Bridget Schabron

Systems Engineer in the medical device industry with a masters degree in Biomedical Engineering, bachelors in Mechanical Engineering with Engineer in Training (EIT) license, and MFA in Creative Writing, Editing, and Publishing. Experienced in 3D solid modeling, programming, machine learning, robotics, and research and development. Presented on robotic exoskeleton research at Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual conference on October 19, 2018 and Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium on April 13, 2019. First author on two robotics papers presented at EMBC 2019 in Berlin, Germany July 23-27 and published by IEEE. Another paper accepted for and presented by my advisor at fall 2019 Houston conference. Experience with: robotics programming, machine learning, designing parts for plastic injection molding; conducting research and development; creating and developing LabVIEW programs for data acquisition and control (embedded controllers, object-oriented programming, Actor Framework, publish-subscribe, source control with Visual Studio); using RS232, Modbus, TCP/IP, CAN (SAE J1939) communication protocols; designing websites with Visual Studio and Bootstrap CSS; programming in C and MATLAB, performing digital image processing; teaching students ranging from elementary school to college age; and writing and researching for technical documents (SOPs, requirements documents, website content, training manuals) , a newspaper column (family histories), and fiction novels. Specialties: Designing with 3D CAD programs, LabVIEW programming, writing, instrumentation. Certifications: EIT and CLD (Certified LabVIEW Developer since December 2016) Familiarity with IEC 60601-1, IEC 60601-1-2, IEC 60601-2-2, ISO 14971, and ISO 13485. Experience with test protocol and requirements writing, as well as risk management documents.