Adam deSouza graduated with a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University in 2006. After graduation, Adam joined Boston Scientific (BSC) as a Process Engineer at the company's manufacturing site in Spencer, IN. A year and half later Adam transferred to BSC's site in Maple Grove, MN where he has been leading custom equipment development and process automation projects for production lines in MN, other BSC sites in the US and contract manufacturing sites in Mexico and Costa Rica.

John D. Gassert is a professor and the Program Director of Biomedical Engineering at MSOE. Biomedical engineering is one of seven degree programs administered through the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Milwaukee School of Engineering. His interests include medical informatics; biomedical system modeling, medical instrumentation, and analog and digital design.

He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (1971), a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Biomedical Engineering (1974) and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering (1995). All degrees were earned from Marquette University. Gassert began his career as an engineer for Marquette Electronics, Inc. ( now GE-Medical Systems ) in 1974. He then became the Manager of Clinical Engineering for Saint Luke's Hospital in Milwaukee (1976-82). In 1982, he founded Milwaukee Micro, Inc. (MMI) providing clinical engineering and computer engineering consulting.

Gassert joined MSOE's full-time faculty in September of 1989.

Dr. Gassert is a registered professional engineer in the State of Wisconsin, A member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society, American Society Engineering Educators, the National Society of Professional Engineer (NSPE) and Sigma XI

Malik Shahzaib Qaiser holds a B.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on medical device design from the University of Cincinnati. He has worked in medical device research and development, design, and quality engineering for various companies. Malik currently works in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration performing investigations and inspections of both radiological and non-radiological medical device manufacturers.

Neil Tiwari graduated in 2008 with BS in BME from McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University. He was enrolled in BS/MS program and completed MS in BME in 2009. From 2006-2009 Neil was Co-op at Baxter Healthcare (NU Co-op of the year in 2008). In 2009 he started working full time at Baxter and is currently working as a Sr. Systems Engineer developing a new home hemodialysis device. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling and hiking.

Mr. Jedlinski received a Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. While at Northwestern, Mr. Jedlinski was a four-year letter winner on Northwestern’s Men’s Varsity Soccer team, serving as captain in his senior year. After graduating from Northwestern, Mr. Jedlinski attended Chicago-Kent College of Law and was awarded a Juris Doctor. In addition, he received a certificate in Intellectual Property as well as the CALI Award for being top in his class for patent litigation. Mr. Jedlinski joined Cook Alex Ltd. as an associate attorney following his graduation.

Mr. Jedlinski concentrates his practice in intellectual property-related matters, including patent and trademark prosecution, litigation, counseling, due diligence, opinion work and license and agreement preparation. He has experience working with a wide variety of technologies including biomechanical devices, surgical and medical products, mechanical devices and electro-mechanical devices. Mr. Jedlinski’s clients range in size from individual inventors and small start-ups, to large corporations.

Mr. Jedlinski is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and is licensed to practice law within the State of Illinois.

Tina is a biomedical engineer employed by Medical Murray, Inc. As an Engineering Team Manager, Tina is involved in specialized medical device design, development and fabrication support from concept through clinical trials and transfer into production.

Tina received a BS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa in 2004.