College of Engineering honors BME faculty at annual awards ceremony
The College of Engineering annually honors faculty and researchers for outstanding teaching, research and outreach at the Distinguished Faculty Awards. The 2019 awardees were recognized on April 25, in the Blackwell Ballroom. This year many of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) faculty members were recognized and celebrated for their excellence, hard work and dedication.
2019 Awardees:
Harrison Faculty Award for Excellence in Engineering Education
Thomas Hund, BME — For excellence in both teaching and research, including critical scientific and engineering contributions to the field of arrhythmias that have fundamentally changed the field.
Established in 1983 with a gift from Doris and Stanley Harrison (’58, electrical engineering), this award honors an early to mid-career faculty member’s excellence in teaching and qualitative aspects of teaching, exceptional research, or contributions to engineering or architecture concepts. Both Doris and Stanley Harrison were present to give Dr. Hund his award.
Lumley Research Award
Matthew Reilly, BME — presented to a select group of outstanding researchers in the College of Engineering who have shown exceptional activity and success in pursuing new knowledge of a fundamental or applied nature.
Lumley Interdisciplinary Research Award
Jun Liu, BME; Cynthia Roberts, BME; Xueliang (Jeff) Pan, Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine; and Paul Weber, Eye and Ear Institute – For their contributions in ocular biomechanics and understanding the relationship between intraocular pressure and corneal biomechanical properties, and their measurements.
Innovators Award
Yi Zhao, BME — For the development of elastomer-liquid lenses with initial commercialization efforts in whole slide imaging on a smartphone for individual review and group consulting in pathology.
This award recognizes the achievements of an individual or team whose innovation has successfully translated the research emanating from our laboratories into new products and/or technologies that can be used by the public at large.
"Building Bridges" Excellence Award
Peter Mohler, College of Medicine — For fostering an interdisciplinary research environment, and for his interdisciplinary, collaborative research that bridges engineering and medicine to advance our understanding of heart and lung disease.
This award is presented each year to a non-COE faculty member at Ohio State who demonstrates excellence and accomplishment in the development and implementation of collaborative activities and programs between his or her academic unit and the College of Engineering. Dr. Mohler, Vice Dean for Research, Ohio State College of Medicine and Director, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, works closely with the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Click here to learn more about the 22nd Annual Distinguished Faculty Awards and all of the awardees in the College of Engineering.
Congratulations to our BME faculty for showing a strong presence at this year’s awards ceremony!