Associate Professor
Contact: lucas.timmins@tamu.edu
Education and Training
Postdoc, Biomedical Engineering, Cardiology, Radiology, Georgia Tech and Emory University, 2010 – 2015
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2010
BS, Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2005
Awards and Honors
2015, Recipient, Outstanding Postdoc Award, Emory University School of Medicine
2013, Recipient, Young Investigator Award, 8th International Symposium on Biomechanics in Vascular Biology & Cardiovascular Disease
2012, Recipient, Robert M. Nerem International Travel Award, Georgia Institute of Technology
2011, Recipient, Gandy-Diaz Teaching Fellowship, Georgia Institute of Technology
2011 – 2013, Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association
2007, Whitaker Program International Fellowship, Institute of International Education
Selected Publications
Wang, Y.F.J. Merchant, S.S., Hsu, E.W., Timmins, L.H., “A Novel Image-based Computational Framework to Evaluate In Vivo Material Properties of Arterial Tissue from High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Image Data,” Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), Vail, CO, June 2023.
Jiang, D., Berggren, C.C., Wang, Y.F.J., Bergquist, J.A., Rupp, L.C., Liu, Z., MacLeod, R.S., Narayan, A., Timmins, L.H.,
“Influence of Material Parameter Variability on the Predicted Coronary Artery Biomechanical Environment via Uncertainty Quantification,” Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), Vail, CO, June 2023
Jiang, D., Weiss, J.A., Timmins, L.H., “Integration of FEBio as an Instructional Tool for Undergraduate Biomechanics,”
Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), Vail, CO, June 2023
Berggren, C.C., Wang, Y.F.J., Timmins, L.H., “Establishment of a Validated Finite Element Framework to Predict the 3D,
Patient-Specific Arterial Mechanical Environment,” Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), Vail, CO, June 2023.
Timmins, L.H., Berggren, C.C., Jiang, D., Wang, Y.F.J., Bergquist, J.A., Rupp, L.C., Liu, Z., MacLeod, R.S., Narayan, A., “Integration of Uncertainty Quantification to Advance Computational Models in Vascular Biomechanics,” 18th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE), Paris, FR, May 2023.