Noted Scientist/Inventor to Keynote MTU Dedication
HOUGHTON-Dr. Dennis L. Matthews, program leader for the medical technology program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, will be the keynote speaker for the dedication of Michigan Tech's Center for Biomedical Engineering, Tuesday, March 16. Titled "The Surprising Role of Technology in Fostering Better Medical Care at Lower Cost," Matthews' address is scheduled to begin at 9:20 a.m. in auditorium U115 of the Minerals and Materials Engineering Building.
The presentation and following dedication are open to the public, free of charge.
Michigan Tech's new center will offer the only undergraduate biomedical engineering program in the state and is being supported by a $943,000 grant from The Whitaker Foundation.
In his current position, Matthews is responsible for the development of industrial and medical applications of the Livermore Lab technology, especially for the prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases such as diabetes, stroke, brain trauma, chronic pain, and cardiovascular disease. He is widely recognized as the inventor and developer of x-ray wavelength lasers. He continues to collaborate with biologists in using x-ray lasers to generate x-ray images of living subcellular material, and with material scientists to develop new methods of studying materials properties and defects.
Matthews has lectured at several universities and research centers in the United States, Europe and Japan and has authored more than 200 professional articles.
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