08/03/2010
Biomedical Engineering Society Elects new Fellows
The Biomedical Engineering Society's 2010 class of BMES Fellows was announced today. The newly elected fellows were nominated by their peers and elected by the BMES Fellows Committee chaired by BMES Board member Dr. Nicholas A. Peppas of the University of Texas.
Recipients of this honor are recognized for their outstanding contributions and achievements in biomedical engineering. A formal induction ceremony will be held during the BMES Annual meeting in Austin, TX on October 7, 2010. For more information about the meeting, please visit: www.bmes.org/aws/BMES/pt/sp/meetings.>
"We are delighted to welcome the 15 newly elected Fellows of BMES," said Peppas. "They represent some of the most imaginative and distinguished biomedical engineers in the field. Their contributions have had a major impact in biomedical devices and processes, treatment of diseases, and all aspects of biomedical engineering that contribute to improvement of the quality of life of patients. I am particularly happy to welcome a number of leading academic and industrial administrators who have guided BME in the last 20 years." The Biomedical Engineering Society serves as the lead society and professional home for biomedical engineering and bioengineering. BMES' annual meeting is the premiere scientific meeting for new medical devices and technology. BMES also publishes high-quality journals in the field that provide state-of-the-art information at the frontier of biomedical engineering and bioengineering. The Newly Elected BMES Fellows, Class of 2010 are: Gerard Ateshian Columbia University Gilda Barabino Georgia Tech Simon Cherry University of California Davis John Frangos LaJolla Bioengineer Institute Matthew Glucksberg Northwestern University Linda Griffith Massachusetts Institute of Technology Richard Hart Ohio State University Cato Laurencin University of Connecticut David Odde University of Minnesota David Puleo University of Kentucky (William) Riechert Duke University Mark Saltzman Yale Univeristy Christine Schmidt University of Texas Austin Michael Shuler Cornell University Scott Simon University of California Davis