Thomas Boland, Ph.D., has been named to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows, Class of 2011.  A metallurgical and materials engineering professor, Dr. Boland also serves as director of the biomedical engineering programs at The University of Texas at El Paso.  Boland’s work has been cited more than 800 times and he has received numerous awards.  He was featured on CNN and the Discovery Channel for his groundbreaking research using inkjet printers to assemble cells and biomaterials into viable and functioning structures. 

AIMBE’s College of Fellows is comprised of 1,000 individuals who are outstanding bioengineers in academia, industry, and government.  To earn this prestigious honor, individuals must distinguish themselves through their contributions in research, industrial practice and/or education.

 Boland will be formally inducted to AIMBE’s College of Fellows during AIMBE’s Annual Event in Washington, D.C. on February 21, 2011. The AIMBE was founded in 1991 to establish a clear and comprehensive identity for the field of medical and biological engineering.

National News of Interest: 

On Sept. 18, Wall Street Journal reported on "bioprinting," noting that "about a dozen major university and corporate laboratories, biomedical engineers are working on ways to print living human tissue, in the hope of one day producing personalized body parts and implants on demand. Still far from clinical use, these tissue-engineering experiments represent the next step in a process known as computerized adaptive manufacturing, in which industrial designers turn out custom prototypes and finished parts using inexpensive 3-D computer printers. Instead of extruding plastic, metal or ceramics, these medical printers squirt an ink of living cells."
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