During the summer of 2013 I was invited to join the mechanical design group of Medtronic Diabetes in Northridge, California. During this Co-Op, I experienced the insights of the bio-medical field and how the product development process takes place in an industry that is strictly controlled and highly regulated.

Our team worked with the research & design of the latest glucose monitor sensors and the development of the close loop artificial pancreas. My activities within the group were broad & consisted in the collaboration of projects lead by my mentor and my teammates. Several of the projects that I undertook involved designing enclosures & out-of-body solid components for the sensor prototypes that awaited testing; performing laboratory tests on operational glucose transmitters; assisting with the drafting of QA documents in support of the FDA audit; and implementing design solutions that will enable prototype manufacturing much efficient and time-effective.

Responsibilities:

Joined the efforts towards the research, conceptualization and design of an artificial human pancreas.
In charge of the design of assembly fixtures for the latest generation of sensors and integrated components.
Created new methods and designed devices for the testing of glucose monitoring sensors in prototype development stage.
Developed QA documents based on FDA regulatory protocols & performed inspections to support current manufacturing practices