Tim Becker Email & Phone Number

Flagstaff, Az, Us

Flagstaff, Az, Us

Associate Professor-Mechanical EngineeringPI - Bioengineering Devices Lab (BDL)Bioengineering Program Director-Bioengineering Program (8/15-8/20)Faculty, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied SciencesMentoring Bioengineering PhD students, conducting Bioengineering stroke research, and providing instruction to undergraduate and graduate students in Biomedical Engineering depth electives and core classes such as: Materials Science, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Dynamics, Engineering Capstone Design...

Flagstaff, Arizona

Mechanical Engineering Department LecturerFaculty, College of Engineering, Forestry, and Natural SciencesProviding instruction to undergraduate and graduate students in Biomedical Engineering depth electives and core classes such as: Materials Science, Biomaterials, Fluid Mechanics, Biomechanics, Dynamics, Engineering Design...

Flagstaff, Az

ATI is a medical device company with the purpose of bringing a new neurovascular device (NeuroCURE) to clinical trials and potentially to the marketplace for treatment of aneurysms.As of February 2019: Currently has NIH STTR Phase II funding, in collaboration with NAU, and is currently working with the FDA on a submission for a NeuroCURE IDE. Seeking further funding/partnering to ramp up NeuroCURE's manufacturing and clinical trial setup.

Providing expertise in research design, standardization, translational research avenues, FDA submissions, patenting, and funding/grant submissions. Involved in identifying company investment opportunities.

Transferred my research, manufacturing, intellectual property, FDA, and clinical trail knowledge for an endovascular medical device I developed at my startup company to the aquiring company - WL Gore & Associates.Attended first clinical case as the device expert and clinical advisor to the Neurosurgeon that used the device (GEL) in the very first patient for treatment of an arteriovenous malformation (AVM).Investigated applicability of GEL outside the neurovasculature: for use with aortic and peripheral devicesContinued research into GEL material improvements for broadening patent applications and future uses.

Co-founder of NIT and founding Board Member; Developed initial business plan, including market research, regulatory issues, and strategyDesigned clinical trials, prepared pre-clinical data for Investigation Device Exemption (IDE) submissions, obtained FDA IDE Approval to begin a device clinical trial with ALGEL.Trained Neurosurgeons in the US and Europe to use ALGEL in a clinical trialManufactured ALGEL-I under GLP and GMP conditions for Phase 1 trialOrganized and oversaw animal and laboratory research on current and future ALGEL product linesParticipated in contract negotiations with WL Gore & Associates leading to the acquisition of NIT by GORE

Conducted mechanical testing and fluid-flow modeling for the injection and occlusion of blood vessel models with hydrogel.Designed and coordinated animal studies on aneurysms and AVMs models for long-term stability and biocompatibility of endovascular treatments.Developed new hydrogel material for use as dural sealant for use with chronic neuroprobes – enhance probe life, reduce immune response at brain surfaceConducted surgery on small (dural sealant applications) and large (endovascular applications) animals for device development and validation.Developed a coating technique of hydrogel on aneurysm microcoils to increase occlusion volume, increase mechanical strength, and maximize biocompatibility.Modified an endovascular occlusion material to better image injections into vessel lesions, tailor the immune response, and provide drug delivery and therapy.Created a sophisticated in vitro fluid-flow model of an aneurysm for testing newly modified occlusion materials.

Helped identify calcium alginates for endovascular applicationsIdentified, purified, and ptimized calcium alginates for delivery via microcatheters into blood vessels under fluoroscopic guidance.Developed fluid-flow modeling techniques and mechanical testing procedures for the injection and occlusion of blood vessel models with calcium alginates.Designed and coordinated animal studies on aneurysms and AVMs models for long-term stability and biocompatibility of endovascular treatments.

Phd, Bioengineering

Worked to advance endovascular treatment techniques for arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the brain, as well as for aneurysms.

Ms, Bioengineering

Created new testing techniques and modified existing material characterization machines to test the mechanical stability, viscosity.

Bs, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Minors-Chemistry, Mathematics, BusinessWorked with a team to design a purification process for metal-EDTA.