Personal Information

Mufeng Xu

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Education

Columbia Mailman School of Public Health (2020.08 - present)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2016.08 - 2020. 05)

The Steward School (2013.08 - 2016.06)

Publications

Coauthor of submitted journal “Cardiac CT blooming artifacts: clinical significance, root causes and potential solutions” of JCCT

Projects

Capstone Project - Abdominal Surgical Retractor (2018.09 - 2019.05)

  • Designed and prototyped a surgical retractor system with extendable blades and adjustable frame.

  • Responsible for brainstorming, CAD modeling, feasibility testing, and assembling.

  • Awarded with “Capstone Best Pitch.”

Biomechanics Simulation (2018.04 - 2018.05)

  • Simulated bone reaction under stress, bending, etc. using Solidworks.

STEM Toy “Engingearing” (2017.02 - 2017.05)

  • Designed a STEM toy for kids to relate gear ratio theory with mathematical multiplications & divisions.

  • Responsible for brainstorming, CAD modeling, assembly and testing.

Line Follower (2017.01 - 2017.02)

  • Designed a toy car that follows line automatically.

  • Responsible for mechanical design and assembly.

CAD Piston (2016.10 - 2016.12)

  • Modeled an industrial piston with Siemens NX.

Research

Statistical Analysis on Obesity in USA using R (2019.10 - 2019.12)

  • Sorted original data and generated various statistical plots to analyze any single variables.

  • Applied regression model and multivariate models to all available variables.

Deblooming CT Images (2019.03 - 2019.07)

  • Analyzed coronary artery calcification in CT images and methods to debloom using convolutional neural networks.

  • Responsible for summarizing research papers and compose a report by the end of the research program.

Analyzing Statistical Methods in Biomedical Fields (2019.01 - 2019.05)

  • Summarized statistical methods from 30 journal articles in BME fields.

  • Analyzed any drawbacks and possible improvements and presented the results to the audience.

Internship

Thermo Fisher Scientific (China) Co., Ltd - Data Analyst (2019.07 - 2019.08)

  • Organized and analyzed data using Excel

  • Helped the team call for inquiry

MacroStats (China) Clinical Research Co., Ltd - Statistical Assistant (2019.05 - 2019.06)

  • Organized clinical data using Excel and SAS

  • Translated Clinical Trial Protocol and Statistical Analysis Report (from English to Chinese)

Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital

  • Shadowed doctors on their rounds (2017.06 - 2017.07)

  • Helped patients register on auto registration machines (2016.07 - 2016.08)

Computer Skills

Excel, Matlab, R, CAD, Minitab, SAS