Ryan L. Spilker Ph.D. Student, Biomechanical Engineering Mailing Address: Division of Biomechanical Engineering 496 Lomita Mall Durand Building, room 204 Stanford, CA 94305-4038 E-mail: rspilker@stanford.edu Office#: (650) 736-0808 Fax# (650) 725-1587 URL: http://www.stanford.edu/people/~rspilker/

Background

• M.S. Biomechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2002)
• Mechanical Engineering Intern, PE Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA (1998)
• B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (2000)
• Mechanical Engineering Intern, GE Power Systems Schenectady, NY (2000)
• Benchmark Capital Fellow in Congenital Cardiovascular Bioengineering (2001-present)
  

Research Interests

• Cardiovascular Biomechanics
• Congenital Cardiovascular Disease
• Pulmonary, Developmental, and Cardiovascular Physiology
• Computer-Aided Surgical Planning
• Finite Element Methods
• Medical Imaging

Outside Interests

• Jazz, Singing, and the Saxophone
• Ultimate Frisbee
• Hiking and Camping