Bruce Kent Gale
Assistant Professor of
Mechanical Engineering
University of Utah
50 S. Central Campus Drive Room 2202
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9208
Tel: (801) 585-5944
Fax: (801) 585-9826
E-mail: gale@mech.utah.edu
Home Page: http://www.eng.utah.edu/~gale
Work Experience
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
and Adjunct Professor in both Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering
University of Utah
December 2001 to Present
Classes Taught: Fundamentals of Micromachining, Dynamics
Assistant Professor in BioMedical
Engineering
Louisiana Tech University
August, 1999 to December 2001
Classes Taught: Physiology for Engineers, Biosensors and Their Applications,
Biomaterials, BioMEMS, Microsystems Principles
Education
Ph. D. in
Bioengineering,
University of Utah
May 2000.
Major Subjects: Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), Biosensors, Biomedical
Instrumentation, VLSI Design, Microfluidics, Numerical Analysis
Dissertation: Scaling Effects in a Micromachined Electrical Field- Flow Fractionation
System with Integrated Detector
Dissertation Chair: A. Bruno Frazier
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
in Mechanical Engineering
Brigham Young University
August 1995
Major Subjects: Control Systems, Robotics, Compliant Mechanisms
Graduated Summa Cum Laude with 3.96 GPA
Graduated #1 in Engineering Class
Honors and Awards
September 2001
Louisiana
Tech
College
of Engineering Outstanding Researcher Award
1996-1999
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
March 1996
Awarded Whitaker Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
1995-1996
Whitaker Foundation Biobased Engineering Internship
Research Experience
Assistant Professor,
December 2001 to present, University of Utah
Assistant Professor,
August, 1999, to December 2001. Institute for Micromanufacturing, Louisiana Tech
University.
Graduate Research Assistant,
January, 1996, to August, 1999. Micro Instrumentation Research Laboratory,
University of Utah. Conducted research into a Micromachined Electrical Field Flow
Fractionation system, electrical particle detection systems, biocompatibility studies, and
microfluidic research on low aspect ratio channels.
Graduate Research Assistant,
September, 1995, to August, 1999. Center for Biopolymers at Interfaces, University
of Utah. Performed research using electrical field flow fractionation system into
z-potentials of polystyrene microspheres.
Laboratory Assistant,
October, 1995, to August 1999. HEDCO Microelectronics Laboratory, University of
Utah. Conducted research on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) using latest in
microelectronic processing equipment.
Teaching Experience
Research
Currently Funded Research
Publications and
Presentations
Professional Affiliations
2001-present Member,
American Chemical Society (ACS)
2000-present Member, Institute for Microelectronics and
Packaging Systems (IMAPS)
1997-present Member, Institute for Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
1997-present Member, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and
Biology Society (EMBS)
Service to the Industry, University, and Community
April 2003
NSF Panel Reviewer
January 2003
Chair of BioMEMS and Nanofabrication Session at SPIE 2003
October 2002-present
Reviewer for
Institute
of
Physics Journals
August 2002- present
Member of ME Curriculum Committee
February 2002- present Member of HEDCO
Microfabrication Lab Executive Committee
February 2001
Chair of BioMEMS session at HSEMB Conference
November 2000
Chair at two sessions of Advanced Technology Workshop on MEMS Packaging
October 1999
Chair at several sessions of Joint BMES/EMBS Conference
1999- 2001
Internal advisory committee for the Institute for Micromanufacturing
1999- 2001
Biomedical Engineering program Webmaster
1997-1999
Co-President, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapter,
Univ.
of
Utah
1998-present
Reviewer for IEEE- Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
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