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Elaine Moran
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William J. Fry. His research interests involve the many areas of acoustic- and ultrasound-tissue interaction, including biological effects and quantitative acoustic imaging, for which he has pub- lished 318 papers and has recently received a National Institutes of Health MERIT (R37) award.
Professor O’Brien is a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, and is a found- ing fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. He was recipient of the IEEE Centennial Medal (1984), AIUM Presidential Recognition Awards (1985 and 1992), the AIUM/World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) Pioneer Award (1988), the IEEE Outstanding Student Branch Counselor Award for Region 4 (1989), the AIUM Joseph H. Holmes Basic Science Pioneer Award (1993), and the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society Distin- guished Lecturer (1997-1998). He received the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society's Achievement Award for 1998 and Distinguished Service Award for 2003 and the IEEE Millennium Medal in 2000. He has served as president (1982- 1983) of the IEEE Sonics and Ultrasonics Group (currently the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society), editor-in-chief (1984-2001) of the IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, president (1988-1991) of the AIUM and treasurer (1991-1994) of WFUMB, and on the Board of Directors (1988-1993) of the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography.
The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine is a multidisci- plinary association dedicated to advanc- ing the safe and effective use of ultra- sound in medicine through professional and public education, research, develop-
ment of guidelines, and accreditation. The award was named for William J. Fry, a physicist with a strong interest in ultra- sound in biology and medicine, whose innovative research efforts advanced the field of diagnostic sonography. Since 1969, the William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award has recognized an indi- vidual who has significantly contributed, in his or her particular field, to the scien- tific progress of medical diagnostic ultrasound. Previous recipients include Floyd Dunn, Frederic Lizzi, Wesley Nyborg, Marvin Ziskin, James Greenleaf, and Frederick Kremkau.
Purnima Ratilal
Purnima Ratilal named ONR Young Investigator
Purnima Ratilal, Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University, has been named the recipient of an Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award
The objectives of the ONR's Young Investigator Program (YIP) are to attract to naval research outstanding new faculty members at institutions of higher education, to support their research, and to encourage their teach- ing and research careers. Awards of up to $100,000 per year for three years, with the possibility of additional sup- port for capital equipment or collabo- rative research with a Navy laboratory, are made, based on research proposals
William O'Brien
William O'Brien receives AIUM award
William D. O'Brien has been award- ed the 2007 William J. Fry Award by The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) for his numerous contributions to the scientific progress of diagnostic medical ultrasound. The award was presented at the 2007 AIUM Annual Convention on March 16, 2007, in New York, New York.
William O'Brien received BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in 1966, 1968, and 1970, respectively, from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. From 1971 to 1975, he worked with the Bureau of Radiological Health (currently the Center for Devices and Radiological Health) of the US Food and Drug Administration. Since 1975, he has been at the University of Illinois, where he is the Donald Biggar Willet Professor of Engineering. He is also Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering, College of Engineering; Professor of Bio-engi- neering, College of Medicine; Professor of Nutritional Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environ- mental Sciences; Professor of Speech and Hearing Science, College of Applied Life Studies; Research Professor in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology; and Research Professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory. He is the director of the Bioacoustics Research Laboratory, founded by the late
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