I am a mechanical engineer and a research fellow at the orthopaedics laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital. I have a strong theoretical background and applied research experience in solid mechanics. I enjoy teamwork and training students to use and modify experimental and simulation techniques. I am passionate about developing devices and systems that accomplish tasks efficiently, tolerating the immense variance in environment and boundary conditions that is characteristic of the human body. I sincerely hope that my profile will be of interest to you. ​I am summarizing my background and experience below.
I graduated from the University of Virginia in December 2016, and my Ph.D. dissertation described the behavior of the human calvarium under high rate loading and how it relates to the bone structure. It established a map of the shape and layer thicknesses in addition to the mechanical properties of the calvarium in terms of average and variance in the population (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2015.04.031). My research showed that there is a significant difference in stiffness of the superior and inferior aspects of the calvarium (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2016.09.041). Currently, I am part of a group that is dedicated to rapidly translating biomechanical and biomaterials research into orthopaedic implant design and surgical technique. My work here concentrates on the development of implants designed to treat osteoarthritis of the hip and knee joint in collaboration with the industry. My activities span the entire gamut of development, from CAD using FEA (https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.24297) and multibody dynamics and subsequent fabrication using molding and machining, to testing of prototypes on custom built test setups that mimic activities of daily living (https://youtu.be/dCZJIJ24rvs, https://youtu.be/QaQnjH_wGYk) for evaluation of implant failure, permanent deformation, wear, corrosion, and strength of fixation (https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.24536) and finally, documentation for FDA clearance. For day to day use in our lab, I have built a low-cost data acquisition system using Arduino for live monitoring and recording data (https://youtu.be/qCAwx7SUVZk).

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