CMTM Faculty Dimitrije Stamenovic Elected to AIMBE

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By Patrick L. Kennedy, posted February 17, 2022.

Prestigious honor for top biomedical engineers

For the second year in a row, three ENG faculty members have been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). This time, the honorees are Professor James Galagan (BME, Microbiology), Associate Professor Xue Han (BME), and Professor Dimitrije Stamenovic (BME, MSE).

“Being elected as an AIMBE Fellow is one of the highest honors in our profession, reserved for the top two percent of practitioners in industry and academics,” says Professor and BME Chair John White. “Dimitrije, James, and Xue are richly deserving of this honor. All three are highly respected for their research and leadership in our community.”

The mission of AIMBE is to recognize excellence in, and advocate for, the fields of medical and biological engineering to advance society. Galagan, Han, and Stamenovic are among 152 members of the AIMBE Fellow Class of 2022. All were nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the AIMBE College of Fellows.

Stamenovic was selected for his outstanding contributions to the understanding of fundamental multi-scale structure-function relations in the field of biomechanics of tissues and cells. His research focuses on how the physical properties of cytoskeletal biopolymers, cytoskeletal architecture, and mechanical forces borne by the cytoskeleton influence mechanical behaviors of cells and their responses to mechanical signals from their microenvironment. He helped to design and develop a light pneumatic knee brace capable of ameliorating symptoms of knee osteoarthritis.

A past winner of the BME department’s Teacher of the Year Award, Stamenovic has authored eight book chapters and more than 90 frequently cited journal articles. He is also a member of the American Physiological Society, the Biomedical Engineering Society, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Biophysical Society.

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