Whitney Sample

315 Craven Avenue Salem New Jersey 08079 856-733-0739 sample@asel.udel.edu Job Objective A hands on mechanical design and fabrication position in a collaborative engineering environment with an emphasis on mentoring and inspiring innovation. Qualifications Overview Well-qualified and technically-proficient biomedical research designer with more than twenty five years laboratory experience with excellent hands on expertise. Substantial involvement in sophisticated research techniques and technologies in architecture, medical devices, rehabilitation design, and mechanical prototype fabrication Take-charge creative problem solver with exceptional focus on detail; able to plan and oversee projects from concept to successful conclusion. Expertise in lab and field research, data collection/analysis and project management. Extensive experience working with cross-functional scientific, engineering and design research teams. Industrial Skills 3D modeling and printing, Dimension 1200es and Fortus 400mc FDM machines CNC 3-axis milling machine, metal and wood lathes, planer, and shaper. Knowledge and practical experience of a wide variety of manufacturing processes in plastic and metal. Skilled at reverse engineering as a means of creative problem solving and innovating. Rapid prototyping from found or inexpensive materials to prove a concept while keeping costs down.

Professional Experience Research Design Engineer 04/95 - present Pediatric Engineering Research Lab, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children Wilmington, Delaware Project design, development, adaptation, construction, model-making and prototyping of: Wilmington Robotic Exoskeleton (WREX) aka Magic Arms a uniquely balanced upper limb orthotics designed to assist children with neuromuscular issues with activities of daily living. Vacuum-assisted wound healing around a pin site device used to provide controlled reduced pressure to the wound site, reducing healing time and risk of infection. Tongue-Tie Release Retractor/Depressorinnovative tool assisting surgeons during neonatal frenotomy. Design and Project Management Consultant Robert Dale Lynch, AIA Center for Human Service Robotics, Carnegie-Mellon University Walt Disney Imagineering Intervention Technologies, Inc Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

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Design and fabrication of various projects, mostly assistive tools for persons with disabilities and other industrial applications. Education Bachelors in Industrial Design, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

1987

Whitney Sample, page 2 Patents and Awards "Robotic Foodservice Packaging System" Patent # 5019112 A Orthosis Device (aka WREX) Patent # 6821259 B2 Vacuum-assisted wound healing around a pin site Patent # 20080051828 A1 WREX was nominated in 2013 for Design of the Year by Design Museum, London, UK WREX is a finalist in 2013 INDEX: Award, Design to Improve Life, Copenhagen, Denmark Eagle Scout Award from Boy Scouts of America, 1980 Publications and Conferences D.Ragonesi, S. K.Agrawal, W. Sample, T.Rahman, Quantifying Anti-Gravity Torques for the Design of a Powered Exoskeleton, October 2012 D.Ragonesi, S. K.Agrawal, W. Sample, T.Rahman, Series elastic actuator control of a powered exoskeleton,August 2011 Haumont, T. MD; Rahman, T. PhD; Sample, W. BFA,; King, M.M. OTR; Church, C. MPT; Henley, J. PhD; Jayakumar, S. MD, Wilmington Robotic Exoskeleton: A Novel Device to Maintain Arm Improvement in Muscular Disease, Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics:, vol 31, issue 5, pp e44-e49, July/August 2011 Neuromuscular Diseases and Stratasys 3D technology, 2012 Additive Manufacturing Users Group Conference, April 22-26, 2012, Costa Mesa, CA T.Rahman, B.Borkhuu, A. G. Littleton, W. Sample, E. Moran, S. Campbell, K. Rogers, J. Richard Bowen, Electronic monitoring of scoliosis brace wear compliance, August 2010 D. Ragonesi, T.Rahman, W. Sample, S.Agrawal, Dynamic simulation and experimental validation of an upper extremity powered orthosis, January 2010 Rahman T., Sample W., Seliktar R., Scavina M., Clark, A.L.; Moran, K.; Alexander, M.A.;Design and Testing of a Functional Arm Orthosis in Patients With Neuromuscular Diseases IEEE Trans. Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp.244-251,June 18, 2007. T.Rahman, PhD; W. Sample; S. Jayakumar, MD; M. M. King; Jin Yong Wee; R. Seliktar, PhD; M. Alexander, MD; M. Scavina, DO; A. Clark, Passive Exoskeletons for Assisting Limb Movement, VA Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, Vo. 43 No. 5, pp 583-590, Aug/Sep 06 Rahman T, Sample W, Seliktar R. Design and testing of WREX. In: Bien ZZ, Stefanov D, eds. Advances in Rehabilitation Robotics. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 2004;243-250. Rahman T, Sample W, Rahamim S, Design and Testing of WREX Proc. Of the 8th Ann ICORR Conf. Taejon, Korea, pp 139-142, April 2003

List of earlier publications is available upon request. Computer Skills CAD systems: Solid Edge ST2, Solid Works 2012 Materialise Mimics and 3-Matic biomedical engineering visualization software MS: Word, Excel, & PowerPoint, Photoshop, & various communications software. PC system building to specs from scratch, including both hardware and software solutions Programming languages; Pascal, C, Basic, and LOGO. User interface development and simulation