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SUMMARY:Development of Bioengineering in the U.S.: a Historical Perspectiv
 e with Emphasis on the Roles of Columbia University and UCSD
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Van C. Mow\, Columbia University\, New York City\, NY (U
 SA)\nDISTINGUISHED LECTURE IN BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERINGAbstract:\nWhile the e
 mphasis for biomedical engineering and/or bioengineering at Columbia Unive
 rsity and UCSD are relatively new\, studies on properties of such "biologi
 cal" materials and events as bone\, blood flow\, articular cartilage date 
 back to Galileo (1632)\, Harvey (1670) and Borelli (1680)\, Benninghoff (1
 900)\, respectively.   Indeed\, the word biology did not appear in the l
 earned literature until the late 19th century. Galileo laid the foundation
  of mechanics in his book on the Two New Sciences in the last decade of hi
 s life while under house arrest for heresy in Pope Urban VIII's apartment 
 in Rome.  In this book the seeds of strength of material and kinematics w
 ere sown\, later to be more rigorously formulated by Isaac Newton after Ga
 lileo's death which occurred in 1642\, which is the same year Newton was b
 orn.  Today\, here is no doubt of the singularly influential role played 
 by Professor Y.C. Fung of UCSD in the development of the bioengineering di
 scipline in America\, and around the world.  Also\, the important roles p
 layed by Professor Richard Skalak and Professor Shu Chien\, both were form
 erly Columbia University professors\, in enhancing the UCSD bioengineering
  program nationally and internationally.  Professor Fung\, in a stroke of
  genius\, was able to recruit Skalak and Chien to relocate from Columbia t
 o UCSD in 1988\; this event\, and the Whitaker Foundation\, forever change
 d the landscape of bioengineering in America.  Today\, UCSD's graduate re
 search program is without doubt one of the most recognized bioengineering 
 research program in the world. In this lecture\, I will present this short
  history\, as well as my own role in establishing one of the best biomedic
 al engineering departments in the world at Columbia.Bio:\nAfter receiving 
 his PhD from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1966\, Dr. Mow did one ye
 ar postdoctoral fellowship at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Scienc
 es at NYU\, follow by two years as a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Lab
 s writing computer programs for the antisubmarine sonar network off the U.
 S. east coast.    In 1969\, he was invited back to Rensselaer to become
  associate professor of applied mechanics and engineering science (AMES)\,
  when he turned his attention for studies on biomechanics.  He then spent
  one-year as a visiting professor in 1976-77 at the Skeletal Research Labo
 ratory of Harvard Medical School.  Today\, he is one of the most widely p
 rolific and well recognized bioengineers in the world\, with approximately
  730 publications\, delivered over 500 invited\, keynote and plenary lectu
 res. His current Google Scholar Citations are more than 27\,000 and h-Inde
 x of 92.  Over his career\, he has mentored exactly 75 PhD students and P
 hD-MD research fellows\, many of whom have become well recognized leaders 
 in the field of bioengineering and orthopaedic research.  For these contr
 ibutions he has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering\,
  Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science\, Academia Sinic
 a of Taiwan\, and The World Academy of Sciences.  In 2005\, ASME created 
 a named medal to honor his contributions:  The Van C. Mow Medal for Outst
 anding Bioengineers at mid-career.Speaker's personal web page
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