Warren Porter has experience as an independent consultant implementing production concepts for research using lipid bilayers. He previously worked as a graduate research assistant at the University of Minnesota establishing the clinical advantage of a new radiation sensor for an NIH project. He has also held engineering roles testing medical devices and managing federally regulated instrumentation designs.
HARDNESS, FRACTURE TOUGHNESS AND STRENGTH OF CERAMICS
Experienced Biomedical Engineer and Medical Physicist
1. WA R R E N M. PO RT E R 4016 Tenth Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407-3202
“http://goo.gl/DaCDqt”redirects to my LinkedIn profile. 612 419-0944 w.porter@ieee.org
E X P E R I E N C E
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT, Minneapolis, Minnesota http://goo.gl/D2zc1F
March, 2016–present Implementing a biochemical engineer’s production concepts, principally for
research and development using lipid bilayer components.
Drafting 3D models of instrumentation and equipment.
Planning LabVIEW VIs, for GPIB (IEEE-488) control and data handling.
April, 2016 Investigated resources for redesigning an electronic, instrumentation product.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota Succeeding program, http://goo.gl/5A7VWN.
GRADUATE
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
2011–2015
Established the clinical advantage of a new class of radiation sensor, in an
NIH-funded, interdisciplinary project.
Guided cross-functional team members regarding living tissue, cancer
treatment using radiation, and conducting work in given clinics.
Configured and operated linear accelerators and a Gamma Knife.
Introduced a test jig with a phantom that replicates in-vivo, radiation dose
build-up. Designed in 3D, using AutoCAD, and arranged for fabrication.
Wrote the initial LabVIEW VIs and demonstrated control and recording.
Co-authored two pairs of papers, presented at conferences or published.
Proposed details for RF locating and polling of multiple sensors.
Returned to full-time
study in 2007.
Blue Sages, Little Canada, Minnesota http://bluesages.com
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
2007
Tested software for the release of a multifunction, neuromodulation device.
Adapted TCL/TK scripts and uses of custom software and various equipment.
Shadin, Saint Louis Park, Minnesota Now Shadin Avionics, http://shadin.com.
STAFF ENGINEER
2004–05 and prior
Managed designs and design changes of federally regulated instrumentation.
Authored, reviewed, and implemented Engineering Change Orders.
Coordinated with other departments and with contractors and vendors.
Boston Scientific Corporation, Scimed Division, Maple Grove, Minnesota http://bostonscientific.com
EQUIPMENT ENGINEERING
1999–2002
Released new, automated, production equipment, on interdepartmental
teams. Wrote and reviewed specifications and procedures. Tested operation.
E D U C A T I O N
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
MASTER OF SCIENCE, BIOPHYSICAL SCIENCES
AND MEDICAL PHYSICS
American Board of Radiology http://theabr.org
CERTIFICATE IN THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL PHYSICS
Part 1, Clinical Physics • Part 1, General Physics
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
MASTER OF SCIENCE, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Computer and RF communication circuit design.
Bioengineering interdisciplinary program
with the Department of Anatomy and Physiology.
Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
BACHELOR OF ARTS, PHYSICS
C O M M U N I T Y
VOLUNTEER —prisons, churches
A F F I L I A T I O N S
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)
MUSICIAN —Transcribe. Organize programs. —PAST CHAIR, Twin Cities Section