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 |
![]() Position: Supervisory Mechanical Engineer/Group Leader
Materials Reliability Division Cell & Tissue Mechanics Group Related Links: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 |