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    <div style=" font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Cross-functional
    engineer w/ experience in R&D, data analysis, & cardiophysiological devices</div>
<b>Technical Skills</b>: MATLAB, Python, LabVIEW, C++, ML & Algorithms
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        class="blue" style="font-weight: bold;">experience</span></div>
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    <a href="/lgm/">
        <div><span class="subtitle mit">HARVARD UNIVERSITY</span><span class="subtitle" style="color:#999;"> (Wyss
                Institute for Bio Inspired Engineering)</span>
            <div class="subtitle date">Aizenberg Lab
    </a></div>
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<span style="font-size:1.3em; font-weight: bold; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Laboratory
    Research Assistant</span>
<div class="subtitle date">May 2017 – Aug 2017</div>
<ul>
    <li>Designed experiments to quantify performance of award-winning tunable membrane technology; created data
        acquisition system used to capture critical publication results and in later research efforts</li>
</ul>
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    <a href="/cpr/">
        <div><span class="subtitle mc">MCMASTER UNIVERSITY</span><span class="subtitle" style="color:#999;"> (ECE)</span>
            <div class="subtitle date">Deen Lab
    </a></div>
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<span style="font-size:1.3em; font-weight: bold; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Biomedical
    Engineering Intern</span>
<div class="subtitle date">Feb 2017 – May 2017</div>
<ul>
    <li>Designed & patented a prototype CPR manikin equipped with real-time feedback for distribution in developing
        nations; maintained a small codebase that formed the basis of a companion training app</li>
    <li>Mitigated drift using a novel signal processing algorithm from literature</li>
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        <div><span class="subtitle mit">MIT</span><span class="subtitle" style="color:#999;"> (MechE)</span>
            <div class="subtitle date">Karnik Lab
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<span style="font-size:1.3em; font-weight: bold; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Laboratory
    Research Assistant</span>
<div class="subtitle date">Sep 2015 – Apr 2016</div>
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    <li>Co-authored paper investigating potential of 2D material graphene as a high-performance membrane</li>
    <li>Doubled research output by implementing a robust data collection system that facilitated critical data
        acquisition/analysis and by optimizing device fabrication protocol and techniques</li>
</ul>
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    <a href="/ecg/">
        <div><span class="subtitle mc">MCMASTER UNIVERSITY</span><span class="subtitle" style="color:#999;"> (ECE)</span>
            <div class="subtitle date">Deen Lab
    </a></div>
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<span style="font-size:1.3em; font-weight: bold; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Hardware
    Engineering Intern</span>
<div class="subtitle date">May 2014 – Aug 2014</div>
<ul>
    <li>Soldered board fixes & analyzed noise/power performance of contactless ECG electrode prototypes using various
        electrical measurement equipment; summarized results in a report used in an application note</li>
    <li>Directly supervised by Prof. Deen (<em>President, Academy of Science, Royal Society of Canada 2014 -2017</em>)</li>
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<div style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.7em; margin: 15px 0 5px 0">projects &
    <span class="blue" style="font-weight: bold;">publications</span></div>
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        <li><b>Senior Project:</b> <a href="/heart-sensor/"><em>Ultra-conformable Heart Sensors using Graphene-infused
                    Silly Putty</em></a>
            <div class="subtitle date">Spring
                2018</div>
            <ul>
                <li>Led design & fabrication of non-invasive elastoresistive sensors 10x more sensitive than comparable
                    nanocomposite sensors and capable of resolving arterial blood pressures when mounted on the skin</li>
            </ul>
        </li>
    </ul>
    <b>Publications</b>
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        <li>Patent Disclosure: <em>‘Low-cost, lightweight, and “smart” CPR training mannequin’</em><div class="subtitle date">Pending</div>
        </li>
        <li>Research Update: Filtration Performance of Liquid Gated Membranes<div class="subtitle date">APL
                Materials 10.2018</div>
        </li>
        <li><em>Single-Layer Graphene Membranes Withstand Ultrahigh Applied Pressure</em><div class="subtitle date">ACS
                Nano Letters 4.2017</div>
        </li>
    </ul>
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<div style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.7em; margin: 15px 0 5px 0">courses &
    <span class="blue" style="font-weight: bold;">education</span></div>
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    <div><span class="subtitle uw">UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO</span></div>
    <span style="font-size:1.3em; font-weight: bold; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">BASc in
        Nanotechnology Engineering</span>
    <div class="subtitle date">Sep 2013 – Apr 2018</div>
    <ul style="margin-top: 4px;">
        <li><b>Activities:</b> <em>WearHacks Hackathon ’17</em> | <em>Nano Engineering Student Society - VP, Networking
                & Outreach</em></li>
        <li><b>Courses:</b> <em>Printed Electronics | Tactile Sensors</em> | <em><a href="/ece250/">Data Structures &
                    Algorithms</a></em> (<b>C++</b>)
            | <em><a href="/ml/">Machine Learning</a></em></li>
        <li><b>Lab Projects:</b> <em>PCB for MHz QCM Oscillator</em> (<b>EAGLE</b>) | <em><a href="/mems/">Microfab MEMS
                    actuators</a></em>
            (Cleanroom + <b>COMSOL</b>)</li>
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