Bruce R. Simon

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).