Biomedical Engineering Invites Community to Attend Seminar Featuring Clinton Rubin Friday, March 28, 2003
Colorado State University's biomedical engineering program invites
the campus and community to attend a lunchtime seminar Friday, March 28, featuring
Clinton Rubin, professor and director of the Center for Biotechnology
at State University of New York at Stony Brook, as he presents "The Osteogenic
Potential of Low Level Mechanical Signals: Devising a Non-Pharmocologic Intervention
for Osteoporosis." The seminar is free and open to the public and will
be held in Clark A202 from 12:10 to 1 p.m. Guests are invited to attend a brief
reception at noon prior to the presentation.
Rubin's talk will include analysis of biomechanical intervention for osteoporosis
using low level signals to enhance bone quality and quantity. This research
is influential in helping biomedical engineers understand bone growth and develop
effective orthopedic technologies.
In addition to serving as the director of the SUNY Center for Biotechnology,
Rubin is the founding chair and professor of the biomedical engineering department
at Stony Brook University. He has received the Elizabeth Lanier Kappa Delta
Society Award from the American Academic Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Development
Award from the Whitaker Foundations, the American Society of Biomechanics Giovanni
Borelli Award and was recognized as a New York Science Technology and Academic
Research Distinguished Professor. Rubin holds five patents in the area of wound
repair and treatment of bone disease and is a founder of the medical device
company, Exogen, Inc. His research interests focus on using biophysical stimuli,
including mechanical, electrical, temperature and acoustic stimuli, to accelerate
healing processes and serve as an intervention for osteoporosis.
This seminar is the fourth in a series of five spring seminars sponsored by
Colorado State's biomedical engineering program. The final seminar this spring
will feature Robert Nerem, Institute professor, Parker H. Petit distinguished
chair of engineering in medicine, director of the Parker H. Petit Institute
for Bioengineering and director of the Georgia Tech Emory Center for the Engineering
of Living Tissues.
The Colorado State biomedical engineering program provides an interdisciplinary
focus on the cardiovascular, neurological and orthopedic systems through education,
research and service. The unique program combines the university's strengths
in veterinary medicine, engineering and the sciences to improve health, fight
disease and aid persons with disabilities. The biomedical engineering program
offers an interdisciplinary studies certificate and a new one-year graduate
program leading to a master's degree in biomedical engineering.
For more information on the seminar or Colorado State's biomedical engineering program, contact Mae Lee Heble at (970) 491-1055.