Steve Tennyson, PhD, PE

stennyson@boisestate.edu

Dr. Tennyson is a member of COBR and directs the New Product Development Laboratory in the College of Engineering.  The focus his research at Boise State University has been on use of innovative design technologies to assist Idaho industries with their new product development processes. This has been through demonstrating virtual simulation of product geometry and performance using computer-aided design and computer-aided engineering software. It has also involved using rapid prototyping to demonstrate creation of physical models to verify product form, fit and function.

Availability of Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) and Stereolithographic Apparatus (SLA) has allowed us to explore use of rapid prototyping to create pre-operative spine and pelvic models for complex orthopedic surgeries. This effort has been in collaboration with Intermountain Orthopaedics of Idaho. Models have now been created for orthopedic clinics through out the United States.

Last Updated 01/28/2008