John Dascanio

About John Dascanio

30 yrs+ experience in medical and telecom product development• Expert in product development to meet technical challenges, regulatory requirements, and marketing goals• Expert in thermal solutions for electronics packaging• Expert in the use of statistics for optimal designs• Expert in linear structural analysis for durable designs• Enjoy and am highly effective in cross-functional team settings. • Highly effective in written and oral communicationsProduct Development expertise in developing hardware in multi-disciplinary team environments to meet project requirements with creative and efficient designs. Ten years experience in medical device development and 21 years in telecom infrastructure development. Applied solid engineering, statistical tools, problem solving, and creativity to meet complex product requirements and regulatory needs.Thermal Analysis and Design Expert in electronics from system to board-level design with stringent size, and acoustic constraints. Expert with CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulation tools in system, sub-assembly, and board-level analysis. Solution domains include natural and forced convection environments that involve passive (e.g. heat pipes) and active cooling elements (e.g, Peltier devices). Highly skilled in thermal verifications testing.Structural Analysis and Design Expert using FEA (Finite Element Analysis) and CAD. Highly experienced in part design and analysis from concept to manufacture while considering fabrication, cost, aesthetics, durability, and regulatory requirements. Highly proficient in CAD (ProE and SolidWorks). Experienced with both ANSYS Workbench, Dassault System’s Abaqus, and solidWorks integrated FEA. Communication and Report Documentation Expert with mastery of the MS Office suite with extensive experience in written and oral reporting. Expert in providing audience specific context and instruction to effectively demonstrate design nuances, test purposes and results, and the meeting of requirements.

Experience

1. Staff Mechanical Engineer

   Abbott

   Jul 2016 — Present · Plano, TX, US

   IonicRF Generator (2017 – 2020). Staff Engineer. Technical mechanical lead over development of neural ablation device used in pain therapy clinics (currently in production). Thermal SME who engineered thermal solution for continuous high-power output with logic controlled cooling system that achieves quiet performance and long product life. Engineered shielding architecture and compliance to mechanical aspects of 60601-1 and 60•••22. Developed and executed custom HALT program to verify mechanical robustness. • Neurostimulator (20••••17, 20••••21). Staff Engineer. SME over pocket heating of new generation rechargeable neurostimulator. Developed In Vitro pocket heating test fixture following a human-body analogy, allowing great flexibility in what-if test scenarios of implant depth, total tissue thickness, charger placement, etc. Invented non-toxic and environmentally friendly human fat simulant. Headed animal study for fixture verification, co-authoring the protocol with excellent correlation results. Developed Monte Carlo simulation of patient charging to estimate potential for tissue harm and charge session duration.

Education

• Brigham Young University

  BSME

  1983 — 1987

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  MSME

  1987 — 1989

Skills

• R&D
• Ptc Creo
• Ansys
• Product Design
• Six Sigma
• Mechanical Engineering
• Product Development
• Design for Manufacturing
• Cfd
• Pro Engineer
• Fmea
• Sheet Metal
• Injection Molding
• Thermal Analysis
• Design of Experiments
• Minitab
• Systems Engineering
• Engineering
• Medical Device R&D
• Finite Element Analysis
• Tolerance Analysis