Pankaj Chand has a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and a B.E. in Biomedical Engineering from Mumbai University in India. He has over 10 years of experience in biomedical engineering roles in India and the U.S., including positions at Max Hospital, Shimadzu Medical, and the University of Texas at Arlington. His research has focused on using near infrared imaging to assess cerebral palsy and designing new fetal surgery techniques.

1. PANKAJ CHAND
402 S Cooper St, Apt 207, Arlington, Texas-76013
Cell: 817-734-2486, Email to: er.pankajchand@gmail.com/pankaj.chand@mavs.uta.edu
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EDUCATION
M.S. Thesis, Biomedical Engineering Arlington, Texas
The University of Texas at Arlington/Southwestern May 2010
GPA: 3.5 /4.0,GRE:1290/1600
Bachelor of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Mumbai, India
Mumbai University May 2005
GPA: 3.7/4.0
WORK EXPERIENCE
University of Texas- Arlington Arlington, Texas
Research Assistant August 08- May 10
• Operated CW6 fNIRs machine with EMG & SpO2 machines for acquisition on NIR images.
• Demonstrated that with good temporal resolution of NIR machines effective diagnosis of Cerebral
Palsy can be done.
• Done data analysis by MATLAB and prepared data that proved to be significant addition in grant
reports.
Max Hospital New Delhi, India
Executive Biomedical Engineer December 07-July 08
• Lead Head of Biomedical Engineering Department of 150 bed hospital.
• Represented Biomedical Department in ISO 9001 and ISO14001 Certification.
• Collaborated with Engineering Department in construction of new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(NICU) with all biomedical machines and gas supplies.
• Carried out preventive and corrective maintenance of X-ray, CT, C –Arm, Ultrasound, multi parameter
patient monitors, ECG, TMT, EEG, Physiotherapy and other Hospital machines.
Shimadzu Medical (I) Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, India
Service Engineer May 07 – December 07
• Installed C-Arm, DSA, X-ray and Ultrasound machines.
• Performed planned maintenance and troubleshooting for breakdowns and malfunctions.
• Carried out radiation leakage testing of X-ray and C-Arm machines
• Trained doctors and the nursing staff in use of these machines.
Compamedic Instruments Pvt. Ltd New Delhi, India
Service & Sales Engineer May 06 – May 07
• Installed ECG, TMT and Holter machines of Mortara Instruments.
• Carried out planned maintenance and troubleshooting of the machines.
• Conducted comparative studies of prices before filing tenders in hospitals.
• Trained doctors and the nursing staff in use of these machines.

2. JDS Medison (I) Pvt Ltd New Delhi, India
Service Engineer May 05 – May 06
• Installed Medison ultrasound machines and BMD machines.
• Performed planned maintenance and troubleshooting for breakdowns and malfunctions.
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital New Delhi, India
Intern Biomedical Engineer June 04 – December 04
• Assisted senior biomedical engineers in troubleshooting of medical equipments like X-ray, Ultrasound,
MRI,CT SCAN machine, Auto-analyzer, ‘Fresenius 2008 A’ hemodialysis machine, ECG & EMG
machine
• Represented biomedical department with senior biomedical engineers in US Embassy Health Camp
2004, New Delhi.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Translation of Near Infrared Brain Imaging to Assess CP Children Dec 2009
• Conducted experiments on cerebral palsy patients using CW5 near infrared machine with EMG and
Spo2 machine.
• Data Analysis and Signal processing done by MATLAB to find laterality index and functional
connectivity
Design of new fetal surgery technique using triaxial force sensors Dec 2009
• Cooperated feedback loop system using triaxial force sensors in order to reduce the risk to fetus during
surgery
Functional MRI image processing using AFNI to identify the active areas of the brain Dec 2008
• Conducted experiments and data analysis using AFNI software and correlated with NIRS experiments
Estimation of Muscle conduction velocity of EMG signals April 2005
• Conducted experiment using double differential technique to find conduction velocity of EMG signals.
RELATED COURSEWORK
• Biomedical Subjects: Biomedical Instrumentation, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI),
Advance Neuroscience, Medical Imaging, Biomedical Optics, Florescence
Microscopy and Human Physiology
• Statistics Subjects: Clinical data analysis and Statistics using SAS
• Programming Subjects: MATLAB, AFNI, HOMER, C, SAS, Ms Office
ACTIVITIES AND HONORS
• ISO 14001 Certification –Lead BME, 2008, Max Hospital, Max Hospital, New Delhi, India