Milind Rao

Milind Rao, Ph.D., currently serves as Senior Manager of Health Solutions at Flex since August 2021 and holds the position of Adjunct Faculty Member at the University of San Diego's Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering. Rao has previously contributed as a Staff Mechanical Engineer at Dexcom and as a Senior Engineer in Mechanical Engineering at BD, where significant improvements were made to high-volume disposable medical devices impacting global healthcare practices. Academic experience includes roles as a Graduate Research Assistant and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Denver and extensive research on the mechanical behavior of the lumbar spine during a Master’s internship at Charité Biomechanics Laboratory. Rao earned a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from the University of Denver, a Master of Science in Computational Engineering from Ruhr University Bochum, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology.