Robert F. Rushmer Lecturers
(1987 – 2012)
Since 1987, every year we honor Robert F. Rushmer, the founder of UW Bioengineering, with a lecture in his name.
March 22, 2013
Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Medical Sciences
“Functional Tissue Engineering for Regenerative Medicine, Human Stem Cell Research, and Study of Disease”
March 23, 2012
Dr. Mark E. Davis
Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering
Member, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Experimental Therapeutics Program California Institute of Technology
"Fighting Cancer with Nanoparticle Medicines:
The Nanoscale Matters!"
March 25, 2011
Dr. David A. Edwards
Wyss Institute for Biologically-Inspired Engineering Harvard University
“On Edible Bottles, Drinkable Pumpkins, & Breathable Iodine: Mixing Culture, Science and Commercial Markets for Sustainable Global Health Technology Development”
March 26, 2010
Dr. Anthony Atala
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
“Regenerative Medicine: New Approaches to Health Care”
June 5, 2009
Professor Chad A. Mirkin
Department of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology
“Nanostructures in Biology and Medicine: Transitioning Novel Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tools from the Bench to the Clinic”
June 6, 2008
Professor Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Stanley C. Moore Professor and Dept Chair of Bioengineering Rice University
“Integrating Bioengineering, Education and Policy Research to Create Sustainable Innovations to Prevent Disease”
June 7, 2007
Professor William H. Foege
Senior Fellow, Gates Foundation Presidential Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Dept of International Health, Emory University
“Combining Art and Science for a Rational Future”
April 1, 2005
Professor Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub
Magdi Yacoub Institute
“Engineering the Heart”
April 2, 2004
Dr. Curtis R. Carlson, President
SRI International
“Biomedical Research and the Need for a Process of Innovation”
April 4, 2003
Professor Gabor A. Somorjai
University of California, Berkeley
“Polymeric Biomaterials Surface Science”
April 5, 2002
Dr. Lee Hartwell, President
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
“How Cells are Engineered”
March 30, 2001
Dr. James F. Greenleaf
The Mayo Clinic
“Ultrasound Stimulated Vibroacoustography”
March 31, 2000
Professor Jeffrey Hubbell
ETH and The University of Zurich
“Approaches with Biomaterials to Engineering the Healing of Tissues”
April 9, 1999
Dr. Erik Ritman
The Mayo Clinic
“Innovations In X-Ray Micro-CT Used in Biomedical Research Applications”
April 3, 1998
Professor Douglas Lauffenburger
MIT
“Engineering, Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine”
April 4, 1997
Professor Steven M. Block
Princeton University
“Nanometers & Piconewtons: Using Optical Tweezers to Study Biological Motors”
March 29, 1996
Professor Helmut Ringsdorf
Johannes Gutenberg University
Mainz, Germany
“Function Through Molecular Self-Assembly: From Multienzyme Complexes,Photoconductive Discotics and Viruses”
November 10, 1994
Professor Ewald R. Weibel
University of Berne, Switzerland
“The Hypothesis of Symmorphosis and Respiration: Is the Pathway for Oxygen Designed Economically?”
November 22, 1993
Professor Dan W. Urry
University of Alabama at Birmingham
“Engineered Molecules: New Materials for a New Medicine”
November 24, 1992
Dr. Eric Betzig
AT&T Bell Laboratories
“Optics Beyond the Diffraction Limit”
November 20, 1991
Professor George Whitesides
Harvard University
“Self-Assembled Monolayers, and the Interface Between Synthetic Materials and Biological Systems”
November 19, 1990
Professor Toyoichi Tanaka
MIT
“Polymer Gel Physics: From Cell Biology to Engineering Technology”
November 20, 1989
Dr. Ian Pykett, President
Advanced NMR Systems
“Ultra-High-Speed Clinical MR Imaging: The State of the Art and Prospects for the Future”
November 21, 1988
Professor Robert S. Langer
MIT
“Drug Delivery and Enzyme Bioreactors: New Opportunities Based on Advanced Biomaterials”
November 23, 1987
Dr. David C. Auth
Biophysics International
“The Fantastic Voyage of Catheter Based Surgery”
