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 M.S., Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, August 1987-December 1989

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

Senior Analyst, Viggen Corporation, McLean, VA, May 1992-June 1993
Senior Programmer, AEPCO, McLean, VA, May 1990-May 1992

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, March 1988-December 1989

Research Assistant, ARCOVA, Radford, VA, June-August 1988

Summer Hire, TRW Defense Systems Group, McLean, VA, 1984, 1985, 1986


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


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