Austin Bishop

492 Edinborough, Bay Village, Ohio 44140

Phone: 216-702-4464 E-Mail: apb14@case.edu

Objective
To spend my life working on high impact projects with the end goal of improving human standards of life.

Education
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University (GPA 3.5) Expected May 2010
 Awards/Scholarships: Frances Odlin Scholar, Huntington Grant, Chang Endowment Fund, Case Western
Alumni Association Fund, invited to present my research at BMES 2009 and MBEC 2010 conferences.
 Related Course Work: Digital Signal Processing, Control Theory, Data Structures, Physiology, Mathematical
Image Processing, Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems, Stochastic System Modeling, Medical
Imaging Physics, Discrete Math, Linear Algebra, Discrete Event Modeling, Calculus, Differential Equations.

Skills & Abilities

Technical Skills
 Experience with Windows, Apple and Linux operating systems.
 Extensive programming experience with Java, Matlab and Simulink.
 Experience with Python and pBasic for robotic programming.

Leadership
 Vice-President and co-founder of MIND (Medical Initiative for Nations Developing).
o We solicit donations from hospitals for unused medical equipment, perform repairs and
sterilization if needed, and then provide the equipment to hospitals in the developing world.
 Co-Founder/ Head Programmer of UMedia.
 Guitarist, Keyboardist and Manager of national band Driver Side Impact.
o Negotiated and obtained a record deal with major record label Victory Records.
o Handled $30,000 of funding for recording, merchandising, advertising and tour support.

Experience
Medical image processing and segmentation researcher Spring 2008 to Spring 2010
Case Western Reserve University under Dr. Andrew Rollins

 Developed novel level-set algorithm for automated segmentation of OCT images of beating embryonic hearts.
 Developed software tools for phase unwrapping of OCT doppler data. Research using these tools will be
appearing in an upcoming publication.
 I was invited to present my research at two national conferences (BMES 2009 and MBEC 2010).

Paralysis lab researcher Fall 2007 to Spring 2008

University Hospitals, Cleveland

 Research toward treating paralysis using spinal bypass surgery.

 Administered medicine to lab rats and assisted with surgery.
 Research has lead toward potential treatments to cure some forms of paralysis in humans.

Co-founder and head programmer Fall 2005 to Summer 2006

UMedia

 Software startup venture freshman year with two other students.

 Developed software for dynamic insertion of ads into online radio via IP and user pattern recognition.
 Head developer of algorithm for user pattern recognition.
 Invited to and attended national business competitions in Portland and San Francisco.