Brendan Inglis

Lifelong learner interested in solving unique multi-disciplinary problems involving medical device design, image based finite element analysis, programming, & biomechanics

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Bio

My name is Brendan Inglis, and I am an engineer working in the medical devices and med tech space. After graduating from Lehigh with a BS in Mechanical Engineering in 2019, my interest in biomechanics and applications of mechanical engineering to biotechnology led me to B. Braun Medical Inc. in Allentown PA where I worked for 2 years. During this time, I received an offer to return to school and research bone biomechanics in Professor Hannah Dailey’s PhD lab. My research areas of interest include Finite Element Analysis, biomedical image processing and analysis, and large-scale simulations run on Lehigh’s High Performance Computing Center (HPC). In the fall of 2022, I mastered out of the PhD program to pursue a career in industry, and I am currently an employee at Globus Medical Inc.

In my spare time, I am interested in music and athletics among other things. I enjoy tinkering with musical instruments by experimenting with microprocessors and software. I enjoy seeing my ideas come to life, from a concept in my head to a physical working prototype. This also applies to writing original music and recording myself and my friends playing music together, or playing in the jazz combo at Lehigh. In the summers, I enjoy hiking and camping in the Lehigh valley, and in the winters I play pickup basketball in Allentown and snowboard.

Leadership

Dailey Lab Research Lead

As a graduate student in Lehigh’s Dailey Lab, I was often tasked with leading projects concerning new avenues of research or with being the main contributor to ongoing projects. I delegated responsibilities, shared time-consuming/manual tasks, and pioneered new technical approaches to solve the challenges of the research question at hand. I mentored summer lab students and research-for-credit semester-long students, training them in ANSYS and in other medical imaging analysis software. I trained two new PhD students joining the lab for the remaining weeks before I graduated as well. During my time with the lab I was the first author on two publications and was a significant contributor to at least 3 other research projects.

Mechanics Teaching Assistant

While I was mainly supported by grant funding during my time in graduate school, I also taught as a TA for a semester in a sophomore Mechanics class. I graded weekly quizes for all 50+ students and ran a weekly office hours homework help session to tutor struggling or inquisitive students. I maintained the class Coursesite (similar to Moodle or Coursicle) grade page and uploaded quiz and homework grades regularly in collaboration with the teaching professor.

Extra Credit Lab Design and Supervision

My advisor Hannah Dailey and I on designed and ran an undergraduate extra credit lab for the same above-mentioned Mechanics class. I created a simple image analysis program to supplement the benchtop mechanical testing. I also directly supervised the students who participated in the lab and ran the Zwick/collected the data for distribution after the lab was complete. Finally, my professor and I co-graded the assignments.