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Home / Faculty & Staff / Faculty / Bruce R. Simon
Bruce Simon
  • simonb@arizona.edu

Bruce R. Simon

  • Professor Emeritus of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Research Expertise

  • Finite element analysis
  • Solid and structural mechanics
  • Coupled transport analysis
  • Engineering mechanics with applications to biomechanics and VLSI packaging thermal stress analysis

Education

  • PhD: Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 1971
  • MS: Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 1967
  • BS: Mechanical Engineering, University of Idaho, 1965
  • AA: Mechanical Engineering, North Idaho Junior College, 1963

Courses Taught Since 2000

  • AME 250: Dynamics
  • AME 412B: Mechanical Engineering Design B (supervised projects)
  • AME 460: Mechanical Vibrations
  • AME 461: Finite Element Methods of Structural Analysis
  • AME 466/566: Biomechanical Engineering
  • AME 563: Finite Element Analysis in Nonlinear Solid Mechanics
  • BME 516: Principles of Biomedical Engineering
  • ENGR 102: Introduction to Engineering

Employment

  • 2006: The University of Arizona: Professor Emeritus
  • 1973-06: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona:
    • Visiting Assistant Professor 1972-73;
    • Assistant Professor 1973-77 
    • Associate Professor 1977-89
    • Professor 1989-06
  • 1993-94: Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, University of California, San Diego (sabbatical): Visiting Professor
  • 1986-89: Bioengineering Unit, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (sabbatical): Visiting Professor
  • 1983: U.S. Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program, Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory BBD, Wright-Patterson AFB: SCEEE Fellow (AFOSR)
  • 1981-82: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Wales, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom (sabbatical): Senior Visiting Fellow
  • 1972-74: Cardiovascular Training Program, Bioengineering, University of Washington: Instructor
  • 1971-72: Division of Bioengineering, University of Washington: NIH Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 1968-71: Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington: NIH Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 1968: Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington: Research Assistant
  • 1965-68: Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington: Predoctoral Fellow, NDEA Title IV

Honors and Awards

  • Invited Tutorial Lecture, Third World Congress of Biomechanics, Sapporo, Japan, 1998
  • Invited Lecturer, Southwest Mechanics Lecture Series, 1993-94
  • Volvo Award for Low Back Pain Research - Bioengineering, Volvo Company, Gøteborg, Sweden, 1985
  • Haliburton Award of Excellence, Haliburton Education Foundation, USA, 1980

Professional Societies

  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Publications Since 2000

Not including conference proceedings

  • Vande Geest, J. P., Simon, B. R., and Mortazavi, A., Towards a Model for Local Drug Delivery in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms, The Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Genetics, Pathophysiology, and Molecular Biology (M. D. Tilson III, H. Kuivaniemi, G. R. Upchurch, Jr., eds.), Annals of the New York Academy of Science 1085:396-399, 2006.
  • Simon, B. R. and Kaufmann, M. V., Finite Element Models for Arterial Wall Mechanics and Transport, Biomechanic Systems Techniques and Applications (C. T. Leondes, ed.), pp. 5.1-5.36, CRC Press, 2001.

Research Grants Since 2000

  • Development of Finite Element Modeling for Investigation of Ocular Diseases, University of Arizona Small Grants Program, 2004-2005 (with R. I. Park).
  •  Research to Prevent Blindness – Pilot Study, University of Arizona Department of Ophthalmology, 2003 (with R. I. Park).
  • Training Grant, Cardiovascular Biomedical Engineering, NIH, 2001-2005 (with S. K. Williams, J. Hoying, etc.).
  • REU Supplement to Poroelastic Transport of Neutral and Charged Species in Arterial Tissues, NSF, 1999-2000.
  • Poroelastic Transport of Neutral and Charged Species in Arterial Tissues, NSF, 8/15/98-8/14/03 (with S. K. Williams).
  • University of Arizona Biomedical Engineering Program in Imaging, Modeling, and Evaluation of Medical Implants: Cooperative Academic-Industrial Program, The Whitaker Foundation, 6/1/97-12/31/00 (with S. K. Williams).
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