Graduate Student Researcher
Biomedical Engineering Department
University of California, Los Angeles
Personal Journal

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• Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2008 (expected)
• M.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2006
• B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1996

• Design of opearant schedules to test reliable behaviour in rats.
• Design of a 32 channel, soft real-time brain-computer interface platform.
• Design/build of intracortical electrodes
• Implant of cortical electrodes in M1, M2, MGN, Auditory Cortex
• Design and implementation of wireless operant devices for open field work: The ARENA Project

• Principle investigator for preclinical research protocols for implantable devices.
• Electrical lead on the Epic DR/VR platform.
• Device longevity modeling
• Technical lead on a TUV approved research defibrillator system for European clinical studies in defibrillation

research.

• Combination of an automated data analysis system with a clinical database for evaluation of signal processing algorithms. Development of a clinically-approved device for further testing of the same algorithms.
• Testing and clinical implementation of a high voltage lead integrity test – product released.
• Development of an automatic capture-detection signal processing algorithm.
• Design of a Win32 real-time, 5 channel data acquisition, display, and device programmer. The program was used worldwide in support of FDA/CE approved clinical trials.

• Determination of parameters/target markets for implantable neuromodulation devices.

• NSF IGERT Fellowship
• UCLA BME Interdepartmental Fellowship
• St. Jude Medical - President’s Recognition Award
• St. Jude Medical - Excellence Award
• Carnegie Mellon University - Senior Leadership Award

• Swerdlow, C., et. al., Prospective Randomized Comparisons of 60uF and 120uF Biphasic Waveforms on Post-Shock Dysfunction, PACE, Vol. 22. April 1999.
• Hamzai, A., et. al., Three-Capacitor Multi-Step Defibrillation Waveform Lowers Defibrillation Threshold, PACE, Vol. 22. April 1999.
• Badelt, S., Magnetic Field Regulation Control System Analysis, National Conference on Undergraduate Research – Abstract Oral Presentation

• US7,065,403 System and method for measuring lead impedance in an implantable stimulation device employing pulse-train waveforms
• US6,704,601 Implantable medical stimulation device having reconfigurable memory
• US6,671,548 Implantable stimulation device and method for discrimination atrial and ventricular arrhythmias
• US6,553,259 System and method of performing automatic capture in an implantable cardiac stimulation device
• US6,535,765 Implantable medical stimulation device having reconfigurable memory
• US6,445,950 Implantable cardioverter/defibrillator employing shock delivery timing for preventing induced fibrillation
• USAPP20050085862 Implantable cardiac stimulation device including an output circuit that provides arbitrarily shaped defibrillation waveforms
• USAPP20050033369 Data Feedback loop for medical therapy adjustment
• USAPP20020133203 System and method of performing automatic capture in an implantable cardiac stimulation device
• USAPP20020049473 Defibrillator with means for producing defibrillation pulses with at least two capacitors in different configurations and method of use

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