Tim Quinn

Staff Employment

2011- present: Developed fatigue testing standards for cardiac device leads

2006 – 2016: Leader of the Materials for Biological Environments Group

2002 –2006: Developed models, testing methods, and experimental apparatus for tissue engineering

1990 – 2002: Developed models of arc welding processes. Invented and demonstrated through-the-arc sensing methods and control systems for arc welding

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

1996-2005 Adjunct Professor, Colorado School of Mines: Taught machine design courses to upperclassmen

1993 Adjunct Professor, University of Colorado,Boulder: Taught the capstone design course

Awards

1990 Hetenyi Award for best paper in Experimental Mechanics

1993 U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal

1994 Federal Laboratory Consortium 1994 Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer

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

2010 Building Tomorrow’s Workplace Award (a diversity award) from NIST

2014 William P. Slichter Award for strengthening ties between NIST and industry.

Publications

Evaluation of Variations in Solution Annealing, Intercritical Annealing, and Aging Treatments on Cobalt-free Maraging Steels

September 22, 2025

Author(s)

Nicholas Derimow, Jake Benzing, Alec Saville, Cassidy Allen, Jordan Weaver, Nikolas Hrabe, Timothy Quinn, Timothy Weeks, Newell Moser, Chad Beamer, Christin Aumayr, Tilman Seifert, Michael Hirtler

This work is a compilation and summary of the quasi-static mechanical properties of a novel cobalt-free maraging steel, M789, that underwent a series of various

Evaluation of 3D Curvature and Lead Stress of Transvenous Right Ventricular Leads: The Human Use Conditions Study (HUCS)

September 9, 2023

Author(s)

Jonathan Piccini, Tim Quinn, Lucas Koepke, James Dawson, Nicki Mara, Jason Santelli, Diane Muff, Jordan Savela, Alex Felber, Michael Friedrich, Jens Rump, Felix Tschentscher, Jake Benzing, Charles Swerdlow

Transvenous leads of cardiac implanted electronic device (CIED) systems are meant to last the life of the patient, but they are at risk for conductor fatigue

Multiple Changepoint Analysis of Noisy Nonlinear Data with an Application to Modeling Crack Growth in Additively Manufactured Titanium

December 5, 2019

Author(s)

Lucas N. Koepke, Jolene D. Splett, Timothy P. Quinn, Nikolas W. Hrabe, Jake T. Benzing, Michael R. Frey

Noisy measurement data pose a challenge for changepoint analysis, especially in the presence of multiple changepoints and when the model is nonlinear. We

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Staff Employment

2011- present: Developed fatigue testing standards for cardiac device leads

2006 – 2016: Leader of the Materials for Biological Environments Group

2002 –2006: Developed models, testing methods, and experimental apparatus for tissue engineering

1990 – 2002: Developed models of arc welding processes. Invented and demonstrated through-the-arc sensing methods and control systems for arc welding

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

1996-2005 Adjunct Professor, Colorado School of Mines: Taught machine design courses to upperclassmen

1993 Adjunct Professor, University of Colorado,Boulder: Taught the capstone design course

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