Maged Awadalla

Experience

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  Flinders Medical Centre

  Nov 2007 - Jan 2008

  Research Assistant

  • Repaired and maintained electrical and electronic hospital equipment.• Performed acceptance tests and electrical safety tests.• Identified errors, preformed root cause analysis.• Preformed equipment Calibration.• Applied Australian and international standards in evaluation, repair, and maintenance.

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  Daw Park Repatriation General Hospital

  Jan 2008 - Mar 2008

  Research Assistant

  • Created a micro nonlinear hyperviscoelastic FEA model.• The model examined the stress, shear stress and strain in the material with and without stiffing rods.• Performed root cause analysis.• Used autoCAD and Inventor for CAD design.• Used ANSYS for FEA simulation.• Used Matlab for postprocessing.• Used TECPlot for visualization.

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  University of Iowa

  Jul 2010 - Jan 2015

  Research Assistant

  • Investigated airflow in the lungs.• Used ANSYS/Fluent to conduct CFD simulation.• Used an inhouse FORTRAN 2nd order CFD code for CFD simulation of a turbulent system with large eddy simulation.• Used autoCAD, ProE, and Inventor for CAD design.• Used Matlab for postprocessing.• Created autonomous simulation pipeline • Used image analysis and registration.• Performed regular project evaluation.• Performing experimental validation study.• My work have been published and presented in international conferences.• Worked in a multidisciplinary environment.• Following current industry standards (ISO, ASTM, and ASME).• Using controlled documentation process. Show less

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  University of Adelaide

  May 2015 - Mar 2016

  Research Engineer

  • Used Matlab for image precessing a particle detection.• Used and expanded on a particle velocimetry software (PIV).• Created a particle tracking software on matlab.• Developed an algorithm to detect false positives.• Used Matlab to create a pipeline to run the investigation autonomously.• Perform various statistical analysis.• Worked in a multidisciplinary environment.• My work have been published and presented in international conferences.

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  Flinders University

  Nov 2015 - Nov 2021

  Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Accelerate the development cycle of new knee replacement products. • Used design of experiment (DOE) FEA analysis to examine the effect of multiple design factors on the product safety and performance. • Created pipelines using C#, Python, and Matlab to conduct a large-scale investigation • Examined the sensitivity of the design to multiple factors.o Simulated use. o Surgical and patient variability.o Materials properties.o Fixation method (cemented/pressfit) • Perform design tolerance analysis. • My work have been published and presented in international conferences.• Generated a risk matrix complying with current industry standards.• Supported the development of a verification/ validation plan. • Used autoCAD, ProE, and Inventor for CAD design.• Used Abaqus and ANSYS for FEA analysis.• Used Matlab for postprocessing.• Used TECPlot and Matlab for visualization.• Used Hypermesh for geometrical editing and meshing.• Following current industry standards (ISO, ASTM, and ASME V&V40).• Work in an Agile work environment.• Using controlled documentation process. Show less

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  Zimmer Biomet

  Nov 2021 - now

  Senior Engineer II, Computational Biomechanics Research