EDUCATION Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, Ph.D., Physiology (1971)
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, Applied Biomedical mathematics, Physics, Electronics (June 1967-Sept. 1968)
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, M.A., Physiology (1967)
Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio, B.A., Biology (1964)
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE		 Visiting Senior Research Scientist, Psychophysiological Research Facility, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. September 1995 - May 1996
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio. September 1988 - present
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio. September 1992 - present
President, Integrated Information Systems, July, 1985 - September 1988
Adjunct Scientific Staff, Akron City Hospital, Akron, Ohio. 1974 - present
Visiting Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Zhejiang Medical University, Hangzhou, Peoples Republic of China. June 1984 - July 1985
Director, Medical Engineering, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio, February 1978 - June 1984
Associate Director, Vascular Research Laboratory, Akron City Hospital, Akron, Ohio 1969-1975
ACADEMIC
AND
PROFESSIONAL
HONORS		 NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. June 7 - August 20, 1995
NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. June 6, - August 19, 1994
NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow, Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas. June 1 - August 13, 1993
Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology Management and Technology Award for the paper entitled: Understanding Techniques for Measuring Cardiac Output - May 12, 1991
Public Health Service Training Fellowship in Biomedical Physics, Mathematics and Electronics. Baylor College of Medicine (1967-1968)
SESSION CHAIR,
MODERATOR, AND
COURSE DIRECTOR		 Session Chairman, Invasive pressure Monitoring, Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, St. Louis, Mo. May 1989
Course Director, Practical hemodynamic Measurements, Short course presented by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, Philadelphia, October 1988
Course Director, Hands-On Microcomputer Modeling for Biomedical Professionals, Short Course presented by the Association for the Advancement of medical Instrumentation, May 1988, May 1987, April 1986
Course Director, The Theory and Practice of Modern Invasive Pressure Monitoring, Short Course presented by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, May 1982
Session Co-Chair, Blood Pressure Monitoring, Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, May 1982
Moderator, Rountable on Current Topics in Blood Pressure Monitoring, Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, May 1982
Session Co-Chair, Blood Pressure Monitoring, Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, May 1981
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
  1. Taylor, B.C., Ellis, D.M., and Drew, J.M. The quantification and simulation of fluid-filled catheter-transducer systems. Med. Inst. 20:123-129, 1986.
  2. Taylor, B.C., and Sheffer, D.B. Understanding Techniques for Measuring Cardiac Output. Biomed. Inst. Tech. 24:188-197, 1990.
  3. Taylor, B.C., Frequency response testing in catheter-transducer systems. J. Clin. Eng. 15(5):395-406.
  4. Donovan, F.M., Taylor, B.C. and Su, M.C. One dimensional computer analysis of oscillatory flow in rigid tubes. Trans. ASME, J. Biomech. Eng. 113:476-484, 1991.
  5. Taylor, B.C. and Donovan, F.M. Analysis of Hydraulic Resistance and Damping in Catheter-Transducer Systems. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine. 11(4):72-78, 1992.
  6. Mittman, D.H., Taylor, B.C., and Donovan, F.M. A critical study of the suitability of the one-dimensional model for determining steady state resistance in oscillatory flow of incompressible fluids in rigid tubes. ASME Forum on Unsteady Flows, FED-Vol. 157:201-206, 1993.
  7. Mellwain, R.W., Donovan, F.M. and Taylore, B.C. Experimental Correlation of Fluid Resistance with the Oscillatory Amplitude and Frequency for Pulsitile Laminar Flow of an Incompressible Fluid in Rigid Tubes, ASME Forum on Unsteady Flows, FED-Vol. 157:207-213, 1993.
  8. Donovan, F.M., Mellwain, R.W., Mttman, D.H. and Taylor, B.C. Experimental correlations to Predict Fluid Resistance for Simple Pulsatile Laminar Flow of Incompressible Fluids in Rigid Tubes. J. of Fluids Engng. 116:516-521 , 1994.
SELECTED
CONFERENCE
PROCEEDINGS
  1. Taylor, B.C. An in vitro evaluation of thermodilution cardiac techniques. Assoc. Adv. Med. Inst. San Francisco, May 1982.
  2. Taylor, B.C. Technical Assessment of Hemodynamic Measurements. Clin. Eng. Symp. Houston, October, 1983.
  3. Taylor, B.C. Snap, Crackle, Pop: A Computer Simulation of Frequency Response Testing. J. Clin. Monitoring 2(4). Oct. 1986.
  4. Taylor, B.C. Simulated dynamic response testing of catheter-transducer systems - An evaluation of methods. Assoc. Adv. Med. Inst. St. Louis, Mo. May 15, 1989.
  5. Donovan, F.M., Taylor, B.C. and Su, M.C. Digital computer simulation analysis of fluid resistance in a catheter-transducer system. Assoc. Adv. Med. Inst. St. Louis, Mo. May 15, 1989.
  6. Taylor, B.C. Update on Computer Applications in Medicine. Tri-State Medical/Surgical Conference. Big Sky, Montana. February 1993.
  7. Mittmann, D.H., Taylor, B.C. and Donovan, F.M. A critical study of the suitability of the one-dimensional model for determining resistance in oscillatory flow of incompressible fluids in rigid tubes. ASME Fluids Engineering Conference, Washington, D.C., June 20-24, 1993.
  8. 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 Fluids Engineering Conference, Washington, D.C., June 20-24, 1993.
  9. Kumar, A.A., Taylor, B.C., Mulavara, A.P., Nair, M.S., Gupta, V. and Timmons, W.D. A Neural Network Approach to Electrical Impedance Cardiography. Proc. 16th Ann. Intr. Conf. IEEE/EMBS, 16:1077-1078, 1994.