Brief Bio

Education

Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 1994. Design and analysis of computational methods for structural acoustics; Peter Pinsky, advisor.

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, M.S. in Engineering Science, 1988. An experimental system for measuring the wave-number frequency response of Timoshenko beams, Courtney B. Burroughs and W. Jack Hughes, advisors.

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, B.S. in Engineering Science, 1985. Diffraction of sound by an edge barrier over an absorbent ground surface, Sabih Hayek, advisor

Positions held:

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan 2006 to present.

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan 2006 to present.

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan 2001 to 2006

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan 2000 to 2006.

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, 1994 to 2000, University of Michigan.

Graduate Research Assistant, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1990-1994

Research Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory/SFA Inc., Washington, DC, 1987-1990

Graduate Research Assistant, Applied Research Laboratory/Penn State, University Park, PA, 1985-1987

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Applied Research Laboratory/Penn State, University Park, PA, 1983-1985

Administrative Positions at the University of Michigan:

Associate Chair for Facilities, Planning, and DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion), Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Michigan. 2016-2019

Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Michigan. 2007-2009

Commercialization

Chief Science Officer, Vesper Technologies 2014-present

Co-Founder, Vesper Technologies (née Baker-Calling, Inc.) .