John Rowland Cotton
311 Apartment Heights Drive
Apartment G-4
Blacksburg, VA 24060
(540) 552-8576 (Home)
(540) 231-4286 (Work)
email: cotton@grant.esm.vt.edu or jcotton@vt.edu
Education
Ph.D. candidate, Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, August 1994-present
- Research Topic: Computational modeling of human vestibular organs
- Specialization in Biomechanics and Computational Mechanics
- Expected graduation date: May 1997
M.S., Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, August 1987-December 1989
- Thesis title: A Viscoelastic Model for the Response of a Step Change in Velocity of the Human Ototlith Organs
- Specialization in Biomechanics and Computational Mechanics
B.S., Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, August 1983-June 1987
Work Experience
Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, August 1994-present
- Finite element analysis (FEA) of inner ear hair cells
Senior Analyst, Viggen Corporation, McLean, VA, May 1992-June 1993
Senior Programmer, AEPCO, McLean, VA, May 1990-May 1992
- Extension and maintenance of FRESIM, a program to simulate freeway traffic flow
- Analysis of speed/density relationship of freeway traffic flow
- Technical advisor on proposal evaluation and contract management
- Support of Federal Highway Administration's IVHS ("Smart Highways") program
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, March 1988-December 1989
- Grading and tutoring undergraduate mechanics courses
Research Assistant, ARCOVA, Radford, VA, June-August 1988
- Computational modeling of human biomagnetic fields and magnetic sensitive materials
Summer Hire, TRW Defense Systems Group, McLean, VA, 1984, 1985, 1986
- Programming and analysis support of anti-submarine warfare
Publications
Peterson, E. H., J. R. Cotton, and J. W. Grant, 1995. "Structural variation in ciliary bundles of the posterior semicircular canal:Quantitative anatomy and computational analysis.", New Directions in Vestibular Research (in press).
Grant, J. W., C. C. Huang, and J. R. Cotton, 1992. "Theoretical mechanical frequency response of the otolithic organs." Journal of Vestibular Research, Vol. 4, pp. 137-151.
Grant, J. W., and J. R. Cotton, 1991. "A model for Otolith Dynamic Response with a Viscoelastic Gel Layer." Journal of Vestibular Research Vol. 1, pp. 139-151.
Personal
Married (Sarah) with one child (Nathan, 7 months)
Backpacked around the world, June 1993-May 1994
- Oceana: Fiji, New Zealand, Australia
- Asia: Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Nepal
- Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Zaire, Tanzania
- Europe: Greece, Italy, Germany, France, Great Britain
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