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ERIC C. SPIVEY Austin, TX 512-232-1994 eric.spivey@mail.utexas..edu
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PUBLICATIONS |
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Collinsworth A. Torgan
C. Nagda S. Spivey E. Kraus W. Truskey G; The orientation of mammalian
skeletal muscle following a unidirectional stretch; ASME BED 35; 275-276,
1997. á
Jones LG. Ella KM.
Bradshaw CD. Gause KC. Dey M. Wisehart-Johnson AE. Spivey EC. Meier KE; Activations of mitogen-activated
protein kinases and phospholipase D in A7r5 vascular smooth muscle cells; Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269(38):23790-9,
1994. á
Ella KM. Meier GP. Bradshaw CD. Huffman
KM. Spivey EC. Meier KE; A
fluorescent assay for agonist-activated phospholipase D in mammalian cell
extracts; Analytical Biochemistry.
218(1):136-42, 1994. |
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Education |
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UNIVERSITY
OF TEXAS
Ph.D. in
Biomedical Engineering GPA: 3.8/4.0
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Austin, TX Sep 2005 - Present |
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Awarded a fellowship
from the National Science Foundation through the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship
(IGERT) Program á
As a Teaching
Assistant, taught undergraduate lectures in Probability, Statistics and
Random Processes, and conducted a weekly lab session; rated 4.4 out of 5.0 by
students on end-of-semester evaluations á
On-campus activities:
Intramural Soccer and Basketball |
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DUKE
UNIVERSITY
B.S.E. in
Biomedical Engineering GPA: 3.0/4.0
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Durham, NC Sep 1993 - May 1997 |
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Senior research
project involved developing methods for quantifying data from research into
the effects of simulated weightlessness on muscle cells for NASA á
Summer internship in
the Department of Pharmacology at MUSC studying intracellular communication
pathways for mitogenesis in vascular smooth muscle cells to develop new
hypertension drugs á
Conducted a
Pharmacology research project developing methods to quantify the in vitro
effects of known mitogenic agonists on second messenger activation á
On-campus activities:
Chapel Choir and University Chorale with tours in China , Austria and
Hungary; ROTC; Intramural Basketball |
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Experience |
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United States Army
Medical Service Corps Aeromedical
Evacuation Officer |
Wiesbaden, Germany Baghdad, Iraq Tuzla, Bosnia Aug 1997 – July 2005 |
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Led 50 person platoon
to perform vital helicopter ambulance maintenance during 11 months of combat
in Iraq á
UH-60A helicopter
Maintenance Test Pilot, used integrated decision-making capabilities to
analyze and repair aircraft malfunctions; personally flew over 50 test flight
hours in combat conditions. á
Networked with four
other maintenance organizations in central Iraq to share logistical assets;
cross leveling of repair parts
allowed the company to fly over 5000 flight hours á
Moved over one million
dollars of military equipment from Germany to Iraq without loss or damage á
Compiled and analyzed
monthly Unit Status Reports; early detection of negative trends led to better
manning and new equipment for my company ahead of a deployment to Bosnia á
Coordinated medical
support operations for an international Bosnian peacekeeping mission á
Scheduled and planned
recurring training for 120 personnel insuring that over 90% were trained in 6
areas |
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Additional Information |
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Security clearance
granted by the Department of Defense á
Software Skills: MS
Office, MATLAB, MetaMorph, ImageJ, LabVIEW |
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