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Timothy Becker, PhD

Professor of Practice

photo of timothy becker, associate professor of practice nau mechanical engineering
Northern Arizona  University
Email:Tim.Becker@nau.edu
Phone:928-523-1468
Web: Bioengineering Devices Lab
Office: Engineering Building, Room 203
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Additional information

Education Accordion Closed

  • Post-Doc, Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, August 2003
  • PhD, Bioengineering, Arizona State University, May 2001
  • MSE, Bioengineering, Arizona State University, August 1997
  • BSE, Chemical Engineering, Trinity University, May 1995

About Accordion Closed

Dr. Tim Becker is a Professor of Practice in Mechanical Engineering and the Bioengineering PhD Director for Engineering at Northern Arizona University,, where he has been teaching since 2011. He has over 20 years experience in teaching and research at the academic, research laboratory, small technology startups, and large industry levels. Dr. Becker enjoys utilizing his experiences in academics, research, and industry to provide a well-rounded education to current and future students.

His areas of expertise include Biomedical Engineering, product design, materials science and testing, and fluid mechanics. Over the past couple decades, he has published peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, and book chapters ranging from pure scientific and engineering research to successful product development efforts. Dr. Becker has 7 years experience in engineering industry, medical device consulting, and a small-business technology startup.

Before returning to academics, Dr. Becker founded Neural Intervention Technologies, Inc. (NIT), to bring a new medical device to clinical trials, and to the marketplace, for treatment of blood vessels defects in the brain. He was the Chief Technology Officer, Vice President of Research, and Board member at NIT for the 4 years the company was in business, and up until it was acquired by WL Gore & Associates (Flagstaff, AZ). Before founding NIT, Dr. Becker was a Senior Research Associate at two internationally recognized engineering research labs: one at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) and the other at Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

Mechanical Engineering
Location
Building Building 69
Engineering
15600 S. McConnell Dr. NAU bldg. 69
Flagstaff, AZ 86001-5600
Mailing Address
Northern Arizona University PO Box: 15600
Flagstaff, AZ 86001-5600
Email
CEIAS@nau.edu
Phone
928-523-2704