Education Committee
Kristen Billiar (2012 - 2013)
Worcester Polytechnic Inst
100 Institute Rd
Worcester, MA  01609-2280
Tel: 508-831-5384
Fax: 508-831-5541
Email: kbilliar@WPI.EDU

Membership Development
Ozan Akkus, Ph.D. (2011–2014)
Case Western Reserve University
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
10900 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone: (216) 368-4175
Email: oxa@case.edu

New Directions
Gerald A. Ateshian. Ph.D.
Email:ateshian@columbia.edu

Industry Advisory
Jeffrey E. Bischoff, Ph.D.
Email: jeff.bischoff@zimmer.com

2013 SBC Chair
Dawn Elliott, Ph.D.
Email: delliott@udel.edu

2013 SBC Program Chair
David Steinman, Ph.D.
Email: steinman@mie.utoronto.ca

Honor and Awards Chair 
Thomas P. Andriacchi, Ph.D. (2010–2014)
Stanford University
227 Durand Bldg Biomech Engrg
496 Lomita Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-4008
Phone: (650) 723-8024
Fax: (650) 725-1587
Email: tandriac@stanford.edu

Rep to Thurston Award
Don Giddens (2010–2013)
Dean—College of Engineering
Lawrence L. Gellerstedt, Jr. Chair in Bioengineering
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332
Phone: (404) 894-6825
Email: don.giddens@coe.gatech.edu

Newsletter Editor
Kenneth J. Fischer, Ph.D. (2012–2014)
University Of Kansas
Mech Engineering—Learned Hall
1530 W 15th St, Room 3138
Lawrence, KS 66045-7609
Phone: (785) 864-2994
Email: fischer@ku.edu

BED Journal Editor
Beth Winkelstein (2012–2017)
240 Skirkanich Hall
210 S 33rd St
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6321
Phone: (215) 573-4589
Email: winkelst@seas.upenn.edu

Associate Editor
Victor Barocas (2012–2017)
111 Church St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0150
Phone: (612) 626-5572
Email: baroc001@umn.edu

Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering
& Medicine Editor
Boris Khusid
Email: boris.khusid@njit.edu

Journal of Medical Devices Co-Editors
Arthur G. Erdman, Ph.D.
Email: agerdman@umn.edu

Gerald E. Miller, Ph.D.
Email: gemiller@vcu.edu

Rep to BEGOB
Ender A. Finol, Ph.D. (2010–2013)
Associate Professor
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Director, Vascular Biomechanics and Biofluids Laboratory (VBBL)
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, TX 78249
Office: AET 1.360, (210) 458-8058
Lab: BSE 2.230, (210) 458-8591
Fax: (210) 458-7007
Email: ender.finol@utsa.edu

Rep to BEGOB
Rita M. Patterson, Ph.D. (2012 - 2013)
Email: ripatters@hsc.unt.edu

BED Representatives
U.S. National Committee Biomechanics Reps
Davis A. Vorp. Ph.D.
Email: vorp@pitt.edu

IMECE Representative
Ahmed Al-Jumaily, Ph.D.
Email: ahmed.aljumaily@aut.ac.nz

AIMBE Representatives
Gerald A. Ateshian, Ph.D.
Email:ateshian@columbia.edu

Lou Soslowsky, Ph.D.
Email: soslowsk@upenn.edu