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Yu Sandy Yao, Ph.D.
Technology Specialist

Sandy's practice emphasizes preparation and prosecution of domestic and foreign patent applications in the areas of electrical and mechanical engineering, medical devices, software, and telecommunications. Examples of technologies she has worked on include analog and digital circuits, wind energy, signal processing, speech analytics, machine translation, power distribution, internet applications, microfluidics, magnetic resonance imaging systems, biomaterials and business methods.

Professional Experience
Prior to joining Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, Sandy worked as a research assistant in the Hatsopoulos Microfluids Lab at M.I.T. (2003~2007), where she developed an ultra-resolution optical imaging system to study the impact of blood flow on vascular function. Sandy's research focused on applying nanotechnology in the field of biomechanics and her thesis was titled "Three-dimensional Flow-induced Dynamics of the Endothelial Surface Glycocalyx Layer. While at M.I.T., Sandy served as a teaching assistant for two Mechanical Engineering courses, including "System Dynamics and Control" and "Analysis and Design of Feedback Control Systems". She also received extensive training in electrical engineering and medical instrumentation for her Bachelor's degree in China (1999~2003).

In addition, Sandy gained experience in patent prosecution during her externship at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (2007).

Education
PhD., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, with highest honors, 2003

Languages
Fluent in Mandarin Chinese

Selected Publications
Yao Y, Rabodzey A, Dewey CF, Jr. "Glycocalyx modulates the motility and proliferative response of vascular endothelium to fluid shear stress" American Journal of Physiology ---- Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 2007; 293:H1023-1030

Jonas M, Yao Y, So PT, Dewey CF, Jr. "Detecting single quantum dot motion with nanometer resolution for applications in cell biology" IEEE Transaction in Nanobioscience. 2006; 5:246-250

Rabodzey A, Yao Y, Luscinskas FW, Shaw SK, Dewey CF, Jr. "Early response of endothelial cells to flow is medicated by VE-Cadherin" Cell Communication and Adhesion. In Press

Conference Presentations
Yao Y, Cieslewicz M, Huang H, Damiano ER, Dewey CF, Jr. "Dynamics of the endothelial glycocalyx layer subjected to unsteady flow" 2007 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting, Los Angeles, CA

Yao Y, Huang H, Cieslewicz M, Dewey CF, Jr. Three-dimensional mapping of the glycocalyx layer on endothelial cell 2007 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting, Los Angeles, CA

Yao Y, Rabodzy A, Dewey CF, Jr. "Glycocalyx as a mechanosensor to fluid shear stress" 2006 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, Germany

Rabodzy A, Yao Y, Deweey CF, Jr. "The role of VE-Cadherin in mechanotransduction" 2006 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, Germany

Jonas M, Yao Y, So PT, Dewey CF, Jr. "Detecting single quantum dot with nanometer resolution" 2006 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL