Bustos-Pomerantz

Nicole A. Bustos-Pomerantz, Ph.D.

Patent Agent
Boston

I work with clients to secure, strengthen, and protect their intellectual property.

Nicole Bustos-Pomerantz leverages her cross-disciplinary expertise in mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering to assist in the preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent applications in the electro-mechanical and mechanical fields. 

Prior to joining the firm, Nicole obtained her M.S. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she prototyped and developed various bench-side instruments and experimental setups. In particular, she developed various electro-mechanical devices to measure material properties of synthetic polymer fluids and bio-fluids, and chambers for climate-monitoring and containment of aerosols. In addition, she has created various graphic user interfaces for data visualization and data analysis.

Nicole has over five years of scientific research experience in a variety of technical areas including in fluid mechanics, characterization of soft materials, prototyping using laser-cutters and 3D-printing, high-speed imaging, image processing, and particle-sizing/charge-measuring instruments. Nicole's research experience in designing and optimizing mechanical systems and computational tools has honed her ability to approach various cross-disciplinary problems with a methodical mindset.
 

Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2024
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2021
  • Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), B.S., double major, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, 2017
     

Languages

  • Spanish

Publications

  • First author, “The role of mucosal barriers in disease progression and transmission.” Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (2023)
  • Co-author, “Comparison of Physicochemical Properties of Native Mucus and Reconstituted Mucin Gels.” Biomacromolecules (2023)
  • First author, “Distributed medium viscosity yields quasi-exponential step-size probability distributions in heterogenous media.” Soft Matter (2022)

Honors & Involvement

HONORS
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
  • MIT’s Office of Graduate Education Diversity Fellowship
INVOLVEMENT
  • Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Society