Colin K. Drummond, Ph.D. is the Director of the Coulter-Case Translational Research Partnership (CCTRP) in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at CWRU. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse University in 1985 and an MBA in Technology Management from the Weatherhead School of Management in 1997. Dr. Drummond has conducted research in the areas of medical device design, microfabrication packaging, sensor systems, and cross-platform software systems integration. For over two decades Colin has worked in the application of science and technology to the creation of products and services and in the past 5 years has been a co-founder of two medical device start-up companies. Colin is co-authoring a chapter on “Medical Implant Applications” for the Handbook of Materials for Medical Devices, to be released in 2011.
Dr. Drummond is an adjunct faculty in The Institute for Management and Engineering (TiME), with a focus on Accounting, Finance, and Entrepreneurship.
Most recently, Colin was a partner with the consulting firm Avia Group, LLC, leading the analysis and development of advanced technologies for medical devices. Colin’s project work involved the refinement of a technique for indirect mucosal blood flow at a local hospital, the strategic development (financial assessment & business development) of a closed-loop anesthesia monitoring system, the development of data acquisition post-processing techniques for comparison of O2 conserving devices for patients with hypoxemia, and the development of specialized sensors for pulmonary disease molecular markers.
During 2004-2007, Colin was the Director of Clinical Research for non-acute medical products at the Invacare Corporation, specializing in respiratory therapy (primarily oxygen therapy), sleep disorder research, and establishing a new clinical research program strategy. Prior to joining Invacare in 2000, Colin was the Manager of Marketing and Business Development for the Powder Systems Group at the Nordson Corporation, focusing on product development, international high-technology manufacturing coating system start-ups, and eBusiness initiatives. Earlier, Colin spent 8 years at the NASA Lewis Research Center developing programming techniques for complex aircraft system analysis and turbomachinery stability. He holds two product patents and has a third pending. Colin is very active in the Cleveland area and serves in a variety of capacities for several non-profit organizations.
