Education:
Texas A&M: Electrical Engineering, B.S.
University of Texas: Electrical Engineering, M.S.
About:
Alan Cooper is a Design Controls & Engineering Consultant at Proxima Clinical Research, a contract research organization that serves the emerging drug and medical device industries.
Alan spent 8 years designing & testing production active sonar systems for the U.S. Navy. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from A&M & a M.S. in EE - Electromagnetics/Acoustics from the University of Texas. Since 2015, Alan has worked for a small medical device design firm implementing design controls, writing specifications and verification procedures, designing and testing circuitry and software algorithms, and managing standards compliance testing.
Positions and Honors:
Cooper Consulting Service, Friendswood, TX
Partner Engineer
Project Engineer
Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Engineering Scientist
Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Engineering Scientist Associate
Hewlett-Packard, College Station, TX
Intern
Millar Instruments, Inc., Houston, TX
Intern
Texas Board of Professional Engineers
Engineer-In-Training
Contributions to Science:
Mr. Cooper has played an important role in the following projects:
- Navigation Improvements
- Underwater Mapping Improvements
- Continuous Longevity of Active Sonar Systems
- Real-Time Source Level Testing
- Production Sonar System Hardware Testing and Delivery
- Production Sonar System Software Testing and Delivery
- System for Video Recording Surgical Procedures for Educational and Documentation Purposes
- System for Monitoring Labor Contraction and Maternal/Fetal Heart Rate Remotely
- System for Monitoring Astronaut Heart Rate, Temperature, and Movement
- System for Performing Extracorporeal Blood Filtration
- System for Calibrating Production Pressure Catheters
- C-Arm X-Ray System
- System for Monitoring Pressure Infused IV Bag Therapy for Traumatic Injury and Burn Patients
- System for Non-Invasive Treatment of Depression
- Robotic Surgical System
- Steerable Guidewire
- Electrosurgical Pencil
- Robotic Lab Assistant Device
- LED Light Therapy Device
- Electronic Stethoscope Device
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Device
- Endoscope Safety Disposable Device
- Intracranial Pressure Measurement Device
- Pressure Injury Prevention Device
- Laser Ablation Device
- Transilluminator For Neotate Examination
Additional Information:
OriginallY From:
Houston, TX
Fun Fact:
Alan spent a week on a submarine underway doing sonar system checkout.
