Graduation Year

2025

Date of Submission

4-2025

Document Type

Campus Only Senior Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

Science and Management

Reader 1

Nazia Rashid

Reader 2

Anna Wenzel

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2025 Megan A Birenbaum

Abstract

The Optimization & Simplification of Design Control Quality Management Systems (QMS) is a Team Master’s Project, completed on behalf of Mozarc Medical (MM), through the facilitation of Keck Graduate Institute. The project was completed by a team of two undergraduate students—Megan Birenbaum and Alvin Villarosa—three graduate students—Devon Cooper, Amritta Balaji, and Anabel Likoskendaj—and advised by Dr. Nazia Rashid, TMP Faculty Advisor. The project was sponsored by Emir Osmanagic, Mozarc Medical R&D Sr. Engineering Director, and conducted alongside our corporate liaison, Barbara Lancini, Mozarc Medical Sr. Manager Quality Engineering. The optimization and simplification of QMS is a component of MM’s transition into a separate entity from one of their founding companies, Medtronic. The project aimed to explore the efficacy of utilizing AI for quality document analysis and comparison, prioritizing security, consistency, and repeatability. Our work validated the effectiveness of Co-Pilot as an AI tool in completing MM’s QMS transformation. Our work has contributed to the overall objective of modifying, reducing, improving, and transforming (TRIM) quality management documentation in support of MM’s goal of improving productivity as an independent entity. Analyzed documents were transformed through manual reformatting and merging, submitted to subject matter experts within MM for review. This project will allow MM to be more flexible, efficient, and create more streamlined workflows within their QMS. These streamlined processes enhance MM’s agility and improve efficiency by reducing redundancies and clarifying necessary methodologies. We successfully TRIM-ed 75+ documents across numerous domains, screened 50+ documents for obsolescence, translated all documents into the software JAMA, and created visualizations for every domain through Microsoft Visio.

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