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Jim Plummer
Dean, Stanford Engineering, John M. Fluke Professor of Electrical Engineering
Plummer is the Frederick Emmons Terman Dean of Engineering and the John
M. Fluke Professor of Electrical Engineering. Since 1999 he has led the school,
laying out a strategy of pursuing four research priorities: Human Health, Environment
and Energy, Information Technology and Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. In 2002
he helped lead the formation of the Department of Bioengineering, which is jointly
run with the School of Medicine. Prior to becoming dean, he served as the chair
of the Department of Electrical Engineering. Plummer's research interests are
in silicon integrated circuit devices and technology. His primary interests are
in developing physically based models for silicon structures and fabrication
processes to enable computer simulation of new device and structure ideas. He
is the author or co-author of over 300 publications and holds several US patents.
PhD 1971 Stanford
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Stacey Bent
Professor of Chemical Engineering
and by courtesy of Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science
and Engineering
Research in the Bent laboratory is focused on understanding and controlling
surface and interface chemistry and applying this knowledge to a range of problems
in computer chip manufacturing, nanotechnology, solar power, and biomaterials.
The biomaterials work has included developing prosthetics to help patients suffering
from age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in developed
countries. Bent has received several awards including the Tau Beta Pi Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2006. BS 1987 UC Berkeley, PhD 1992 Stanford
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Dennis Carter
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and of Bioengineering,
and by courtesy, of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor Carter studies the influence of mechanical loading upon the growth,
development, regeneration, and aging of skeletal tissues. Basic information
from such studies is used to understand skeletal diseases and treatments. He
has served as President of the Orthopedic Research Society and is a Fellow
of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He also holds
an appointment as a Biomedical Engineer at the Palo Alto VA Rehabilitation
Research and Development Center. PhD 1976 Stanford
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 Jennifer Cochran
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
Professor Cochran’s research group uses interdisciplinary approaches
in chemistry, engineering, and biophysics to study complex biological systems.
The group's main goal is to develop new technologies for basic science and biomedical
applications. Clinical applications of her research involve bone and wound
healing, biomimetic corneas, neural cell regeneration, and cancer imaging and
therapy. Professor Cochran’s research is driven by the philosophy that
in order to control physiological processes it is necessary to understand the
molecular mechanisms that drive these processes. Her group is interested in
learning about the molecular details of receptor-mediated cell signaling events;
at the same time developing protein and polymer-based tools that will allow
manipulation of cellular processes on a molecular level. For biomedical applications,
they combine rational design and combinatorial methods to create designer protein
therapeutics and diagnostic agents. PhD 2001 MIT
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Scott Delp
Charles Lee Powell Professor of Bioengineering and of Mechanical Engineering,
and by courtesy, of Orthopaedic Surgery; Director, Neuromuscular Biomechanics
Lab
Professor Delp combines experimental and theoretical approaches to study human
movement. He has developed graphics-based biomechanical models from medical
images that are used to guide surgery, study movement disorders, and design
new medical products. He has a long-standing interest in improving treatments
for children with cerebral palsy. He is the Director of the Neuromuscular Biomechanics
Lab at Stanford, where researchers investigate the form and function of biomechanical
systems ranging from molecular motors to people with movement disorders. They
study the mechanisms involved in the production of movement and are motivated
by opportunities to improve treatments for individuals with cerebral palsy,
stroke, osteoarthritis, and Parkinson’s disease. PhD 1990 Stanford
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Karl Deisseroth
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatric
and Behavioral Sciences
Professor Deisseroth focuses on developing molecular and cellular tools to
observe, perturb, and re-engineer brain circuits. His laboratory is based in
the James H. Clark Center at Stanford and employs a range of techniques including
neural stem cell and tissue engineering methods, electrophysiology, molecular
biology, neural activity imaging, animal behavior, and computational neural
network modeling. Also a clinician in the psychiatry department, Deisseroth
employs novel electromagnetic brain stimulation techniques in human patients
for therapeutic purposes. PhD 1998 Stanford; MD 2000 Stanford
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Sarah Heilshorn
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Professor Heilshorn joined the Stanford School of Engineering in 2006. She has combined her experiences in materials science, chemical engineering, and neurobiology to initiate a research program on biomaterials in regenerative medicine. Her research team designs biomimetic nanomaterials, engineers new proteins for use in medicine, and synthesizes materials to influence stem cell differentiation. Current projects include creating in vitro circuits of neurons, tissue engineering for spinal cord and heart tissue regeneration, and designing scaffolds for cell transplantation in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and stroke. BS 1998 Georgia Tech; PhD 2004 Caltech
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Greg Kovacs
Professor of Electrical Engineering and by courtesy, of Medicine
Professor Kovacs' research areas include instruments for biomedical and biological
applications including space flight, solid-state sensors and actuators, cell-based
sensors for toxin detection and pharmaceutical screening, microfluidics,
electronic interfaces to tissue, and biotechnology, all with emphasis on
solving practical problems. He teaches a hands-on undergraduate course in
analog circuit design and a graduate course in micromachined transducers.
He helped develop the bioengineering graduate core curriculum sequence. Kovacs
has extensive industry experience, including the co-founding of several companies.
He has a long history of government service for various agencies.
In 2003 he was the investigation scientist for the debris team investigating
the loss of the space shuttle Columbia. PhD 1990 Stanford; MD 1992 Stanford
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Kenneth Salisbury
Professor of Computer Science and of Surgery
Professor Salisbury worked on the development of the Stanford-JPL Robot Hand,
the JPL Force Reflecting Hand Controller, the MIT-WAM arm, and the Black Falcon
Surgical Robot. His work with haptic interface technology led to the founding
of SensAble Technology, producers of the PHANToM haptic interface and software.
He also worked on the development of telerobotic systems for dexterity enhancement
in the operating room. In 1997 he joined the staff of Intuitive Surgical, in
Mountain View CA, where his efforts focused on the development of telerobotic
systems for the operating room. In the fall of 1999 he joined the faculty at
Stanford in the Departments of Computer Science and Surgery where his research
focuses on human-centered robotics, cooperative haptics, surgical simulation,
and robotic surgery. He has served on the National Science Foundation's Advisory
Council for Robotics and Human Augmentation, as Scientific Advisor to Intuitive
Surgical, Inc., as Technical Advisor to Robotic Ventures, Inc. and as an expert
witness in litigation in the field of haptics. His current research focuses
on human-machine interaction, cooperative haptics, and surgical simulation.
PhD 1982 Stanford
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Tina Seelig
Executive Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Tina Seelig is the Executive Director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program and teaches a course in the Department of Management Science and Engineering on Creativity and Innovation in Organizations. She is also on the faculty of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design and teaches classes at the "d.school". Tina began her academic career at the Stanford School of Medicine where she received a PhD in Neuroscience in 1985. Since then, she has worked as a management consultant, an entrepreneur, and has written over a dozen popular books and games, including The Epicurean Laboratory, Incredible Edible Science, and a series of games called Games for Your Brain. She recently launched a new venture, called OpenFloodgate, designed to open the path to publication to everyone.
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Charles Taylor
Associate Professor of Bioengineering and by courtesy,
of Mechanical Engineering
Professor Taylor's research focuses on the application of computational and advanced
imaging methods to the study of the cardiovascular system. Applications of this research include the creation
of knowledge and development of technology for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
Research projects in his laboratory range from biologic research focused on disease processes to development of magnetic
resonance imaging techniques to quantify blood flow and vessel strain to the development of new
computational algorithms for simulating blood flow in human arteries. PhD 1996 Stanford
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