Profile:
Dr. Barclay
Gilpin received his BS in Metallurgical Engineering from the
University of Wisconsin and his MS and Ph.D. in Metallurgical
Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University. He worked as an
Engineer on Nuclear Reactors for Westinghouse developing and
testing new alloys and manufacturing processes, and running
X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy labs. He then became
a Senior Scientist at the Astropower Laboratory where he was
principal investigator for many research and development contracts
with various government agencies. This work included fracture
mechanics, corrosion, alloy development, manufacturing, electron
microscopy and metallography.
Currently, Dr. Gilpin is an Emeritus Professor of Mechanical
Engineering with primary teaching areas in CAD/CAM, Manufacturing,
Materials, Finite Element Analysis, and Mechanics. He has primary
responsibility for the CAD/CAM computer facilities and for the
manufacturing laboratories. Dr. Gilpin's current research and
consulting activities are primarily in CAD/CAM, manufacturing
and biomedical devices. He has done extensive testing, finite
element analysis, and materials evaluation for tissue heart
valves, mechanical heart valves, intraocular lenses, artificial
joints and other devices.
