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<h3>William C. Reynolds Memorial Seminar<br> Thursday, October 18, 2007</h3> <i>3:45 - 4:30 PM Reception for Professor Nerem and unveiling of William C. Reynolds Portrait<br> William C. Reynolds (MERL) Conference Room, Bldg 660, 2nd floor, Refreshments will be served 4:45 - 5:45 PM 4th Annual William C. Reynolds Memorial Seminar, Building 530, Room 127</i> This year's guest speaker is: <b>Robert M. Nerem, Ph.D.</b> Professor and Director Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience Georgia Institute of Technology 315 Ferst Drive, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0363 <h3>Mechanical Engineering in the Biotech Century</h3> <b>Robert M. Nerem<br> Georgia Institute of Technology</b> In this biotech 21st century not only will progress in science be defined by advances in biology, but these advances are also revolutionizing engineering. This includes mechanical engineering, and as this field turns its attention to the biology-based industries of this 21st century there will be many opportunities. These in part will be in the area of medicine where mechanical engineers will continue to have much to contribute both to the underlying science and to the development of new treatments and therapies. There also will be, however, opportunities outside of the medical arena, and in the next 25 years these will become just as great as those in medicine. As part of this the education of mechanical engineers will need to change, and only if this is done will the field of mechanical engineering be able to capitalize on the opportunities being presented by the biotech world. biography: Dr. Nerem joined Georgia Tech in 1987 as Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Parker H. Petit Distinguished Chair for Engineering in Medicine. He currently serves as the Director of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, and he also is the Director of the Georgia Tech/Emory Center (GTEC) for the Engineering of Living Tissues, an NSF-funded Engineering Research Center. He received his Ph.D. in 1964 from Ohio State University and was on the faculty there until 1979. From 1979 to 1986 he was at the University of Houston. Professor Nerem is the author of more than 200 publications. He is past President of the Tissue Engineering Society International. In addition, he was the part-time Senior Advisor for Bioengineering in the National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at the National Institutes of Health (2003-2006). In 1988 Professor Nerem was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), in 1992 to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and in 1998 a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Professor Nerem serves on the scientific advisory board of AtheroGenics, Inc. (Alpharetta, GA) and Tengion (Winston Salem, NC). Research interests include biomechanics, cardiovascular devices, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, and stem cell technology.
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