Pankaj Chand
- 1. PANKAJ CHAND 402 S Cooper St, Apt 207, Arlington, Texas-76013 Cell: 817-734-2486, Email to: [email protected]/[email protected] LL M EDEDU EDUCATION M.S. Thesis, Biomedical Engineering Arlington, Texas The University of Texas at Arlington/Southwestern May 2010 GPA: 3.5 /4.0,GRE:1290/1600 Bachelor of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Mumbai, India Mumbai University May 2005 GPA: 3.7/4.0 WORK EXPERIENCE University of Texas- Arlington Arlington, Texas Research Assistant August 08- May 10 • Operated CW6 fNIRs machine with EMG & SpO2 machines for acquisition on NIR images. • Demonstrated that with good temporal resolution of NIR machines effective diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy can be done. • Done data analysis by MATLAB and prepared data that proved to be significant addition in grant reports. Max Hospital New Delhi, India Executive Biomedical Engineer December 07-July 08 • Lead Head of Biomedical Engineering Department of 150 bed hospital. • Represented Biomedical Department in ISO 9001 and ISO14001 Certification. • Collaborated with Engineering Department in construction of new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with all biomedical machines and gas supplies. • Carried out preventive and corrective maintenance of X-ray, CT, C –Arm, Ultrasound, multi parameter patient monitors, ECG, TMT, EEG, Physiotherapy and other Hospital machines. Shimadzu Medical (I) Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, India Service Engineer May 07 – December 07 • Installed C-Arm, DSA, X-ray and Ultrasound machines. • Performed planned maintenance and troubleshooting for breakdowns and malfunctions. • Carried out radiation leakage testing of X-ray and C-Arm machines • Trained doctors and the nursing staff in use of these machines. Compamedic Instruments Pvt. Ltd New Delhi, India Service & Sales Engineer May 06 – May 07 • Installed ECG, TMT and Holter machines of Mortara Instruments. • Carried out planned maintenance and troubleshooting of the machines. • Conducted comparative studies of prices before filing tenders in hospitals. • Trained doctors and the nursing staff in use of these machines.
- 2. JDS Medison (I) Pvt Ltd New Delhi, India Service Engineer May 05 – May 06 • Installed Medison ultrasound machines and BMD machines. • Performed planned maintenance and troubleshooting for breakdowns and malfunctions. Indraprastha Apollo Hospital New Delhi, India Intern Biomedical Engineer June 04 – December 04 • Assisted senior biomedical engineers in troubleshooting of medical equipments like X-ray, Ultrasound, MRI,CT SCAN machine, Auto-analyzer, ‘Fresenius 2008 A’ hemodialysis machine, ECG & EMG machine • Represented biomedical department with senior biomedical engineers in US Embassy Health Camp 2004, New Delhi. RESEARCH PROJECTS Translation of Near Infrared Brain Imaging to Assess CP Children Dec 2009 • Conducted experiments on cerebral palsy patients using CW5 near infrared machine with EMG and Spo2 machine. • Data Analysis and Signal processing done by MATLAB to find laterality index and functional connectivity Design of new fetal surgery technique using triaxial force sensors Dec 2009 • Cooperated feedback loop system using triaxial force sensors in order to reduce the risk to fetus during surgery Functional MRI image processing using AFNI to identify the active areas of the brain Dec 2008 • Conducted experiments and data analysis using AFNI software and correlated with NIRS experiments Estimation of Muscle conduction velocity of EMG signals April 2005 • Conducted experiment using double differential technique to find conduction velocity of EMG signals. RELATED COURSEWORK • Biomedical Subjects: Biomedical Instrumentation, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Advance Neuroscience, Medical Imaging, Biomedical Optics, Florescence Microscopy and Human Physiology • Statistics Subjects: Clinical data analysis and Statistics using SAS • Programming Subjects: MATLAB, AFNI, HOMER, C, SAS, Ms Office ACTIVITIES AND HONORS • ISO 14001 Certification –Lead BME, 2008, Max Hospital, Max Hospital, New Delhi, India