SPARKY SUNDEVIL

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SUMMARY

Motivated engineering junior with three years’ experience in product design and physiological control mechanisms; Interested in a biomedical engineering internship to develop new skills and contribute to the field

EDUCATION

B.S.E., Biomedical Engineering; Business Minor Graduating May 2011

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 3.85 GPA

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

ASU, Bioengineering Product Design01/2010 – Present

  • Participate in a team of four to design and develop a device to quantify individual forces exertedby individual fingers during grasping
  • Research existing products to establish benchmarks
  • Present final design report in front of entire class and judge panel composed of professors

ASU, Applications in Bioengineering01/2008 – 05/2008

  • Participated in a team of three to design and develop a device to assist quadriplegic patients
  • Utilized motion sensor technology to control a computer mouse based on patient line of sight
  • Designed an EMG sensor to detect muscle flexion in neck to control the mouse click
  • Provided a video simulation at the professor’s request
  • Exceeded class expectations and set the bar for future undergraduates

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research & Development Intern 08/2008 – Present

Stryker Sustainability Solutions, Tempe, AZ

  • Perform new medical device assessments to evaluate device functionality, materials, and potential technicalchallenges to accelerate the design process of future projects
  • Develop cleaning processes, protocols, functional testing, design history files, and verification and validation activities for current projects
  • Work with cross-functional teams to assist with all project phases, measurement systems analysis, and benchmarktesting to advance medical devices towards 510(k) submission

Undergraduate Research Associate05/2008 – 08/2008

Center for Injury Biomechanics, Wake Forest University, NC

  • Segmented virtual models of skulls, brains, and traumatic brain injury volumes using Mimics
  • Interpreted radiology reports and identified brain injury on CT scans
  • Collaborated with neural radiologists, medical students, engineering PhD students, and other interns

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Supply Coordinator06/2007 – 08/2009

Project Cure, Tempe, AZ

  • Catalogued and shipped hundreds of used medical devices in a 10,000 square foot warehouse to various developing nations around the world
  • Repaired and re-engineered broken instruments and machines for use in international medical device markets

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software: Minitab,LabVIEW, Mimics, PSpice, ImageJ, SPSS,MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Project

Languages: Java,C++,Matlab, HTML