Sanjiv D. Parikh, Engineer@vt.edu



208 Broce Drive, Apt #3		102 Pleasantview Drive,

Blacksburg, Virginia 24060		Lynchburg, Virginia 24501

(540) 951-8670			(804) 385-4514: Home





Objective: Obtain an Intern/Permanent position in industry.



Education:

	Virginia Polytechnique Institute & State University,

	M.S. in Engineering Mechanics in Non-destructive Evaluations, Spring 98

	B.S. in Engineering Science & Mechanics, Biomechanics, Fall 95



Work Experience:

	Graduate Research Assistant, 6/96 - Present

	Virginia Transportation Research Council - Engineering Science Mechanics Dept.

	To design mathematical model of Ultrasonic C-scanning of  Steel Bridge pins.



	Clinical Internship in Biomedical Engineering, 5/95 - 8/95

	Roanoke Memorial Hospital - Carillion Health Systems.

	To observe Enginnering technologies utilized in a clinical setting, &

	To think up new technologies that can improve the current hospital system.



Past Activities:

	Dean's committee,

	Award of Achievement in Physics from Dean of NVCC, 93.



Presentations:

	1998, Steel Bridge Pin Ultrasonic Cscan Inspection Insitu,

	The Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C.

	1995, The transport mechanisms governing processes of diffusion in a transdermal

	drug delivery system. Presented at Virginia Tech.

	1993, Critical Current Density:

	Presented at: Virginia Academy of Sciences, at ODU.

	American Physical Societies, in Washington D.C.

	Association of Physics Teachers, in Virginia Beach.



Interests:

	CAVE, Bio-Mechanics, Virtual Reality Systems, Control/Monitoring Systems,

	Force Feedback, A. I. Systems, Nondestructive Inspection Systems.





References provided upon request.