Director of the IEM Center for Medical Device and Instrumentation (CMDI) Nominated to The National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected Professor Juan Lasheras as a new member of the prestigious Academy. Professor Lasheras is the Stanford and Beverly Penner Professor of Engineering and Applied Science and a Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and an Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering. He is also the director of the IEM Center for Medical Device and Instrumentation (CMDI) and holds over 40 Patents in medical instruments. He was cited for his studies of atomization, turbulent mixing, and heat transfer and for the development of medical devices. Dr. Lasheras has worked at the intersection of engineering, biology, and medicine discovering new scientific principles and technologies. He has made seminal contributions to the biomechanical basis of arterial aneurysms and the impact aneurysms have on blood flow, total body hypothermia for surgery and treatment of stroke, molecular and mechanical mechanisms of cell migration, and the control and regulation of intracellular rheology in response to imposed mechanical stresses. His innovations and designs are used in surgery and medicine throughout the world.
The NAE was founded in 1964 to recognize the achievements of engineers, scientists, and technologists. The members are called upon by the President and Congress to advise on matters relating to science and technology.
More information on the work for Professor Lasheras: http://maeresearch.ucsd.edu/lasheras/
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