BME HEAD CANDIDATE SEMINAR

Monday, March 4, 2024

9:00 – 9:50 am, MJIS 1097 and via Zoom, Q&A from 9:50-10:50 am

Zoom link: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/98029401699?pwd=NXNyYytlYnJSRkFxVTNqbU5QK3Nkdz09

“Inclusive Vision for Biomedical Engineering @ Purdue: Engineering IT Together”

Jaydev P. Desai

Professor, G.P. “Bud” Peterson and Valerie H. Peterson Faculty Professorship in Pediatric Research

Carol Ann and David D. Flanagan Distinguished Faculty Fellow

Director, Georgia Center for Medical Robotics (GCMR)

Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

Abstract: Biomedical Engineering has undergone radical transformation in the last two decades and it is truly an interdisciplinary field merging Engineering, Medicine, and the Sciences to solve challenging healthcare problems for improving human life.

In the first part of the talk, I will focus on my interdisciplinary research activities in the areas of surgical robotics and rehabilitation/assistive robotics, which has spanned from addressing challenging problems in endovascular and transcatheter interventions and pediatric robotics to developing devices with the goal of improving motor function in spinal cord injury patients.

The second part of my talk will focus on the vision and impact of biomedical engineering at West Lafayette, Indianapolis, and beyond. I will discuss research and development opportunities, industry partnerships, innovation in academic programs, education, and mentorship. This will be driven by the goal of developing an inclusive environment to create substantial impact through new initiatives at the  grass-roots level and build upon existing strengths of Purdue Biomedical Engineering.

~Dr. Desai is a candidate for the Dane A. Miller Head of the

Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering ~

Bio:  Dr. Jaydev P. Desai is currently a Professor at Georgia Tech in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and holds the G.P. “Bud” Peterson and Valerie H. Peterson Faculty Professorship in Pediatric Research. He is the Associate Chair for Undergraduate studies in BME at GT, founding Director of the Georgia Center for Medical Robotics (GCMR), and an Associate Director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM). He completed his undergraduate studies from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, in 1993. He received his MA in Mathematics in 1997 and MSE and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics in 1995 and 1998 respectively, all from the University of Pennsylvania. He was also a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. 
 
He is a recipient of several NIH R01 grants, NSF CAREER award, and was the lead inventor on the “Outstanding Invention in the Physical Science Category” at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was formerly employed. He is also the recipient of the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award and the 2021 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Distinguished Service Award. He has been an invited speaker at the National Academy of Sciences “Distinctive Voices” seminar series and also invited to attend the National Academy of Engineering’s U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. He has over 200 publications, is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Robotics Research, and Editor-in-Chief of the four-volume Encyclopedia of Medical Robotics. At 2018 ICRA, his prior work was the finalist for “IEEE RAS Award for the Most Influential Paper from ICRA 1998” (20-years impact). Most recently, he was selected as the recipient of the 2024 IEEE RAS George Saridis Leadership Award in Robotics and Automation from the IEEE RAS. His research group has received several accolades including the best student paper award, best symposium paper award, cover image of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, and featured article in the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. His current research interests are primarily in the areas of image-guided surgical robotics, pediatric robotics, endovascular robotics, and rehabilitation and assistive robotics. He is a Fellow of IEEE, ASME, and AIMBE.