Tim Bruns

Current

• Postdoctoral Associate at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Past

• Research Associate at Case Western Reserve University
• Biomedical Engineer at VA Medical Center
• Doctoral Candidate at Case Western Reserve University

• Principal Systems Engineer at Baxter Healthcare
• Research Associate at Arizona State University
• Summer Associate at Medtronic
• Research Assistant at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Education

• Case Western Reserve University
• Arizona State University
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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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 2009 — Present (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 2009 — July 2009 (2 months)

  Postdoc - Neural Enginering Center, Biomedical Engineering Department

• Biomedical Engineer

  VA Medical Center

  (Government Agency; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  August 2006 — July 2009 (3 years )

  Research

• Doctoral Candidate

  Case Western Reserve University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2005 — May 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 2002 — June 2005 (3 years 6 months)

  Alyx, Transfusion Therapies (Fenwal) Division

• Research Associate

  Arizona State University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 5 months)

  Bioengineering Department

• Summer Associate

  Medtronic

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

  May 2000 — July 2000 (3 months)

  Cardiac Rhythm Management Group

• Research Assistant

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  May 1999 — May 2000 (1 year 1 month)

  Bioacoustics Research Lab, Beckman Research Institute

Tim Bruns’s Education

• Case Western Reserve University

  Ph.D. , Biomedical Engineering , 2005 — 2009

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

• Arizona State University

  M.S. , Bioengineering , 2000 — 2001

  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 , 1996 — 2000

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