EDUCATION

2006 M.S. in Biomedical Engineering
The City College of the City University of New York. ( GPA: 3.75)

2004 B.S. in Biomedical Technology,
Indiana State University (ISU), Terre Haute, Indiana (Graduated top 10% in the dept of biomedical). (Cumulative GPA: 3.2, Major GPA: 3.4)

2003 Dean’s list at the Indiana State University

FIELD EXPERIENCE

Summer 2004 to 2006
Internship Research,
Laboratory for Soft Tissue Research, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York.

· Study in-vivo knee forces after total knee replacement.

· Study the effect of design changes on wear performance in total knee implant.

· Assist in conducting experiments of articular cartilage under single impact load.

· Studied locked and unlocked plating in internal fixation of bones.

· Analyze mechanical response of articular cartilage in impact loading experiments.

· Assist in statistical analysis and data analysis of several projects in the lab.

· Work with physicians, scientists, and engineers and help develop different experiments.

2001 to 2003
Internship,
Biomedical Dept of Union Hospital, Indiana.
Learneded about design, function and trouble shooting of EKG, MRI, X-Ray, and anesthesia device.

Spring 2004
Design Project
Designed pneumatic slide machine using PRO-E software to study the effect of sliding on damaged articular cartilage.
Designed locked and unlocked plates and screws to study the movement of the plates under different strains.

Spring 2003
Project Manager
Directed two projects that were given to students for their final grades at ISU (1. Wiring a house, 2. Building a microphone).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS

D. Milentijevic, K. Aslani, H. Potter and P. Torzilli, “Osteochondral Matrix Response to Severe Joint Trauma,” presented at the ASME, Summer Bioengineering Conference in Vail, Colorado, 2005.

K. Aslani, X-H Deng, P. A. Torzilli, D. Milentijevic, “Articular Cartilage Response to Severe Trauma: Protective Effect of Subchondral Bone” first inauguration of Biomedical Engineering Department in City College of New York, 2004.

AWARDS

Summer of 2005
Summer Student Fellowship, Arthritis Foundation New York Chapter Awarded funding for a proposal to study joint trauma.

TECHNICAL

· Pro-Engineering, ANSYS, Microsoft Office, SigmaPlot, Biological: Cell/Tissue Culturing, Histology.