Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 21, 2005|Volume 34, Number 8

Biomedical engineering symposium
also marked dedication

The day after the dedication of the Daniel L. Malone Engineering Center (see related story), the Biomedical Engineering Inaugural Symposium was held in Davies Auditorium to celebrate the recent formation of the Biomedical Engineering Department.

Provost Andrew D. Hamilton and School of Medicine Dean Robert J. Alpern stressed the value of interdisciplinary study that bridges the gaps of both space and language that can separate researchers. The evolution of biomedical engineering and the issues facing its future were explored in talks throughout the morning.

Peter G. Katona, president and chief executive officer of the Whitaker Foundation, represented the leading early force for funding of the educational efforts. He passed that torch to Roderic I. Pettigrew, who spoke as director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, the newest organization within the National Institutes of Health.

Mark Saltzman, chair of Yale's new biomedical engineering department, introduced his mentor Robert S. Langer, the Kenneth J. Garmenhausen Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a prime mover of the biomedical engineering field as a teacher, researcher and inventor. Langer spoke of his own decision to shift from the traditional path. His many notable contributions to biomedical engineering include the training and mentoring of current members of the National Academies and department chairs in the field.

James S. Duncan, professor of biomedical engineering and diagnostic radiology, introduced R. Mark Henkelman from the University of Toronto who spoke of the future of his medical imaging research and mouse genetics work. In the afternoon, participants toured the new Malone Center and viewed a poster session of work in progress.

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