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AIMBE Fellowbook collects news stories highlighting the members of the AIMBE College of Fellows. Read the latest stories, jump to the College Directory, or search below to find the newest research, awards, announcements and more for the leaders of the medical and biological engineering community.
No. 1 From the Start
Shu Chien | Via UC San Diego | May 26, 2016Bioengineers at UC San Diego have helped us understand why atherosclerosis develops and how it is impacted by blood flow. They have pioneered the development of very thin, small and flexible sensors that stick to the skin and monitor vital signs, such as the brain activity of a newborn. They also developed injectable hydrogels that […]
Biomedical Engineering Headship To Be Named For Orthopedics Pioneer Dr. Dane A. Miller
Dane Miller | Via Purdue Exponent | May 25, 2016A gift from Mary Louise Miller, wife of the late engineer and entrepreneur Dr. Dane Miller, will name the headship of Purdue’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering as part of Ever True: The Campaign for Purdue University. As co-founder and later CEO of Biomet Inc. (now Zimmer Biomet), an orthopedic devices manufacturer in Warsaw, Indiana, […]
InCube, Pitt Building Device to Restore Bladder After Spinal Injury
Mir Imran | Via Xconomy | May 25, 2016San Antonio — There are obvious physical difficulties that people with spinal-cord injuries face. One that may not be top of mind, but can be both physically and emotionally taxing, is the inability to control their bladders, says Pratap Khanwilkar of San Antonio’s InCube Labs. InCube Labs is working with a researcher from the University […]
Researchers Discover Moving, Electrically “silent” Source Initiates Brain Waves
Dominique Durand | Via CWRU Daily | May 24, 2016Researchers at Case Western Reserve University discovered a new way that brain waves spread through the hippocampus—a possible step toward understanding and treating epilepsy. The researchers discovered a traveling spike generator that appears to move across the hippocampus—a part of the brain mainly associated with memory—and change direction, while generating brain waves. The generator itself, […]
This Is the Best Major For Every Wannabe CEO
Kenneth Lutchen | Via Fortune | May 24, 2016Secure the future of America’s leadership in innovation. “I want to be an engineer when I grow up. . .” That was the heartening sentiment in a thank you note I received from a fifth-grader after I spoke at my daughter’s class about engineering and the stories behind America’s most dynamic inventions. Once they learned […]
Rexnord Makes $1 Million Donation To Marquette to Launch Program in Business Fundamentals
Kristina Ropella | Via Fox News | May 24, 2016Marquette University’s Opus College of Engineering College of Business Administration have joined Milwaukee-based manufacturer to develop an immersive, four-week experience to give early career engineers business fundamentals. The new program, Bridge to Business for Engineers, is being launched through a $1 million gift from Rexnord. “Rexnord is making an excellent investment in our region’s future,” […]
National Medal of Science Recipient Rakesh Jain
Rakesh Jain | Via American Bazaar | May 21, 2016WASHINGTON, DC: This year’s National Medal of Science winner Rakesh K. Jain said he was thrilled to receive the prestigious award from President Barack Obama. “It’s an absolute thrill to receive this from President Obama,” he remarked from a general press podium outside of the White House just moments after the award ceremony. “He is […]
Dean Kamen Talks Houston & Building Robotics “Super Bowl” For Kids
Dean Kamen | Via Xconomy | May 20, 2016Houston—Dean Kamen’s inventions include the iBot, a powered wheelchair that can “walk;” the first portable insulin delivery system; and a robotic prosthetic arm made for the military as he built his firm Deka Research and Development. (Also, you may have heard of this other invention he had: the Segway.) Houston played a pivotal role in […]
Mark Humayun Receives the National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Mark Humayun | Via USC | May 20, 2016President Barack Obama awarded University Professor Mark Humayun, co-director of the USC Gayle and Edward Roski Eye Institute and director of the USC Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics, the nation’s highest award for achievement in technology during a ceremony at the White House. Humayun received the prestigious National Medal of Technology and Innovation four months after a […]
DeSimone Receives National Medal in White House Ceremony
Joseph DeSimone | Via NC State U | May 20, 2016At a Thursday, May 19 White House ceremony, Joseph DeSimone, William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State and Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama. DeSimone won the award […]
Dr. Michael Boninger Expands Role at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh
Michael Boninger | Via UPMC | May 19, 2016PITTSBURGH, May 19, 2016 – Michael Boninger, M.D., has been named UPMC’s vice president for medical affairs for Community Provider Services. Currently, Dr. Boninger serves as director of the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute and professor and chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. In his […]
White House Honors Dr. Cato Laurencin with National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Cato Laurencin | Via UConn | May 19, 2016UConn’s Dr. Cato Laurencin was honored on May 19 at the White House by President Barack Obama with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the nation’s highest honor for technological achievement. The citation of Laurencin’s award read aloud during the medal ceremony was: For seminal work in the engineering of musculoskeletal tissues, especially for […]
Paul Krebsbach Named New Dean of UCLA Dentistry
Paul Krebsbach | Via UCLA | May 18, 2016Dr. Paul Krebsbach, one of the nation’s leading researchers in tissue engineering and stem cell biology and a respected academic leader, has been appointed dean of the UCLA School of Dentistry. Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh announced today that Krebsbach will become the eighth dean of UCLA Dentistry, effective June 30. He will […]
ENG Graduates Look to Bright Future Ahead
Kenneth Lutchen | Via Boston U. | May 17, 2016Sunshine from the warm, cloudless day penetrated the air of excitement inside the Track and Tennis Center, where faculty, staff, family and friends gathered to celebrate the 63rd commencement of 350 undergraduate students from the College of Engineering on May 14. Dean Kenneth Lutchen began the ceremony by acknowledging the challenges students had to face […]
Larry Mcintire Helping Ensure Scientists Have ‘voice’ In Washington
Larry McIntire | Via AAAS | May 17, 2016For Larry McIntire, biomedical engineering is where new discoveries get turned into products that help people. It’s a field that reaches across subjects—biology, chemistry, medicine—and one that often brings scientists nose-to-nose with regulatory agencies like the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “We have a lot of interest because of devices, therapeutics, and drugs, with […]
Larry Mcintire Supporting Aaas Efforts To Ensure ‘scientists And Engineers Have A Real Voice In Washington’
Larry McIntire | Via AAAS | May 17, 2016For Larry McIntire, biomedical engineering is where new discoveries get turned into products that help people. It’s a field that reaches across subjects—biology, chemistry, medicine—and one that often brings scientists nose-to-nose with regulatory agencies like the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “We have a lot of interest because of devices, therapeutics, and drugs, with […]
Cwru, Uhcmc To Partner Exclusively With Siemens Healthcare To Bring Mri Research Technique To Clinical Application
Mark Griswold | Via CWRU | May 17, 2016At the recent 24th annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in Singapore, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Siemens Healthcare announced an exclusive research partnership to further develop a quantitative imaging method known as Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF). University and hospital researchers and Siemens’ developers will […]
Sharmila Majumdar Awarded Gold Medal by Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Group
Sharmila Majumdar | Via UCSF | May 17, 2016Sharmila Majumdar, PhD, has been awarded the 2016 Gold Medal of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) for her innovative contributions to the development of quantitative imaging methods. Her research has potential for personalizing treatments for patients, and it is a significant step forward in setting up the precision medicine framework for […]
Printing Metal In Midair
Donald Ingber | Via Harvard | May 16, 2016“Flat” and “rigid” are terms typically used to describe electronic devices. But the increasing demand for flexible, wearable electronics, sensors, antennas, and biomedical devices has led a research team to innovate an eye-popping way of printing complex metallic architectures as though seemingly suspended in midair.The work was conducted by researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for […]