Research Expertise

•	Finite element analysis
•	Solid and structural mechanics
•	Coupled transport analysis
•	Engineering mechanics with applications to biomechanics and VLSI packaging thermal stress analysis
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Education

•	Ph.D.	:	Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 1971
•	M.S.	:	Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 1967
•	B.S.	:	Mechanical Engineering, University of Idaho, 1965
•	A.A.	:	Mechanical Engineering, North Idaho Junior College, 1963
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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 4/566	:	Biomechanical Engineering
•	AME 563	:	Finite Element Analysis in Nonlinear Solid Mechanics
•	BME 516	:	Principles of Biomedical Engineering
•	ENGR 102	:	Introduction to Engineering
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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, WrightPatterson 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
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Honors and Awards

•	Invited Tutorial Lecture, Third World Congress of Biomechanics, Sapporo, Japan, 1998
•	Invited Lecturer, Southwest Mechanics Lecture Series, 1993-1994
•	Volvo Award for Low Back Pain Research - Bioengineering, Volvo Company, Gøteborg, Sweden, 1985
•	Haliburton Award of Excellence, Haliburton Education Foundation, U.S.A., 1980
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Professional Societies

•	ASME	:	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
•	ARVO	:	The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
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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.
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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 Dept. 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).
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