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Wendy Evelyn Thomas, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Wendy Thomas | Via AIMBE | March 1, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Wendy Evelyn Thomas, Ph.D., , , University of Washington, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Thomas was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For exceptions contributions to the biomechanics of cell […]
Thomas Thundat, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Thomas Thundat | Via AIMBE | March 1, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Thomas Thundat, Ph.D., Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair Fellow APS, AAAS, ECS, ASME, SPIE, NAI Fellow, National Institute of Nano Technology, Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Thundat was nominated, […]
Rong Tian, M.D., Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Rong Tian | Via AIMBE | March 1, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Rong Tian, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine and Bioengineering, University of Washington, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Tian was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For […]
Ross Tubo, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Ross Tubo | Via AIMBE | March 1, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Ross Tubo, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Research and Development, Vericel Corporation, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Tubo was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For pioneering Tissue Engineering products Epice […]
Leslie Tung, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Leslie Tung | Via AIMBE | March 1, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Leslie Tung, Ph.D., Professor and Interim Director of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Tung was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For outstanding […]
Maria Vallet-Regi, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Maria Vallet-Regi | Via AIMBE | March 1, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Maria Vallet-Regi, Ph.D., PhD in CHEMISTRY, FULL PROFESSOR of INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, , UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE de MADRID, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Vallet-Regi was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For […]
RIchard P. Van Duyne, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
RIchard Van Duyne | Via AIMBE | March 1, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of RIchard P. Van Duyne, Ph.D., Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Professor in the Applied Physics Program, Chemistry, BME, and Applied Physics, Northwestern University, to its College of Fellows. Dr. […]
Pamela VandeVord, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Pamela VandeVord | Via AIMBE | March 1, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Pamela VandeVord, Ph.D., Professor and Interim Department Head, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, to its College of Fellows. Dr. VandeVord was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For brain injury […]
Tza-Huei Wang, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Tza-Huei Wang | Via AIMBE | March 1, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Tza-Huei Wang, Ph.D., Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Wang was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For outstanding contributions to the development of nano-biosensor […]
Peng Wang, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Peng Wang | Via AIMBE | March 1, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Peng Wang, Ph.D., President of R&D, , Yabao Pharmaceutical Group, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Wang was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For pioneering global collaborative innovation between West […]
Yong Wang, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Yong Wang | Via AIMBE | March 1, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Yong Wang, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Penn State, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Wang was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For his pioneered development of programmable […]
Yu-Ping Wang, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Yu-Ping Wang | Via AIMBE | March 1, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Yu-Ping Wang, Ph.D., Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Wang was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For outstanding contributions to the development of signal processing […]
Paul Weiss, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Paul Weiss | Via AIMBE | March 1, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Paul Weiss, Ph.D., UC Presidential Chair and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry and of Materials Science & Engineering, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, and California NanoSystems Institute, University […]
Terry O. Woods, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Terry Woods | Via AIMBE | March 1, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Terry O. Woods, Ph.D., Leader, Solid Mechanics Laboratory Food & Drug Administration | Center for Devices & Radiological Health | Office of Science & Engineering Laboratories | Division of Applied Mechanics, Office of Science & Engineering Laboratories | […]
Kun Zhang, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Kun Zhang | Via AIMBE | March 1, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Kun Zhang, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of California at San Diego, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Zhang was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for outstanding contributions to […]
Ligler To Be Inducted Into National Inventors Hall Of Fame
Frances Ligler | Via NC State | February 27, 2017Dr. Frances Ligler, Lampe Distinguished Professor in the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, is one of 15 2017 inductees into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Ligler is being recognized for her innovative application of emerging technologies in a variety of fields to make optical biosensors smaller, more versatile and more sophisticated. Thanks […]
Organ-on-a-chip Mimics Heart’s Biomechanical Properties
John Wikswo | Via Vanderbilt | February 24, 2017The human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times in an average lifetime. Now scientists at Vanderbilt University have created a three-dimensional organ-on-a-chip that can mimic the heart’s amazing biomechanical properties. “We created the I-Wire Heart-on-a-Chip so that we can understand why cardiac cells behave the way they do by asking the cells questions, instead […]
Pettigrew set for next Discovery Lecture
Roderic Pettigrew | Via Vanderbilt | February 23, 2017Roderic Pettigrew, Ph.D., M.D., director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) of the National Institutes of Health, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, March 2. His lecture, entitled “Engineering Medicine for a Global Society,” will begin at 4 p.m. in 208 Light Hall. It is sponsored by the […]
Melur K. Ramasubramanian Appointed UVA Vice President For Research
Melur Ramasubramanian | Via U. Virginia | February 22, 2017Melur K. “Ram” Ramasubramanian has been appointed the University of Virginia’s vice president for research, UVA President Teresa A. Sullivan announced today. Ramasubramanian will assume this position on Aug. 8 and will report to the president. He is currently program director for the Engineering Research Centers program at the National Science Foundation and D.W. Reynolds […]
Adapting High-Tech Medicine to Third World
Rebecca Richards-Kortum | Via JAMA Network | February 21, 2017At a time when budgets for science and global health seem under threat, Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD, is doubling down on efforts to bring modern medicine to the developing world at a fraction of the cost. The Rice University bioengineer, winner of a 2016 MacArthur Fellowship, a $625 000 award often called a “genius grant,” specializes in […]