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Summary Sentence: THE 2016 BRUMLEY D. PRITCHET T LECTURE BY JOHN A. ROGERS LOUIS SIMPSON AND KIMBERLY QUERREY PROFESSOR OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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John A RogersAbstract
Biology is soft, curvilinear and transient; modern semiconductor technologies are rigid, planar and everlasting. Electronic and optoelectronic systems that eliminate this profound mismatch in properties create opportunities for devices that can intimately integrate with the body, for diagnostic, therapeutic or surgical function with important, unique capabilities in biomedical research and clinical healthcare. Over the last decade, a convergence of new concepts in materials science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and advanced manufacturing has led to the emergence of diverse, novel classes of ‘biocompatible’ electronic platforms. This talk describes the key ideas, with examples ranging from wireless, skin-like electronic ‘tattoos’ for continuous monitoring of physi¬ological health, to multiplexed, conformal sensor sheets for mapping cardiac electrophysiology, to bioresorbable intracranial sensors for treating traumatic brain injury.
Biography
Professor John A. Rogers obtained BA and BS in chemistry and in physics from the University of Texas, Austin, in 1989 and SM and PhD from MIT in 1992 and 1995. After two years as a Junior Fellow at Harvard University and five years at Bell Labs as Director of Condensed Matter Physics department, he spent 13 years as a faculty in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at University of Illinois, before joining Northwestern University in 2016 as a chaired professor where he is also the founding Director of the newly endowed Center on Bio-Integrated Electronics. He is a member of the NAE, NAS, the NAI, and AAAS, and recipient of prestigious awards such as MacArthur Fellowship (2009) and the Lemelson-MIT Prize (2011).
The Brumley D. Pritchett Lecture Series
The Brumley D. Pritchett Lecture Series was established in the School of Polymer, Textile & Fiber Engineering (now Materials Science ande Engineering) in 2006 as a memorial to the late Col. Brumley D. Pritchett. He received his bach¬elor’s degree in textile engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1930, graduating with an award for superior achievement in his major. While at Georgia Tech, he was instrumental in the founding of the Phi Psi Textile Honors Fraternity and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. After graduation, he worked briefly with Dundee Mills before assuming management duties at Eagle and Phoenix Mills in Columbus, Georgia. He joined the United States Army in 1940 and served in the Pacific during World War II. Upon leaving the army, he returned to Eagle and Phoenix Mills as superintendent. Later, he joined Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company as a sales engineer and consultant, retiring in 1972. He was elected to membership in the College of Engineering Hall of Fame at Georgia Tech in 2002.
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