Mark Rentschler

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Director, Graduate Design Program

University of Colorado

427 UCB

Boulder, CO 80309-0427

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Office: ECME 263

Phone: 303.735.6149

Fax: 303.492.3498

E-mail: mark.rentschler@colorado.edu

Education

        Post-Doc     2007      University of Nebraska Medical Center,

                                                Vascular Mechanics, Omaha, NE

        Ph.D.             2006      University of Nebraska,

                                                Biomedical Engineering, Lincoln, NE

        M.S.              2003      Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

                                                Mechanical Engineering, Cambridge, MA

        B.S.               2001      University of Nebraska,

                                                Mechanical Engineering, Lincoln, NE

 

Research

Medical mechatronics and surgical robotics design, tissue mechanics characterization and tissue-device interaction modeling.

 

Teaching

        MCEN 5228              Medical Device Design

        MCEN 5228              Advanced Product Design

        MCEN 5228              Graduate Product Design I

        MCEN 5228              Graduate Product Design II

        MCEN 4045              Senior Capstone Design I

        MCEN 4045              Senior Capstone Design II

 

Awards

University of Colorado at Boulder, Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Faculty Award, 2011-2012

University of Colorado at Boulder, Technology Transfer New Inventor of the Year, 2009

BMW Group International Passion for Innovation Scientific Award Finalist, 2007

Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award for University-wide best research with regard to originality, imagination, and significance to the field, 2006

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 2001-2004

Tau Beta Pi Centennial Graduate Fellowship, 2001

 

Patents

European Patent No: 2,397,101; “Magnetically Coupleable Robotic Devices and Related Methods,” Issued March 3, 2012.

U.S. Patent No: 7,960,935; “Robotic Devices with Agent Delivery Components and Related Methods,” Issued June 14, 2011.

U.S. Patent No: 7,772,796; “Robotic Devices with Agent Delivery Components and Related Methods,” Issued August 10, 2010.

U.S. Patent No: 7,372,229; “Robot for Surgical Applications,” Issued May 13, 2008.

U.S. Patent No: 7,339,341; “Surgical Camera Robot,” Issued March 4, 2008.

U.S. Patent No: 7,126,303; “Robot for Surgical Applications,” Issued October 24, 2006.

Last updated: April, 2012

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Prospective Students

If you are currently a CU student and are interested in working with our group, please contact me by email (include a copy of your up-to-date resume/CV).

 

If you are not yet a CU student, please apply to our Graduate Program. Please don’t contact me until you have been accepted.

 

 

If you are interested in Design, please consider applying to our new Graduate Design Program in Mechanical Engineering.

 

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