RELATED CORE-COURSES:      

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2012-present        Research Consultant, Vestibular Lab, St. Joseph Hospital
2009-present        Research Associate, Biomedical Engineering Department, NJIT

·         Responsible for running experiments & studies at the Biomechanics and Neuromuscular Engineering lab in NJIT and St. Joseph Hospital, NJ.

·         Deep investigation to better understand the vestibular stimulation and assessing the level of muscle tone and spasticity in individuals with and without disabilities.

·         Designing & running FEA on wide variety of 3D designed parts.

 2009-2012            Instructor, Biomedical Engineering Department, NJIT

·         Taught Cad for Biomechanics and Biomaterials ‘Graduate Level Course BME-677’.

·         Taught Intro to Cad for Biomechanics ‘Undergraduate Level Course BME-478’.

·         Taught part of the Fundamental Engineering (FED) course for the BME department.

 2007-2009            Tutor, Student Support Services Program, NJIT

·         Assisted students with Biomechanics, Calculus I, Cad-Designs and Engineering Physiology.

·         Developed review sessions that explains course material and its engineering application.

2007- 2008           Tutor, Bio Medical Engineering Department, NJIT

·         Supported students with intro to biomechanical engineering course (BME-302)

·         Provided student with recitation sessions throughout semesters to review any critical topic in the material covered in class.

 2005-2006            Millennium Tele card

·         Performed technical and software support including fixing computers, printers and other technical problems

·         Performed cards activation and deactivation.

Summer 2007   Intern, Citigroup

·         Monitored different Computer applications (Autosys, ICE, Net backups and Netcool).

·         Reclaimed Autosys Licenses not in use, saving the firm about 1.5 million dollars.

·         Provided technical support to global Autosys users.

PROJECTS:  

1. Equilibrium Point Hypothesis (EPH) Spasticity & Wartenburg Pendulum Knee Drop Tests.

·         Creation of an orthosis using force transducer and FOB/ Track star.

·         Pre-Post processing of collected position, angular data, EMG and total torques.

·         Performed studies on individuals with and without spasticity.

·         Developed and tested 3D parts to adapt to the test equipment for the force transducer & trakSTAR sensors

·         Administering studies to understand the neural contribution on a passive limb movement.

·         Providing an objective assessment of the degree of spasticity pre and post interventions.

2. Vestibular Stimulation Chair

·         Engineered and controlled pneumatic components (4 actuators, 6 valves) to generate the required stimulation motion.

·         The construction and engineering of an apparatus using 80/20 material to provide vertical vestibular stimulation.

·         Assessment of spasticity/muscle tone of individuals with and without disability.

·         Building the needed electronic and circuits to provide accurate, consistent stimulations.

·         Granted NJIT-IRB approval to run studies on subjects with/without disabilities.

3. Haptic Master Robot

·         Used the robot to assist in the process of administering the horizontal PKD tests data collection.

·         Mimicking the Upper & Lower movement of the body.

·         Creation of virtual planes including perturbed/non-perturbed motions and examining the Equilibrium Point Hypothesis (EPH)

·         Designed 3D parts that are adapted to Haptic Master robot.

4. Development/Creation of a Gate-Lab

·         Used an inexpensive Opti-Track camera system (6 & 12 cameras systems), force plates, and EMG.

·         Mimicking the movement of subjects, and collecting the necessary data for evaluation.

·         Developed strategies and procedures to collect meaningful data for balance test evaluation.

5. Designed a Training Device for Physical Therapists

·         Bio-Mechanical Instrumented leg consisted of three segments connected with potentiometers and force sensors.

·         Designing hand force plates with different shapes & sizes using force sensors & flexi forces to evaluate the amount of torque provided by a therapist during training.

6. Hands Up project & Motor learning

·         Involves a webcam, and software controlled in MatLab.

·         Designing different camera mounts with various degrees of freedom.

·         Designing 3D parts accordingly to fit the needs of some particular movement of subjects with disabilities.

SKILLS:

Broad Biomechanics, Neuromuscular and Rehabilitative Engineering Experience, Data Entry, MATLAB, Pro-Engineer, Sold-Works, Pro-Mechanica, Finite Element Analysis (ANSYS), AutoCAD, Microsoft Office 2007/2010, experience with 3-D printers and 3-D scanner, intensive experience in teaching biomechanics, coordinating courses, and computer aided design (CAD) courses, experience with human subject studies involving populations with and without disability (Cerebral Palsy).

 CONFERENCES ATTENDED:    

·         35^th Northeast Bioengineering Conference- MIT, Boston, MA.

·         36^th Northeast Bioengineering Conference- Columbia, Ney York, NY.

·         37^th Northeast Bioengineering Conference- RPI, Troy, NY.

·         38^th Northeast Bioengineering Conference- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

·         39^th Northeast Bioengineering Conference- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.

·         6^th International Neural Engineering Conference, San Diego, 2013 (Will be attended)

SPEAKER OF THE FOLLOWING SEMINARS:

·         Biomedical Engineering seminar 2010

o    Title: Hands Up! An Adaptable Video Gaming System to Enhance Therapeutic and Educational Goals.

·         Dona Knox Research seminar 2011

·         Seminar/presentation at Six Flags corporation 2012

·         Biomechanics and Neural Engineering Seminar 2012

·         The Northeast Bioengineering Conference with the following papers:

o    Artificial Limb for Treadmill Locomotor Training with Partial Body Weight Support, 2009.

o    Equilibrium point model of knee joint spasticity, 2011.

o    Assessment of passive knee stiffness and set point, 2012.

o    Quantifying the Effect of Mechanical Vestibular Stimulation on Muscle Tone and Spasticity, 2013

o    The Neural Contribution to Passive Joint Movement in Individuals with Cerebral Palsy, 2013

·         The Neural Engineering Conference Alterations of Neuromuscular Signals as a Result of Vestibular Stimulation, 2013