Tim Bruns

Postdoctoral Associate at University of Pittsburgh

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Current
Past
Education
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Arizona State University
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Industry
Research

Tim Bruns’s Summary

Career goal: Tenure-track biomedical engineering faculty position.

Current research:
-Functional electrical stimulation and neuroprostheses.
-Investigating use of primary afferent neural activity to provide feedback for controlling functional electrical stimulation

Past research:
-Restoration of bladder function via afferent peripheral nerve stimulation.
-Investigation of spinal cord reflex pathways.

Professional experience:
-Industry experience in research and development for a medical device during pre-market evaluation and market release.
-Familiar with six sigma and statistical control processes.


Tim Bruns’s Experience

  • Postdoctoral Associate

    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

    (Educational Institution; Research industry)

    August 2009Present (4 months)

    in Rehab Neural Engineering Lab, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine

  • Research Associate

    Case Western Reserve University

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    June 2009July 2009 (2 months)

    Postdoc - Neural Enginering Center, Biomedical Engineering Department

  • Biomedical Engineer

    VA Medical Center

    (Government Agency; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    August 2006July 2009 (3 years )

    Research

  • Doctoral Candidate

    Case Western Reserve University

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    August 2005May 2009 (3 years 10 months)

    Neural Enginering Center, Biomedical Engineering Department

  • Principal Systems Engineer

    Baxter Healthcare

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; bax; Medical Devices industry)

    January 2002June 2005 (3 years 6 months)

    Alyx, Transfusion Therapies (Fenwal) Division

  • Research Associate

    Arizona State University

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    August 2000December 2001 (1 year 5 months)

    Bioengineering Department

  • Summer Associate

    Medtronic

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; mdt; Medical Devices industry)

    May 2000July 2000 (3 months)

    Cardiac Rhythm Management Group

  • Research Assistant

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    (Educational Institution; Research industry)

    May 1999May 2000 (1 year 1 month)

    Bioacoustics Research Lab, Beckman Research Institute


Tim Bruns’s Education

  • Case Western Reserve University

    Ph.D. , Biomedical Engineering , 20052009

    Dissertation: Afferent Stimulation for Exciting Reflex Micturition Circuits.
    Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Gustafson.

  • Arizona State University

    M.S. , Bioengineering , 20002001

    Thesis: System Development for Neural Recordings Elicited by Atrial Defibrillation Shocks.
    Advisor: Dr. James Sweeney.

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    B.S. , Electrical Engineering , 19962000


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