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TIMOTHY O. JOSEPHSON

Biomechanical Engineer

ABOUT ME

I am a biomedical engineering Ph.D. student at Boston University. Graduating from Drexel University in 2020 with a Bachelor's and Master's degree in mechanical engineering, I have a strong background in computational mechanics, with a particular interest in bone biomechanics and the mechanobiology of orthopaedic tissues.

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Research Interests

  • Bone Biomechanics
  • Orthopaedic Mechanobiology
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Finite Element Methods; Topology Optimization

Publications

Maghami, E., Moore, J. P., Josephson, T. O., Najafi, A. R., Maghami, E., Moore, J. P., & Josephson, T. O. (2022). Damage analysis of human cortical bone under compressive and tensile loadings tensile loadings. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 0(0), 1–16.

Josephson, T.O., Moore, J.P., Maghami, E., Freeman, T.A. and Najafi, A.R., 2021. Computational study of the mechanical influence of lacunae and perilacunar zones in cortical bone microcracking. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, p.105029.

Maghami, E., Josephson, T. O., Moore, J. P., Rezaee, T., Freeman, T. A., Karim, L., & Najafi, A. R. (2021). Fracture behavior of human cortical bone: Role of advanced glycation end-products and microstructural features. Journal of Biomechanics, 110600.

Josephson, T.O., 2020. A Microstructural Analysis of the Mechanical Behavior of Cortical Bone Through Histology and Image Processing.

Education and Work Experience

In Progress <br> Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
Fall 2015 - Spring 2020 <br> B.S., Mechanical Engineering <br> M.S., Mechanical Engineering <br> Multiscale Computational Mechanics and Biomechanics Lab <br> <ul style='text-align: left'> <li>Used finite element damage models to study the fracture behavior of cortical bone </li> <li>Developed a histological procedure for microstructural imaging of human cortical bone </li> <li>Implemented machine learning, image processing, and statistical analysis techniques to relate simulated mechanical behavior to microstructural morphology </li> </ul>
2017 <br> Biomechanics Group <ul style='text-align: left'> <li>Studied biomechanical injury dynamics using 3D motion capture technology</li> <li>Performed high-rate mechanical testing for material characterization using digital image correlation</li> <li>Developed a data management system and object-oriented MATLAB code to enable rapid analysis of data from hundreds of injury surrogate/crash test dummy experiments</li> </ul>
2018 <br> Daniel Baugh Institute for Functional Genomics/Computational Biology <ul style='text-align: left'> <li>Developed and analyzed computational multiscale systems biology models of epidermal wound healing</li> <li>Employed linear algebra and differential equations techniques to develop, solve and analyze complex systems of differential equations in MATLAB and Python</li> </ul>
2019 <br> Trauma - Upper Extermities <ul style='text-align: left'> <li>Developed designs and performed computational mechanical analysis on a new set of surgical implants</li> <li>Wrote engineering rationales and design verification documentation to prepare for product launches</li> <li>Patent application submitted for a screw-in-screw internal fixation device for distal radius fractures</li> </ul>

CONTACT
Boston, MA
Phone: (631) 912-6914
Email: toj@bu.edu