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TIMOTHY O. JOSEPHSON

Engineer & Researcher

ABOUT ME

Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering | B.S./M.S. Mechanical Engineering | CV

Current position: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Developmental Biomechanics Lab, University College Dublin

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Research Interests

  • Skeletal Mechanobiology & Biomechanics
  • Computational Mechanics; Finite Element Methods
  • Computational Geometry

Education and Work Experience


        Fall 2025 - Present <br> 
        Post-Doctoral Research Fellow <br>
        Developmental Biomechanics Lab <br>
        <ul style='text-align: left'>
        <li>Study of skeletal development</li>
        </ul>

        Fall 2020 - Fall 2025 <br> 
        Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering <br>
        Skeletal Mechanobiology and Biomechanics Lab
        <br>
        <ul style='text-align: left'>
        <li>Study of additively manufactured hydroxyapatite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering</li>
        <li>Design optimization of scaffolds for bone tissue engineering</li>
        <li>Computational modeling of skeletal tissue growth and differentiation. </li>
        </ul>

      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>

      2019 <br> Trauma - Upper Extremities
			<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>

      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>

      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>

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Dublin, Ireland
Phone: +1 (631) 912-6914
Email: timothy.josephson@ucd.ie
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