Thomas J. Hughes, Ph.D.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Thomas J. Hughes, Ph.D., Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at University of Texas at Austin to its College of Fellows.

Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers, comprised of the top two percent of engineers in these fields. College membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering and medicine research, practice, or education” and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of medical and biological engineering or developing/implementing innovative approaches to bioengineering education.”

Professor Hughes was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows “for creation of innovative computational medicine technologies for patient-specific, image-based modeling with particular emphasis on cardiovascular disease and prostate cancer…. Continue reading.