Shadow DU Kaimeng
A creative, curious, self-motivated biomedical engineer fuses medical science background with articulated engineering skills to deliver well-organized health related electronic product research and development. Experiences in product development and validation cycles, algorithm development, data visualization and analysis, analog signal acquisition, as well as molecular biology wet lab skills, virus production and animal surgeries.
Education
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2011~2013
M.Phil. in Bioengineering
2007 ~2011
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
BSc. in Biomedical Engineering
- First Class Honor
- Full Scholarship for Non-local Students, 2007 ~2011
2009
Washington University in St. Louis
Exchange Student
- 4 A+ out of 5 courses taken
Work Experience
Belun Technology Company Limited
Jan 2019 ~ Now
Senior Software Engineer
- Developed STM32 and nRF52832 firmware for wireless
sleep monitoring system (Belun Ring and Core)
- Managed the project using JIRA, coordinating between
hardware/software/marketing team
- Controlled the medical device production under
ISO13485 regulation, drafted the production SOPs, and maintained the production records
- Translated Matlab based algorithm into C with proper
memory management on both embedded MCUs and embedded Linux
- Configured device tree and built customized Linux
system for STM32MP157 with Yocto
- Designed
the test jigs and implemented PC programs for product manufacturing; calibrated and maintained
the production equipment under regulation
Rehab-Robotics Company Limited
Oct 2016~ Dec 2018
Research Engineer
- Reporting to the clinical adviser and translate the medical design inputs from physiotherapists to the engineering team
- Define, designed and implemented PIC18 firmware for EMG driving Hand Rehabilitation Robot (Hand of Hope)
- Conducted basic research in verification and validation of Hand of Hope
- Designed and built research devices for clinical study, including mechanical design, 3D printing, electronic design and PCB manufacture, software design and verification
- Conducted internal audit based on ISO13485:2019
- Designed and conducted tests and prepared reports for CFDA, JFDA and KFDA registration
- Designed illustrative materials, e.g. Application Guide, User Manuals
Sky Light Imaging Limited
Oct 2013~ Oct 2016
Sport and Wellness Researcher
- Developed dynamic heart rate tracking algorithm in Matlab for an optical heart rate wrist band
- Developed swim style detection algorithm in Matlab for a swim tracking watch
- Implemented and optimized above algorithms to embedded Cortex-M MCU
- Collaborated with software development team to integrate the algorithm into software system design
- Designed circuits and facilitated in hardware design
Research Experience
Dr. Kai LIU’s Lab
Jun 2011~ Oct 2013
Division of Life Science, HKUST
- Produced Adeno-Associated Viruses for gene delivery, including plasmid population, mammalian cell culture and transfection, virus extraction and purification
- Conducted microscopic surgeries on mouse central nervous system, including eye injection, cortical injection, pyramidotomy and spinal cord crush
- Conducted sample slicing, staining and confocal microscopic imaging
- Manipulated CNS tissue samples to be transparent and visualized 3D distribution of regenerated nerve fibers in mouse spinal cord
Prof. Raymond TONG’s Lab
Aug 2010 ~May 2011
Dept of Health Technolgy and Informatics, HKPU
- Built microelectrode array for rat ECoG measurement
- Recorded ECOG from electrode array to explore the neural behavior after hemorrhagic stroke on rat model
Prof. Klyachko Vitaly’s Lab
Sep 2009 ~Dec 2009
Department of Biomedical Engineering, WUSTL
- Analyzed time series response of neurons in hippocampus, where the brain forms memory
- Developed recursive algorithm in Matlab to analyse electric response of hippocampus neurons
Publication
Du, Kaimeng, et al. "Pten Deletion Promotes Regrowth of Corticospinal Tract Axons 1 Year after Spinal Cord Injury." The Journal of Neuroscience 35.26 (2015): 9754-9763.
Skills
Language
- Fluent in spoken and written English (IELTS 8), Mandarin and Cantonese
Programming
- Articulated embedded C,
- Matlab: in data visualization, data mining, w/ comprehensive machine learning algorithms, including Artificial Neural Network
- Python: developed script interfacing hardware via UART/USB/Bluetooth w/ GUI (wxPython), autonomic web operation via Selenium
- Google app script, VBA in Excel, VC/C++
Mechanical Design
- 2D w/ AutoCAD, 3D w/ Solidworks
- 3D scanning w/ structure sensor
- 3D printer tuning and maintenance
Electronic Design, Soldering and Bebugging
- Design schematic and PCB layout with PowerPCB and EasyEDA
- Generate gerber file for manufacuring
- Hand soldering of 0402 components, QFN, LGA
- Troubleshot PCBA
Medical Device Regulation
- ISO13485:2106, certificate for internal audit; documentation for design and development, verification and validation experiment design and reporting; production SOP drafting; production record maintenance; production equipment maintenance and calibration.
