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Bioengineering Research Assistant

Drew Anderson
604 Harmony Lane
Pleasantville, CA 94588
(925) 555-1234

MANAGEMENT CONSULTING - BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY

• Excellent analytical and quantitative abilities in team building, communications, organization and strategic planning.

• Highly skilled in project supervision, multi-media presentations, information technology, report generation, technical research and team participation.

• Coordinate a wide variety of team projects, including database management and the formulation of quantitative/analytical engineering models for applications in the medical, space and aircraft design industries.

• Effectively plan and conduct technical presentations in a professional manner for executive audiences; research and produce articles and reports for publication.

• Consistently recognized by executive management and colleagues for cross-discipline talents in needs analysis, troubleshooting and problem resolution in high-pressure, technical environments.

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND

• Knowledge of Windows 98/NT, UNIX, DOS, BASIC, Pascal, HTML, MS Office, FrameMaker and Internet applications.
• Familiar with AutoCAD, Pro/ENGINEER, I-DEAS, Maple, Mathematica and programming with MATLAB (SIMULINK, Nonlinear Identification Toolkit, Image Processing Toolbox).
• Currently hold an Engineer-in-Training license #XE093436 through the California Department of Consumer Affairs since 1994.

EMPLOYMENT

Boston Hospital, Boston, MA
1996 - 1998
Bioengineering Research Assistant
Responsible for project consulting with an interdisciplinary team tasked with studying applications between mechanical engineering and cardiopulmonary physiology.

• Worked closely with doctoral biomedical engineers, medical staff and physicists in data collection, analysis and solution generation.
• Team-led the development of new methodologies for analyses of a variety of medical data per Positron Emission Tomography (PET) applications.
• Personally drove a project to develop a mathematical model to analyze PET data; quantitatively tracked gas exchange in lungs using PET medical images.
• Efficiently partnered with team members in over 72 full-day PET experiments, along with generation of collaboratory protocols and procedures.
• Key participant in 10 major bioengineering projects, as well as author of 2 papers presented during conferences of the American Thoracic Society & Biomedical Engineering Society from 1997-1999.
• Also submitted original research for publication in 4 different biomedical engineering & medical journals.

Rockwell Space Systems Division, Downey, CA
1995 - 1996
Technical Assistant
Key participant with senior engineers in the dynamic/structural analyses of current/advanced versions of Space Shuttle payloads during on-orbit flight phases.
• Served as a co-author for many detailed in-house reports for tracking and monitoring project activity.
• Revised and updated spreadsheet programs for quantifying and summarizing on-orbit loads for U.S. shuttle missions with the Russian Space Station, "Mir".

C&D Interiors, Inc, Huntington Beach, CA
1994 - 1995
Intern
Tasked with a case study involving the testing of miniature honeycomb panel sandwich structures for mechanical strength and flammability properties for aircraft applications.
• Recommended numerous modifications to select better materials, meet specifications and enhance redesign efforts.
• Created and updated a searchable database to collate and analyze test results.

EDUCATION

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
1998
M.S., Mechanical Engineering
GPA: 4.2, • Researched and wrote a thesis in bioengineering entitled, "Quantification of Regional Perfusion, Shunt Fraction and Ventilation Using Positron Emission Tomography: A Nonlinear Tracer Kinetics Model".
• Vice President of Young Alumni with the MIT Club of Southern California.

Loyola Marymount University
1995
B.S., Mechanical Engineering
GPA: 4.0, • Completed several engineering projects involving mechanical and automotive applications.
• Recognized as "1995 LMU Outstanding Graduate in Mechanical Engineering"; "1995 LMU Senior Mechanical Engineering Student of the Year"; and "1994 LMU Junior Mechanical Engineering Student of the Year".
• Member of several key honorary societies, such as Tau Beta Pi and "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges".

ASSOCIATIONS

American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Society of Automotive Engineers.

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