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Timothy Quinn

Research Interests:

Sensing and control of bioreactors used in tissue engineering, mechanical stimulation of tissue engineered constructs, tissue mechanics, reliability of biological materials and biomaterials

 

Professional Affiliations:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

 

Awards and Honors:

2000 A.F. Davis Silver Medal from the American Welding Society

1994 Federal Laboratory Consortium 1994 Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer

1993 U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal

1990 Hetenyi Award for best paper in Experimental Mechanics

1984 George C. and Helen N. Pardee, University of California Scholarship

1980 University of Colorado Regent’s Scholarship

1980 Martin Marietta Scholarship

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Position:

Supervisory Mechanical Engineer/Group Leader
Materials Reliability Division
Cell & Tissue Mechanics Group

Employment History:

2006 – present: Leader of the Cell and Tissue Mechanics group

2002 –2006: Mechanical Engineer, Materials Reliability Division

Developed models, testing methods, and experimental apparatus for tissue engineering

1990 – 2002: Mechanical Engineer, Materials Reliability Division

Developed models of arc welding processes. Invented and demonstrated through-the-arc sensing methods and control systems for arc welding

2002-2004: Served on the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) of NIST

1998-2001: Chaired the American Welding Society A9 Standards Committee on Computerization in Welding

1996-2005 Adjunct Professor, Colorado School of Mines

1993 Adjunct Professor, University of Colorado,Boulder

Education:

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California,Berkeley, CA,1990

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1987

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1984

Contact

Phone: 303-497-3480
Email: quinn@boulder.nist.gov
Fax: 303-497-5030