Education
• BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000.
• MS, Bioengineering, Arizona State University, 2001.
• PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2009.
Research Interests
I am interested in functional electrical stimulation and neuroprostheses. My primary interests are focused on stimulating and recording sensory pathways for restoration of function (currently: dorsal root ganglia recording for feedback control of locomotion; previously: reflex bladder control).
Publications
| • | Bruns TM, Bhadra N, Gustafson KJ, Bursting stimulation of proximal urethral afferents improves bladder pressures and voiding, J Neural Eng, vol 6, 0660661, 2009. |
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| • | Bruns TM, Bhadra N, Gustafson KJ, Intraurethral stimulation for reflex bladder activation depends on stimulation pattern and location, Neurourol Urodyn, vol 28, pp. 561-566, 2009. |
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| • | Bruns TM, Bhadra N and Gustafson KJ, "Variable patterned pudendal nerve stimuli improves reflex bladder activation," IEEE Trans Neural Sys Rehabil Eng, 160(2), pp. 140 - 148, 2008. |
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Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings (Oral Presentation)
| • | Bruns TM, Gustafson KJ, and Bhadra N, "Reflex Bladder Activation via Pudendal Nerve and Intraurethral Stimulation Depends on Stimulation Pattern and Location," Proceedings of the 30th Annual IEEE EMBS International Conference, Vancouver, Canada, August 20-24, 2008, pp. 2760 - 2763. |
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Conference Oral Presentations
| • | Bruns T, Bhadra N and Gustafson K, "Neuroprostheses for reflex bladder activation may utilize two pudendal sensory pathways," BMES 2008 Annual Fall Meeting, St.Louis, MO, October 2-4, 2008. |
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Conference Posters
| • | Bruns TM, Bhadra N and Gustafson KJ, "Pulse bursting stimulation of proximal urethral afferents improves bladder emptying," BMES 2009 Annual Fall Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 8-10, 2009. |
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| • | Bruns TM, Bhadra N and Gustafson KJ, "Low frequency stimulus bursting improves urethral afferent evoked bladder excitation," NINDS Neural Interfaces Conference, Cleveland, OH, June 16-18, 2008. |
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| • | Bruns T, Bhadra N and Gustafson K, "Variable patterned stimulation improves pudendal nerve evoked bladder activation," BMES 2007 Annual Fall Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, September 26-29, 2007. |
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| • | Boger A, Bhadra N, Bruns T and Gustafson K, "Bladder voiding using high frequency electrical pudendal nerve block," BMES 2007 Annual Fall Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, September 26-29, 2007. |
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| • | Bruns T, Bhadra N and Gustafson K, "Bladder activation via afferent pudendal nerve stimulation at functional volumes," Neural Engineering & Rehabilitation Lectures, Cleveland, OH, June 8, 2007. |
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| • | Bruns T, Bhadra N, Boger A and Gustafson K, "Bladder excitation via pudendal afferent stimulation," BMES 2006 Annual Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 11-14, 2006. |
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| • | Boger A, Bhadra N, Bruns TM and Gustafson KJ, "Generating bladder voiding in a feline model by electrical pudendal nerve block and sacral root stimulation," NINDS Neural Interfaces Workshop, Bethesda, MD, August 21-23, 2006. |
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Industry Experience
• Principle Systems Engineer, Baxter Healthcare - Transfusion Therapies Division, Round Lake, IL, 2002 - 2005.
• Summer Associate, Medtronic - Cardiac Rhythm Management Group, Minneapolis, MN, 2000.
Other Interests
I enjoy playing and watching basketball, biking on- and off-road, hiking, backpacking, and camping.
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