ORISE Fellow / February, 2022 — May, 2022

Regulatory Science: • Medical Extended Reality program at the Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, US Food and Drug Administration. • Initiated a new project within Medical Extended Reality program focused on Augmented Reality applications and performance in preoperative healthcare settings • Laid ground to new robotics based augmented reality test system which includes precision motion system for controlled motion; depth camera sensor, imaging cameras and inertial motion units for environment sensing. • Designed and laid ground work in development of in-house augmented reality headset.

Physicist / May, 2022 — Present

Regulatory Science Team Lead for the Medical Extended Reality sensor characterization project at the Office of Engineering and Science Laboratories, CDRH, FDA. Responsibilities include stakeholder engagement to address machine vision sensor issues in Medical Extended Reality, surveying trends in machine vision sensors for Extended Reality headsets, conceptualizing and prototyping an Augmented Reality bench-top instrument, and proposing significant accuracy improvements in precision translational stages. Experience includes working with various camera types, developing alignment tools with real-time visualization, and initiating a research effort on augmented reality headset sensors, which involves finding collaborators and managing proposals. Additionally, provided regulatory consulting on sensor performance in healthcare settings and utilized machine learning to analyze over 1000 pdfs of 510k summaries to gather data on medical devices employing VR/AR technologies.

Research Fellow / August, 2020 — February, 2022