Robert Adamson

• Working to develop BD’s next generation of diabetes products. • Managed efforts to complete human factors and usability summative study for FDA 510k submission. • Characterizing insertion mechanics of needle and catheter. • Developed new and updated existing test protocol relating to needle and catheter insertion. • Assisting in design verification activities.

• Developed a novel framework for the patient journey. • Enabled Shire, via the patient journey framework, to identify opportunity and gaps in the treatment of various illnesses. • Analyzed and interpreted Shire’s internal resource data relating to two different drug development programs.

• Validated image based fracture prediction software through experimental testing and software debugging. • Completed industry funded, Depuy Spine, study investigating the subsidence of lumbar cages. • Re-authored kinematic analysis code with updated algorithms and GUI in MATLAB.

• Saved the research group time and money by increasing the speed and precision of data analysis through authoring MATLAB code designed for the needs of their retrospective study.

• Determined the feasibility of developing an intra operative device to measure spinal stability.

• Investigated the functional axis of rotation of the tibial-femoral joint, both healthy and ACL deficient. • Determined muscle importance during gait and stair climbing. • Wrote and edited bi-annual EU DeSSOS report. Decision Support Software for Orthopaedic Surgery. • Organized EU DeSSOS research meeting. • Shadowed Trauma and Orthopedics surgeons during a 2 week rotation.

• Investigated the biomechanical effects of an osteoporotic fracture and subsequent cement augmentation. • Designed repeatable system for monitoring and analyzing spinal motion in a cadaver spine. • Authored MATLAB code to determine rotations and translations of vertebrae relative to each other.

Thesis: The effects of split tendon transfer of tibialis anterior and tibialis posterior on effective moment arms about the subtalar and talocrural joints.