James Antaki is Recipient of the 2009 Steven J. Fenves Award
Article Posted On 2/12/2009
ICES Director Gary Fedder has announced that James Antaki, professor of biomedical engineering, is the recipient of the 2009 Steven J. Fenves Award for Systems Research.
Professor Antaki receives this award in recognition of his applications of systems engineering to the design and optimization of medical devices in general, and cardiovascular devices in particular. Professor Antaki is responsible for a paradigm shift in the design of blood pumps by replacing trial-and-error approaches with rigorous systems engineering that integrates biomedical engineering, computational fluid dynamics, electromagnetics, control system design, and software engineering.
He is a world leader in systems engineering of medical devices, and his contributions have led to life-extending artificial hearts and left ventricular assist devices for adults, toddlers, and infants with cardiac deficiencies.
The Steven J. Fenves Award for Systems Research is presented annually to individuals for their contributions to systems research in areas that are relevant to the College of Engineering and ICES.
