Giorgio Menallo
Worcester,MA
Summary
Hardware and software developer with an extensive background in biomaterials and mechanical engineering.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Consultant
Columbia University
New York, NY
05.2024 - Current
- Designed and machined (lathe, mill, laser cutter) uniaxial bioreactors for synthetic cardiac valves
- Developed Arduino-based bioreactor control software, with integrated LabVIEW GUI
- Developed MATLAB morphing script for comparing thickness and texture of cardiac valves with varying shapes
Technical Consultant
Novoheart US Corp
Boston, MA
02.2024 - 06.2024
- Designed and implemented the GUI (LabVIEW / ATMega2560) for commercial in-vitro drug screening platform. The system included critical timing of high-speed image acquisition and analysis, 2D motion control, temperature control and feedback, controls for 3rd-party valves and electric stimulator.
Research Assistant
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA
05.2021 - Current
- Designed and deployed LabVIEW interface to control FPGA-based biaxial tensile stress testing device.
- Designed and machined BSC-compatible fibrin bioprinter, with Arduino-based control and LabVIEW GUI.
- Designed and machined electrodes for long-term impedance monitoring of 3D cultures of myocytic cells lines.
- Designed and implemented LabVIEW GUI for acellular soft polymer printer.
- Designed and machined bioreactor for uniaxial conditioning of cell-seeded fibrin microthreads.
Research Associate
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
08.2019 - 07.2020
- Implemented standalone MATLAB app for blood vessel detection in histochemical sections
- Developed deposition protocol for electrospun pulmonary and aortic valves.
Research Assistant
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
07.2015 - 08.2019
- Developed MATLAB app for image-based evaluation of blood residence time in commercially available oxygenators
- Designed device for vessel compliance test.
- Designed and machined flow chamber for real-time visualization of platelet deposition on opaque samples under high shear rate
- Designed and machined chamber for high-throughput evaluation of quasi-static platelet deposition on 40+ materials for blood contacting applications
- Improved LabVIEW based setup for Pressure-Volume test of murine left ventricles
- Updated Arduino-based system for the fabrication of small diameter vessel grafts.
Education
Ph.D. - Biomedical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
true12-2024
Master's degree - Bioengineering
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA08.2019
Bachelor's degree - Mechanical Engineering
University of Palermo
Palermo, Sicilia10.2015
Skills
- Device Design
- SolidWorks
- AutoCAD
- ESPRIT CAM
- Machining
- MATLAB
- LabVIEW
- C
- Python
- Device Validation
- Mechanical Characterization
- COMSOL
Timeline
Technical Consultant
Columbia University
05.2024 - Current
Technical Consultant
Novoheart US Corp
02.2024 - 06.2024
Research Assistant
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
05.2021 - Current
Research Associate
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
08.2019 - 07.2020
Research Assistant
University of Pittsburgh
07.2015 - 08.2019
Ph.D. - Biomedical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Master's degree - Bioengineering
University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor's degree - Mechanical Engineering
University of Palermo
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