Senior Consultant, Biologics Consulting Group, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA.

Part-time faculty, Mechanical Engineering Department, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.

• Developed and taught new courses called Comparative Biomechanics I: Fluids and Comparative Biomechanics II: Solids and Structures.
  
• Courses focued on the application of engineering principles to the physical world.
  

Mechanical/ Biomedical Engineer, Boster, Kobayashi and Associates: Consulting Engineers and Scientists, Livermore, CA.

• Associate of Boster, Kobayashi & Associates, a consulting firm specializing in the technical aspects of accident reconstruction and highway design.
  
• Typical assignments involve application of the laws of physics and principles of biomedical and mechanical engineering in accident reconstruction, premises liability, and injury causation.
  

Mechanical/Biomedical Engineer - Reviewer, Interventional Cardiology Devices Branch, Division of Cardiovascular Devices, CDRH, FDA, Rockville, MD.

• Served as a lead medical device reviewer within the Interventional Cardiology Devices Branch in the Office of Device Evaluation (ODE) for cardiovascular medical devices.
  
• Reviews predominantly involved pre-IDEs, IDEs, and to a smaller extent 510k and PMA submittals from the medical device industry.
  
• Responsibilities also involved engineering reviews of drug eluting stents and standards development for both the Interventional Cardiology Devices and the Peripheral Vascular Devices Branches.
  
• Served as Primary FDA Liaison to ASTM F04.30.06 Interventional Cardiology Task Group and as the Task Group Co-Chair.
  

ORISE Post Doctoral Fellow, Hydrodynamics and Acoustics Branch, Division of Physical Sciences, CDRH, FDA, Rockville, MD.

• Performed basic research to objectively study the amount of red blood cell damage (hemolysis) caused by medical devices in order to better predict hemolysis.
  
• One type of device under study was the class of roller pumps used in cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.
  
• Other studies involved determination of a reliable bench-top blood fragility tester.
• Laboratory studies will be continued into the future and be complemented with PIV flow visualization and Fluent FEM of several blood damage models.
  

Part-time Faculty, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, George Washington University, Washington, DC.

• Developed and taught a new course for undergraduates called Biomechanics I focusing on structural biomechanics in humans

Part-time Faculty, Mathematics, Science, Physics and Engineering Division, Montgomery College, Germantown, MD

• Taught PC 101 - Physical Science class for non-science majors. Responsible for teaching lecture, discussion and laboratory sessions.

Mechanical/Biomedical Engineer, Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratory, Life Science Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.

• Biomedical engineering dissertation research in the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratory involving development of a Ground Reaction Force (GRF) sensor, direction of associated human research studies, and investigation of basic aspects of musculoskeletal remodeling.
  
• Laboratory Website Mistress/Developer (http://lifesci.arc.nasa.gov/~rwhalen). General: Heat transfer analysis and development of a finite element model using COSMOS/M for a Shuttle payload.
  
• Intercranial Pressure Research: Instituted an improved data acquisition method within one month.
  
• Initiated evaluation of response wave form (amplitude vs. time) in intercranial pressure.
  
• Conferred with regulatory consultant in order to document testing for future FDA approval.
  

Acting Assistant Division Chief, Life Science Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.

• Administrative Activities: Represented the Life Science Division in meetings related to personnel, budget, projects, promotion and outreach.
  
• Prepared reports related to safety, ongoing projects (flight and ground based) and general information.
  

Full-time Graduate Study Fellowship, Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Virginia., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.

• Completed all course work required for the Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering.
  
• Surpassed school of engineering requirements by passing the Foreign Language Mastery Exam for Ph.D. candidates in French.
  

Project Engineer, Human Powered Centrifuge Project, Life Science Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.

• Led and managed the Human Powered Centrifuge Project.
  
• Wrote facility checkout, testing, and operation procedures.
  
• Scheduled workflow and established budgets for all phases of the project.
  
• Achieved a reduction in initial project cost estimate (estimated at over $100,000) by recognizing and instituting a simpler and more cost effective solution.
  

Facility Engineer, Space Technology and Aeronautical Test and Simulation Divisions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.

• Experience working in three different test facilities: Arc-Jet Facilities Complex, 3.5-Foot Hypersonic Wind Tunnel, 14-Foot Transonic Wind Tunnel.
  
• Management/General:
  
  • Coordinated and determined facility related equipment to support model testing.
    
  • Inspected and documented facility in order to advocate future funding allocation and planning.
    
  • Coordinated and monitored various facility projects ($100,000 - $950,000).
    
  • Wrote facility reports associated with operational readiness and accident investigations.
    
  • Managed and directed through shops various facility projects and upgrades ($5,000 - $10,000).
    
  • Coordinated engineers from other organizations in investigating and solving facility problems as appropriate.
    
• Technical:
  • Investigated, inspected and diagnosed facility shutdown problems and accidents.
    
  • Determined tunnel critical electrical devices and analyzed facility operational logic sequence.
    
  • Performed various structural and heat transfer calculations.
    
  • Designed an insert/retract mechanism for an oxygen sensor.
    
  • Calculated makeup water required for cooling tower operation.
    
  • Selected various upgrades to facility equipment including pumps, thermocouples, and valves.
    
• Special Project: Directed and managed turning vane set inspection, evaluation, and repair project ($300,000) including scheduling and manpower.
  

Lab Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

• Assisted graduate student in fluids lab doing research on optimization of diffusers and turbine endwalls using the ice-formation method.
  
• Testing in water and wind tunnels.
  
• Applied Helium bubble and laser induced fluorescent dye flow visualization techniques.
  
• Worked independently to test and organize data on the new diffusers.
  
• Worked with various shop tools and techniques such as the drill press, and casting the ice-formations with hot beeswax, plaster and dental material.