Brian Rulifson

1140 Laurel Street, #3 Menlo Park, CA 94025

(650) 248-6878

rulifsonb at asme dot org

Education:

MS Engineering, Stanford University, Product Design. June 2004.

BS Mechanical Engineering with Minor in Design, North Carolina State University. May 1996.

Recent Projects:

Product for enabling low-literacy patients to communicate and administer a complicated medication regimen with their healthcare providers (patent pending). Currently in use by 24 patients as a part of "Improving Diabetes Efforts Across Language and Literacy" study at UCSF.

Developed a new medical device--an otoscope with improved tympanic membrane insufflation (patent pending) as part of a three-person team.

Authored software package for statistical image processing and analysis in use with the Cognex SmartView inspection system at 300+ locations worldwide.

Professional Experience:

Design Engineer Intern, Speck Product Design, Palo Alto, California. June 2004-Present.

Teaching Assistant, Stanford University Product Realization Lab (PRL) and Biodesign Collaboratory.

Lab TA for "Manufacturing and Design" teaching usage of shop tools and processes including: manual and CNC milling, lathe turning, rapid prototyping (FDM, Laser cutting), investment and sand casting, welding (TIG, MIG, Arc), sheet metal, vacuum forming, and injection molding. Biodesign TA for prototyping medical devices using silicone casting, Nitinol, and catheter building. September 2002-Present.

Product Development Intern, Cooligy, Mountain View, California.

Designed and ran a marketplace assessment/test for competitive pump technology in the liquid-cooled electronics space. June 2003-August 2003.

Design Engineer, ApproTEC, Nairobi, Kenya. March 2003-May 2003.

Applications Engineer, Cognex Corporation. Alameda, California and Raleigh, North Carolina.

Commissioning, Applications engineering, and Technical support of ultra-high speed, real-time machine vision systems for surface inspection of web materials. Region of focus: Korea, Japan, USA. February, 1997 to September, 2001.

· Received the highest award at Cognex for direction of a multi-departmental service project at world's largest steel producer.

· Launched and ran a small regional office in RTP, NC area. January, 1999.

Process Development Intern, Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd. Himeji, Japan. Summer, 1996.

Computer Skills:

PRO/Engineer, SolidWorks, Photoshop and Illustrator, Dreamweaver, FEA analysis, C, Visual Basic

Interests:

Bicycle Touring, Travel, Canoeing, Photography