CONTACT INFORMATION Name Kedar Aras Address Salt Lake City, Utah Email

EDUCATION

Graduate Institution University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Degree, Major, Date Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, 2010 (expected) Concentration Cardiovascular Engineering Thesis Graduate Institution University of Notre Dame, South bend, Indiana Degree, Major, Date M.S., Computer Science, 2006 Concentration Computational Biology Graduate Institution  Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan Degree, Major, Date  B.S., Computer Science, 2000 Graduate Institution  Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India Degree, Major, Date  Electrical & Electronics, 1998

BOOK PUBLICATIONS

Using Design Patterns in Scientific Applications - A Case Study in CompuCell3D. VDM Verlag Dr. Muller, 2007 (ISBN: 978-3-8364-3563-5)

PAPER PUBLICATIONS

Electrographic Response of the heart to myocardial ischemia , Kedar Aras, Shibaji Shome, Darrell Swenson, Jeroen Stinstra, Rob MacLeod, Computers in Cardiology, September 2009. Wave Equation Based Interpolation on Volumetric Cardiac Electrical Potentials , Darrell Swenson, Jeroen Stinstra, Brett Burton, Kedar Aras, Rob MacLeod, Computers in Cardiology, September 2009. Evaluating the Effects of Border Zone Approximations with Subject Specific Ischemia Models, Darrell Swenson, Jeroen Stinstra, Brett Burton, Kedar Aras, Lindsey Healy, Rob MacLeod, World Congress of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 2009. From Genes To Organisms Via The Cell: A Problem Solving Environment for Multicellular Development , Trevor Cickovski, Kedar Aras, Maciej Swat, Roeland M. H. Merks, Tilmann Glimm, H. George E. Hent schel, Mark S. Alber, James A. Glazier, Stuart A. Newman, Jesus A. Izaguirre, Computing in Science and Engineering, August 2007. Simulation of Chicken Limb Growth With Irregular Domain Shape , Kedar Aras, Trevor Cickovski, David Cieslak, Chengbang Huang and Jesus A. Izaguirre, Notre Dame Technical Report 2005-09, July 2005. Empirical Analysis of Design Patterns in Scientific Applications, Kedar Aras, Trevor Cickovski and Jesus A. Izaguirre, Notre Dame Technical Report 2005-08, May 2005.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Intellectual Property Manager (August 2004 - June 2007) Whirlpool Corporation, World HQ, Benton Harbor, MI Develop an Intellectual Property strategy for the company and help drive its execution. Cultivate an Intellectual Property Community of Practice within the organization. Train and educate employees on Intellectual Property Research competitors and generate profiles based on their business and consumer strategies. Design and implementation of global process for Invention Management Business Analyst (August 2002 - July 2004) Whirlpool Corporation, World HQ, Benton Harbor, MI Consumer and Market research to identify trends and discontinuities Apply Innovation tools and processes to identify and develop business models. Development of new product prototypes and conducting CUFTs (Consumer Usability Field Tests). Technical Analyst (September 2000 - August 2002) Whirlpool Corporation, World HQ, Benton Harbor, MI Architect, Implement, Test and Deploy software systems based on technologies including J2EE, .NET, Webservices, Databases (SQl Server, DB2, Oracle, Lotus Notes/Domino), Application Servers (Websphere, Tomcat, Apache) on various environments (Windows, Unix, Linux, AIX). Engineer embedded applications (communication protocol) to support internet-enabled electric appliances.

HONORS AND AFFILIATIONS

Recipient of the Lassonde New Venture Development Fellowship at University of Utah, 2009 Recipient of International Scholarship Award at Andrews University Vice President of Public Relations, Toastmaster's International , Club 202 Volunteer, United Way community services program Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity International