Portfolio
Medical Devices and Products
- Engineered a positioning arm accounting for human factors, internal requirements and IEC requirements
- Participated in system level specification writing
Organ Care and Transport System – WIPO Patent WO/2009/099939
- Engineered ultra portable ventilator system with permanent and disposable assemblies
- Designed and fabricated proof of concept, alpha and beta units
- Fully documented beta unit using FDA approved DCO system
- Wrote and implemented product test plan
- Used FEA analyses to support component design
- Used Six Sigma methodology to support design decisions
- Met rigorous reliability, weight and size requirements
Metered Inhaler
- Engineered solutions for changing dose count with final dose lock out
- Engineered solutions for correcting decocking mechanism
One time use syringe
- Developed concepts for increasing product performance
UV surface cleaner
- Engineered novel portable UV cleaner from Industrial Design to beta unit
- Used CFD analysis to support fan sizing, venting and case design
Personal heart rate/respiration monitor
- Led design effort to develop a man wearable wireless heart rate and respiration monitor
- Managed multiple Chinese design teams
- Approved engineering and process changes
- Led qualification and testing effort
Engineered Consumer Products
Smart IoT Light Switch
- Engineered to industrial design vision
- Integrated far-field mics and high performance speaker for full voice assistant integration
- Designed to and evaluated to UL requirements
- Engineered to industrial design vision
- Integrated far-field mics and high performance speaker for full Amazon Alexa integration
- Debugged Chinese manufacturing
- Won CNET Editors’ Choice Award
Solar Inverter
- Performed thermal/CFD analyses to predict performance in a wide range of ambient and mounting configurations
- Assisted with UL/IEC certification process negotiating with certification body
- Designed low cost, welded sheet metal enclosure to NEMA 4X / IP 66
Consumer electronics controller
- Engineered product from industrial designer’s sketches
- Designed components for high volume injection molding and design for assembly in China
- Assisted in preparation of working alpha unit and proof of concepts
- Engineered shock absorption system and met customer’s acoustic expectations
- Designed PCB and electronics mounting scheme
- Used engineering analyses to support component design
- Awarded “Best Hardware/Peripheral” 2007 E3 convention, “Best Console Peripheral” 2007 IGN magazine, “Best New Gaming Hardware” 2007 GameSpot
Ruggized cell phone/PDA
- Engineered water proof and shock proof cell phone/PDA with verification testing and FEA analysis
- Featured in ID magazine
Personal transportation device
- Specified water resistant power supply enclosure
- Provided CAD and documentation support
UV surface cleaner
- Engineered novel portable UV cleaner from Industrial Design to beta unit
- Used CFD analysis to support fan sizing, venting and case design
Personnel locator
- Engineered a robust, waterproof GPS based locator from proof of concept to alpha to production unit in less than 6 months
- Worked in a small “Skunk works” team consisting of only 3 engineers
- Managed Chinese production line start up effort