Director

October 2018 - Present

Bioblaze Community Biolab

  • Assist with lab organization, inventory, and planning.
  • Current focus on chitosan and mycelium-based biomaterials.
  • Basic work with CRISPR, mammalian cell culutures, brewing, custom plasmids, low-cost microfluidics.



Researcher

May 2017 - June 2018

Biosensing and BioRobotics Lab

  • Research/Development into integrating Shape-Memory Alloys (SMA’s) into neural implants. Additional work with open-source bioengineering equipment.
  • Lab management. Conducted purchase orders, lab reorganization, equipment planning for entire group.
  • SMA neural implant work was published in the ASME 2018 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems journal. Paper can be found here.



Research Assistant

May 2017 - October 2017

Human/Machine Design Laboratory

  • Helped develop exoskeleton for paralyzed patients, in conjunction with the VA Medical Center of Minneapolis.
  • Created prototypes for body attachment parts, while maintaining 20 lb weight limit.



Consultant

September 2016 - April 2017

  • Conducted early-stage research, development, and prototyping of sports equipment for a startup.
  • Created CAD designs using Autodesk Fusion 360.
  • Created product prototypes using plastic bending and CNC routing methods.



Lab Technician

September 2015 - May 2016

XYZ Lab

  • Machinist and shop manager at University of Minnesota’s maker lab.
  • Prototyped projects for Acara Challenge, Carlson School of Management, College of Liberal Arts.



Camp Instructor

June 2015 – August 2015

Bitspace

  • Part-time teacher at Chicago’s first youth-oriented maker space.
  • Introduced children to basic woodworking, machining, electronics, and product development.



Marketing Internship

June 2014 – August 2014

Inventables

  • Assisted with generating media for Carvey 3D carving machine (photo, video).
  • Helped manage social media accounts. Doubled the number of Twitter followers to 30,000.
  • Gained extensive insight into how to run and organize a company.