benb

Experience

• Robotics/Mechatronics Research Engineer Liberating Technologies · Full-time Nov 2018 – Present 6 yrs 2 mos Holliston, MA, United States At Liberating Technologies, I am involved in electro-mechanical device prototyping and product design. I use CAD, kinematic analysis, 3D printing and machining on a daily basis to design and prototype a variety of prosthetic and orthotic technologies.
  
  I am currently developing a hybrid energy storage and return prosthetic foot. I have used FEA to hit spring property requirements, and designed compression mold tooling which was used to fabricate the CFRP springs. For this project, I am also designing lightweight structural metal components with FEA and performing tolerance analysis for machining.
  
  I am also developing a powered prosthetic finger with a cable driven robotic gripper on the fingertip, through CAD and iterative prototyping. I have developed alternative versions optimized for injection molding and CNC machining as options for production.
  
  I have designed a powered hand exoskeleton that returned hand function to human subjects. In one case, a subject was able to tie their shoes after 3 years of inability to do so.
  
  I have also conceptualized and designed a robotic prosthetic hand with a novel belt driven differential mechanism.
  
  Finally I have written proposal narratives for research grant applications.
• Mechanical Design Engineer Biomechatronics and Intelligent Robotics Lab (BIRO), CCNY, CUNY · Part-time Jan 2018 – Jun 2018 5 mos New York, NY, United States At the BIRo Laboratory, I designed and co-wrote a proposal for a concept hip and back exoskeleton that won the Toyota Mobility Challenge’s $50k Discovery Award. I also designed an orthotic cable driven ankle exoskeleton and prototyped a soft hydraulic artificial muscle (HAM) with a miniature hydraulic system.