Mandana Veiseh

mveiseh@u.washington.edu

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

(Sep.2000-present)               University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA           

                                                Graduate student in Material Science and Engineering Department

 

(Sep.1996-Feb.1998)          Isfahan University of Technology, Iran

Master of Science degree in Textile Chemistry Engineering

 

 

(Feb.1991-Sep.1995)             Tehran Polytechnic (Amirkabir University of Technology), Iran

Bachelor of Science degree in Textile Chemistry Engineering

 

 

EXPERIENCES:

 

(Mar.2001-present)               University of Washington, Seattle, WA

                                    Research Assistant in biomaterial Lab

·     Research on surface bioengineering for controlled cell adhesion

·     Learned surface characterization techniques:AFM, ESEM,SPR Fluorescence Microscopy, FT-IR, Ellipsometry, Contact angle

                                   

(Sep.2000-Mar.2001)            University of Washington, Seattle, WA

                                    Teaching Assistant in MSE Department

·     Taught Material Science and Engineering Lab

·     Mentored projects on surface modification, self assembly techniques, biocompatibility and protein micropatterning

 

(Mar.2000-Sep.2000)            University of Washington, Seattle, WA        

                                                Research Assistant in biomaterial Lab

·     Conducted research on biomedical micro-devices design

·     Conducted research on IR-spectroscopy, surface modification, protein micropatterning and surface characterization

 

(Mar.1999-Nov.1999)            Washington Mutual Bank, Kirkland / Bothell, WA

                                    Teller

                                                           

(Aug.1998-Mar.1999)         University of Washington, Seattle, WA

                                    Lab Assistant of Molecular Biotechnology Lab

 

(Oct.1997-May1998)             Polyran Chemical Institute Company, Iran

                                    Quality Assurance Engineer

·      Acted as a liaison between the purchasing and the manufacturing       department

 

 (Dec.1995-Oct.1997)         Faragir Baft-E-Balouch Textile Company, Iran

Responsible for procurement and purchasing              

·          Verified technical research on textile chemicals for purchase

·           Purchased chemicals for production lines

·          Managed new established internet center

 

(Apr.1995-Dec.1995)             Arm Lighting Industries Company, Iran

·      Export/Import Coordinator

Research Assistant

·      Conducted research on light sources

 

 (Jul.1994-Jun.1995)             Baft-E-Azadi Factory, Iran

Trainee in production line

·       Conducted research on new washing process

·         Translated technical procedures for fabric printing and dyeing

 

 

COMPUTER

SKILLS:

·  Neural Networks, Matlab, C Programming, Image processing, Windows operating systems, Mac operating systems, Photoshop and Origin

 

RESEARCH

EXPERIENCES:     

·         Surface bioengineering for controlled cell adhesion

·         Surface modification for biocompatibility

·         Design of cell-based biosensors 

·         Application of Neural Networks in color matching of fluorescent samples

·         Study on Carbon Black properties and its industrial uses

·         Ciba-Geigy Inc., “Study on Reactive Dyes for Wool”

 

PUBLICATIONS:

·         M. Veiseh , Y. Zhang, K. Hinkely, and M. Zhang, “Two-dimentioanl   protein micropatterning for sensor applications through chemical selectivity technique”, Biomedical Microdevices, Vol 3, No (1), pp 43-49, 2001.

 

·         H. Amirshahi, F. Torkamani-Azar and M. Veiseh, “Application of Neural Network in Color Matching of Fluorescent Samples”, 7th National Conference of Electrical Engineering in Iran, May 1999.

 

·         M. Arami N. Saadatjou and M. Veiseh “Dyeing with Reactive Dyes”, Amirkabir Journal of Science and Technology, Vol.7, No.27, 1995, ISSN.1015-0951.

 

REFERENCES:        Available upon request