Inigral, Inc. - Internet Startup - 1/11--present

• Developed Ruby on Rails app for referrals and database updating in support of enterprise sales process

Apigy, Inc. - Tech Startup - 9/10--present

• Hardware prototyping for Lockitron - wirelessly controlled door locks

CMK Consulting - Small Consultancy - 3/10--5/10

• Assessed feasibility and improved competitiveness of a plan to build a solar cell-module-panel fabrication facility using licensed technology from Evergreen Solar

(UCLA) Prof. Richard Wirz - Engineering Faculty Member - 10/09--3/10

• Applied engineering fundamentals and researched concepts in wind and solar energy, especially building-integrated wind

Aardvark - Internet Startup - 11/09--12/09

• Prepared publication-ready figures for a mission-critical article, in collaboration with authors

Gourmet 101, LLC - Food Processing Startup - 8/08--4/10

• Technical analysis of high-pressure pasteurization technology

• Wrote persuasive presentations for guiding strategy

• Advised the prosecution phase of primary patent

Probe Science, Inc. - Wireless Technology - 4/08--8/08

• Developed a wiki-based system for management of IP

• Conducted due diligence research on company inventions

• Developed an early-stage business plan for spinoff solar technology company based on patents and research results.

• Managed relationships with potential investors for due diligence and feasibility analyses.

• Project lead for collaboration of three teams in industry and academia producing a competitive $3.4M federal research funding proposal.

• Published research articles and wrote grant applications forwarding the lab mission.

• Delivered many presentations on technology and lab research thrusts to diverse audiences from academics to investors to technology transfer professionals.

• Entrepreneurship Course Spring 2009 (Prof. George Abe, Anderson School of Management, UCLA)

• Designed and installed a vertically aligned carbon nanotube array fabrication facility within the new Charyk lab, including flammable gas controls, plumbing, and an integrated safety system.

• Published a first-author research article on novel method for CNT-material fabrication.

• Partnered on the design, oversight of construction, and build-out of the Gharib Group’s new $1M+ Charyk Laboratory for Integrated Biomechanics.

• Collaborated with the Chiara Daraio Group, training researchers and developing new methods.

• Designed and conducted mechanical characterization experiments.

• Supervised and trained an undergraduate student conducting proof-of-concept research on electric field actuation of carbon nanotubes and strength of adhesion to substrates.

• Pioneered a new research direction for the Gharib Group – the study of novel carbon nanotube properties and related technology development.

• Designed and built the group’s first facility for carbon nanotube growth.

• Patented a generally applicable method for anchoring nanostructures within thin layers (microns) of material.

• Discovered and studied capillary-based self-assembly pattern formation in vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes, and patented a related method of fabrication.

• Discovered and studied liquid wicking through carbon nanotube arrays and patented a related method of passive fluid self-transport.