David J. Bishop, NAE, NAI, to Deliver New Horizons in Engineering Distinguished Lecture
The New Horizons in Engineering Lectureship Series at Clarkson University is proud to announce that Dr. David J. Bishop, Director of the CELL-MET Engineering Research Center at Boston University, head of the Division of Materials Science & Engineering Department, and a professor in five other departments at BU, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering will deliver his Distinguished Lecture: “Silicon Micro-Machines for Fun and Profit” in Bernard H Snell Hall on Friday April 26 at 2:30 PM. (#20 on the map at http://www.clarkson.edu/about/clarkson_map.pdf). A reception will precede the lecture at 2 PM. The public is welcome to attend.
Many silicon micromachines have been developed for a wide range of applications, both scientific and technological. Bishop’s talk will reveal the devices we have been able to build. Applications range from scientific experiments, such as looking at single vortex dynamics in superconductors and the observation of the Casimir Force/Energy, to technological applications like large, all-optical switches essential for modern optical communications, smart lighting, magnetocardiography, and Atomic Calligraphy. Such MEMS devices and VLSI processing are the New Physics Machine Shop, replacing the macro-mechanical shops many of us grew up with.
Bishop received his B.S. from Syracuse University and M.S. and Ph.D. from Cornell University, all in physics. He joined Bell Laboratories and during his 33-year career was Vice President of Physical Sciences Research, President of the New Jersey Nanotechnology Consortium, Vice President for Nanotechnology Research, and president of Government Research and Security Solutions. He then became Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer of LGS Innovations. He joined Boston University and was appointed Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Educations, and then Head of the Division of Materials Science and Engineering. He is Professor in the departments of Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.
CELL-MET, which Bishop heads, consists of an interdisciplinary team at BU and two other universities that, under a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center grant, are working to develop personalized heart tissue. “I’m part of a team that’s working to create an all-encompassing solution for heart disease that might save the lives of millions of people,” says Bishop. To him, this long-term research is akin to playing in his own Super Bowl. “We haven’t won yet, but we are part of this cohesive and extraordinary team that’s constantly strategizing and working together to meet our goal.”
Bishop is the 2009 recipient of the George E. Pake Prize for Scientific Leadership from the American Physical Society. He has numerous publications and patents.
Dr. Bishop will be the 18th Distinguished Lecturer in Clarkson University’s New Horizons in Engineering series, which is dedicated to improving the understanding of important issues facing engineering and society in the 21st century.
For more details, please contact Dr. Liya Regel, Distinguished Research Professor of Engineering, New Horizons in Engineering Distinguished lectureship series founder and chair, lregel@clarkson.edu.
