Douglas P. Taylor

DOUGLAS P. TAYLOR holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the State
University of New York at Buffalo, awarded in 1971. He has been employed
by Taylor Devices since 1971, and was appointed President in April 1991.
Mr. Taylor is also President of Tayco Developments, Inc., an affiliate
of Taylor Devices, where he has been employed since 1966. He is the
inventor or co-inventor on 25 US patents in the fields of energy
management, hydraulics, and shock isolation. Mr. Taylor is widely
published within the shock and vibration community. His technical papers
have been published by the American Society of Civil Engineers, the
Applied Technology Council, the Association of Iron and Steel Engineers,
the Journal of Shock and Vibration, the National Fluid Power Foundation,
the National Science Foundation, the New York State Science and
Technology Foundation, the Shock and Vibration Symposium, the Society of
Automotive Engineers, the United States Air Force and the United States
Marine Corps. Since 1988, Mr. Taylor has hosted internship programs for
engineering students, and he is affiliated as an industrial sponsor with
the State University of New York at Buffalo and the Erie County State of
New York Board of Co-operative Educational Services. Since 1991, Mr.
Taylor has participated in research projects in the field of earthquake
protection in association with the Civil Engineering Department at SUNY
Buffalo and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering
Research. As a result of this research, military technology from the
Cold War era is now being used worldwide for seismic and high wind
protection of commercial building and bridge structures. In 1994, Mr.
Taylor was named to the American Society of Civil Engineers’
Subcommittee on the Seismic Performance of Bridges. In 1998, Mr. Taylor
was awarded the Franklin and Jefferson Medal for his commercialization
of defense technology developed under the US Government’s Small Business
Innovation research program. In 1999, Mr. Taylor was awarded the
Clifford C. Furnas Memorial Award by the Alumni Association of the
University at Buffalo for his accomplishments in the field of
engineering. Mr. Taylor is also a founding member of the International
Association on Structural Control.