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College of Engineering Dean Kenneth Lutchen Featured on AAAS Podcast

Kenneth Lutchen | Via Boston University | November 30, 2011

The College of Engineering’s Dean Kenneth R. Lutchen was featured on an American Association for the Advancement of Science podcast last week for Science Translational Medicine magazine. During the interview, Dean Lutchen discussed biomedical engineering innovations and technology transfer, the process by which inventions made via university research transition into the private sector as new products.

Dean Lutchen was selected for the podcast because of his status as president of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Senior Editor for Science Translational Medicine Kelly LaMarco spoke with the Dean about his involvement as the chair of a recent workshop for leaders in the biomedical engineering field from the academic realm as well as corporate medical device and pharmaceutical companies to discuss ways to drive technology innovation.

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