Dr. Bruce C. Taylor


Dr. Bruce C. Taylor
Dr. Bruce C. Taylor
 

Dr. Bruce C. Taylor
Assoc. Professor

Phone: 330.972.5232
Fax: 330.374.8834
Office: OLRC 301F
E-mail:

btaylor@uakron.edu



  Education
Biolgy Degree Biology: Hiram College, 1964
M.A. Degree Physiology: Kent State University, 1967
Ph.D. Degree Physiology: Kent State University, 1971

  Professional and Honorary Societies
Biomedical Engineering Society
American Society of Engineering Education
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
American Society of Artificial Internal Organs
IEEE - Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
IEEE - Computer Society


  Recent Patents
Miller, J.M., Fannin, S.W., Steiner, P.R. and Taylor, B.C., "Portable Circuit and Method for Performing a Time Study and Analysis of Bodily Ionic Characteristics", US Patent Serial No. 4,618,929.

Steffel, C.R. and Taylor, B.C., "Circuit and Method for the Radiotelemetry of Esophageal pH in an ECG Radiotelemetry System", US Patent Serial No. 4,326,535.

Taylor, B.C., "Apparatus and Method for Monitoring Air Emboli During Extracorporeal Circulation", US Patent Serial No. 4,014,206.


  Research Intrests
Measurement of Blood Flow and Blood
Pressure
Noninvasive Instrumentation
Computer Applications
Applications of Artificial IntellIgence
to Physiological Monitoring
Physiological Systems Modeling
Physiological Control Systems
Electrical Impedance Cardiography
Biofeedback and Telemedicine

  Recent Publications
Mulavara, A.P., Timmons, W.D., Nair, M.S., Gupta, V., Kumar, A.R., and Taylor, B.C., "Electrical Impedance Cardiography Using Artificial Neural Networks", Annals of Biomedical Engineering, In Press, Scheduled for Pulbication June 1998.

Donovan, F.M., McIlwain, Taylor, B.C. and Mittmann, D.H., "Experimental Correlations to Predict Fluid Resistance for Simple Pulsatile Laminar Flow of Incompressible Fluids in Rigid Tubes", Transactions of the ASME, J. of Biomech. Engineering, Vol. 116, pp. 516-521, September 1994.

Taylor, B.C. and Donovan, F.M., Jr., "A Numerical Model to Analyze One-Dimensional Fluid Motion in Rigid Pipes", Submitted to Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 1993.

McIlwain, R.W., Donovan, F.M. and Taylor, B.C., "Experimental Correlation of Fluid Resistance with Oscillatory Amplitude and Frequency for Pulsatile Laminar Flow of an Incompressible Fluid in Rigid Tubes", ASME Forum on Unsteady Flows, FED-Vol. 157, pp. 207-213, 1993.

 
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