About Me
Hi, I’m Tanner!
I’m an electrical engineer and 5th year PhD candidate at NC State University investigating ultra-low-power and self-powered wireless wearable technologies for correlated patient diagnostic and environmental monitoring.
I’m an experienced embedded systems developer, and have successfully contributed to projects and delivered functional prototypes for multiple early-stage startups in the medical device & wearable space.
I’m driven by the challenges and rewards that come with building devices that interact with the human body. I want to continue to use my education, training, and experience to develop innovative solutions which help people live longer and healthier lives.
Research
I work with Dr. Alper Bozkurt in the Integrated Bionic Microsystems (iBionicS) Lab and the Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) to study ultra-low-power & self-powered wireless applications of wearable biosensing. These include multi-modal electrochemical wearables for continuous biochemical analyte detection in sweat and wound fluid, biophotonic patches for measurement of local tissue oxygenation, and wearable bioimpedance systems for hydration monitoring.
Miniaturized wearable fNIRS systems for applications of continuous monitoring of brain hemodynamics. Collaboration with Bionica Labs.
Conformable electrochemical smart bandage for chronic wound monitoring. Collaboration with the Pozdin Lab at FIU and the Miami Wound Healing Center
Reconfigurable platform for multi-modal wearable electrochemical sensing for multiple applications including exercise physiology and chronic wound monitoring. Collaboration with multiple sensing and clinical partners.
Solar energy-harvesting wristband for continuous lactate monitoring. Collaborating with the Biointerface Lab at NCSU.
Electrochemical patch with integrated flexible optical sensor for correlated sensing of muscle oxygenation with sweat lactate/pH. Collaboration with the Biointerface Lab at NCSU.
Multiplexed electrochemical sensing watch for wearable measurement of sweat lactate, glucose, pH, and temperature. Collaboration with the Biointerface Lab at NCSU.
Wearable bioimpedance system for continouous hydration monitoring. Collaboration with OndaVision and the Zhu Group at NCSU.
Development
I spent 3 years as a product development engineer at Procyrion. As the main electrical engineer, I developed the full hardware, firmware and software systems for Procyrion’s Aortix circulatory support system. This started with designing proof-of-concept prototypes and devices for long-term remotely-monitored large animal model studies and culminated in complete manufactured systems for successful first-in-man clinical studies. Along the way, I also participated in in-vivo and in-vitro experimental design, IEC safety validation, fundraising and mentoring activities.
As a product development intern at Saranas, I developed hardware and software for a bioimpedance smart sheath for bleed detection during transvenous catheter access. I also participated in device validation and fundraising activities.