Sabrina Zhou

Experience

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  The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

  Oct 2021 - May 2024

  Manage team of 4 to design a prosthetic cast for an individual with unusable forearm & hand. Design breathable and lightweight cast that will allow bending at the wrist & holding small objects in the palm. Fabricate cast in CAD software and research+valiate material properties to create the most comfortable and usable cast possible. - Maintain and operating high-tech digital fabrication tools (SLA/FDM 3D printers, laser cutters). - Use CAD software (Autodesk Inventor, Rhino 3D) to create CAD demonstrations for students- Solve problems and troubleshoot errors with the machinery or related software- Teach and assist fellow students to use the equipment - Manage a team of 10 students in researching and designing a chemical reaction-powered car - Communicate with team about goals, progress and new developments- Lead research to incorporate electrochemistry principles and reaction engineering into the car’s starting and stopping mechanisms- Incorporate CAD and Arduino coding into design process- Team Captain from May 2022 -August 2023

  • Prosthetic Hand Cast

    May 2022 - May 2024

  • AACE Lab Student Technician

    Oct 2021 - May 2024

  • ChemEcar

    Oct 2021 - May 2024
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  Princetel, Inc.

  May 2022 - Aug 2022

  Quality Dept. Summer Intern

  - Processed returns of custom fiber optic rotary joints; Tracked return progress of each part and maintained open communication about return progress/disposition with customers- Analyzed 8 years of company sales data to determine the products with highest return rates per year & why- Presented data in insightful and concise statistics on Excel

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  Cresilon

  Jun 2023 - Dec 2023

  R&D Mechanical & Preclinical Intern

  - Design and prototype hemostatic gel applicators for specialized surgery applications. - Brainstorm and prototype new iterations of current product applicator for increased efficiency- Developing research study investigating preservation methods for maintaining properties of hydrogels

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  Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design

  Jun 2024 - now

  • Developed an at-home device and software application to allow untrained users to read TST skin test results, enhancing the operational efficiency of a pediatric latent TB screening program in India• Conducted 3 weeks of ethnography and 30+ interviews on-ground in India, validated solution criteria in focus group discussions and planned validation experiments to evaluate final device concepts• Collaborate with Johns Hopkins Gupta-Klinsky India Institute to reach pilot study evidence generation by May 2025 Show less

  • SurgMap: Novel Suite of Devices for Enhancing Tumor Bed Mapping

    Jun 2024 - now

  • InduRATE: Simplifying Induration Readings for Latent Tuberculosis Screening in India

    Jun 2024 - now