machine, Centrifugal pumps, Endoscopes, Surgical tables and lights, Sterilizers, and Bed-side patient monitoring systems

• Industrial Intern, Biomedical and Instrumentation Industry Sept 2005 to Nov 2005

Customer Support and Maintenance Department, Concept Integrations Ltd., Pune, India

o Designed ECG Simulator and interfaced it with PC using Graphical User Interface in MATLAB

o Involved in testing, calibration, product evaluation of ECG and Multi-para monitors, Digital Multi-meter (DMM), and exposed to the concepts of Biomedical Instrumentation and Digital Signal Processing

o Hands on experience on soldering, PCB design, calibration and electronics component assembly

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

• Microcontroller based Volumetric Pump (Senior Design Project)

o Implemented a microcontroller operated volumetric pump with the fluid delivering limit of 1 ml to 99 ml per minute

o Gained brief knowledge of stepper motor applications, basic electronic circuits

• PC based Electrocardiogram (ECG) Display

o Acquired knowledge of ECG acquisition and power amplifiers, filters and basic electronics circuits

o Exposed to concepts of analog signal interfacing with PC using C programming

• Robotic Projects (5 Robots participated at 12 different technical robotics competitions)

o Power Boat (2nd Prize-2004; 3rd Prize-2005)

Independently built two super speed robotic boats using DC motor of 20,000 rpm operated with 6V DC battery and participated at An International Level Robotics Competition, Techfest-2005, I.I.T. Mumbai

o Speed Robot (1st Prize-2004)

Designed and developed two high speed racing robots using high rpm motors operated at 12V DC battery and separately developed gear box

o Raw Robot (Participatory certificate)

Independently built a high power robot with fire flame generator and participated in a robot fighting competition

SEMINARS AND TECHNICAL PAPERS

• Wear Rate Parameters in THR

o Presented at 3rd Annual Dayton Engineering Sciences Symposium (DESS), Dayton, OH

o A review of 80 articles to study the wear mechanisms in hip implants and several other parameters including surface roughness, clearance, sliding distance, friction co-efficient and different weight bearing combinations to improve the safety and life-span of Total Hip replacement (THR)

• Haptic Technology

o Presented a research level paper at All India Inter-college Technical Convention

o Researched a technology of Tactile (touch) for teaching or simulated training purposes that is also used to provides sight and touch feedback to the person operating on the imaginary subject.

PUBLICATIONS

• Bhatt, H., Goswami, T. Implant Wear Mechanisms - basic approach. Biomedical Materials 3, 2008, pp. 1-9

o Researched and evaluated various wear rate affecting parameters in prosthetic hip, knee, ankle, shoulder and spine joints

o Analyzed third-body wear mechanisms for materials, such as metals, ceramics and polyethylene

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