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  • Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Professor, Elect & Computer Engineering

Current Courses

Spring 2025

  • BME 4992-007
    Thesis Wrtg & Comm II
  • BME 5480-001
    Diag & Thera Ultrasound
  • BME 7880-007
    TA Mentorship
  • ECE 5480-001
    Diag & Thera Ultrasound
  • ECE 6950-005
    Special Study-MS
  • ME EN 6960-031
    Special Topics

Fall 2024

Summer 2024

Professional Organizations

  • Acoustical Society of America. 11/2015 - present. Position : Member.
  • Society of Thermal Medicine. 01/2013 - present. Position : Member.
  • American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). 03/2001 - present. Position : Fellow.
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 01/1964 - present. Position : Senior Member.

Courses I Teach

  • Bioen 2100 - Fundamentals of Bioengineering II
    Introduction to the application of biomechanics and bioelectricity to the field of bioengineering, including a major project involving modeling of the human systemic cardiovascular system.
  • Bioen 5480, ECE 5480 - Ultrasound
    Principles of ultrasound in medicine, including diagnostics and therapeutics.
  • ECE 6420 - Fourier Optics
    The application of two-dimensional Fourier transforms to the analysis and design of optical systems.

Small Group Teaching

  • BME 4992, Thesis. Helped with improving the writing and oral presentations of students' theses, 3 hours per Week.   01/15/2024  -  05/16/2024
  • BME 4992, Thesis. Helped with improving the writing and oral presentations of students' theses.  01/07/2019  -  05/15/2019