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Engineering Bio for Bill Hess
EXPERIENCE
10 years experience in product design and development
3 years experience in medical research
issued U.S. and international patents
authored articles and presentations in biomedical engineering
EDUCATION
1995 Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, concentration in biomechanics
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
1993 Bachelor of Engineering, concentration in mechanics
Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1990 Bachelor of Arts, double major:
Engineering Sciences and Visual Studies (Studio Art)
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
AWARDS
1998 Industrial Design Excellence Award, The Wand
1998 Medical Design Excellence Award, The Wand
1997 Industrial Design Excellence Award, Dental Scaler Instrument
PATENTS
#USD0394902. Herbst, W.B., Demar, D.A., Hess, W.E. "Dental Handle", 1998.
#US5816806. Herbst, W.B., Demar, D.A., Hess, W.E. "Dental instruments with large
molded handles", 1998.
#USD0424692. Monaghan, M.. Stewart, J., Stonis, T., Hawes, R., Hess, B., Belton, A.
"Syringe holder", 2000.
PUBLICATIONS
W.E. Hess, D.P. Banes, L.C. Jones, D.S. Hungerford, 1992. "Off-Axis Load to the Proximal Femur May Be Resisted by the Hip Rotators," Transactions of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Orthopedic Research Society, 306.
W.E. Hess, J.P. Collier, S.D. Pieper, P.J. Robbie, M.B. Mayor, 1994. "Procedure Development and Hardware Design for Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Surgery," Biomedical Engineering Recent Developments- Transactions of the 13th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, 364-367.
W.E. Hess, S.L. Delp, 1995. "Variation of Rotation Moment Arms with Hip Flexion," Conference Proceedings, 19th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, 123-124.
S.L. Delp, W.E. Hess, D.S. Hungerford, L.C. Jones, 1999. "Variation of Rotation Moment Arms with Hip Flexion," Journal of Biomechanics 32, 493-501.
Affiliate, Zero Waste Alliance, Portland, Oregon
Affiliate, Northwest Product Stewardship Council
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