26-01-2010
Short Resume for Dr. Peter A. Lewin
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104
lewin@ece.drexel.edu
http://ece.drexel.edu/faculty/lewin/
Peter A. Lewin, M.Sc., Ph.D. is R.B. Beard Distinguished University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering at Drexel University, Philadelphia and is internationally recognized as one of the leading authorities in the field of Ultrasonics.
He is also Director of the Ultrasound Research and Education Center in The School of Bioengineering, Bioscience and Health Systems at Drexel University. Dr. Lewin obtained his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1969 and the Ph.D. in Physical Acoustics in 1979 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Before receiving his Ph.D. degree he was employed by Bruel and Kjaer, Denmark, where he was involved in noise measurements and the development of underwater piezoelectric transducers and associated electronics. From 1978 to 1983 he was associated with the Danish Institute of Biomedical Engineering (now Force Institutes) and The University of Denmark, Copenhagen-Lyngby, where his research activities primarily focused on propagation of ultrasound waves in inhomogeneous media and development of PVDF transducers. In 1983 he joined the faculty of Drexel University. Dr. Lewin was awarded several patents in the field of ultrasound and has authored or co-authored over 210 scientific publications, most of them on topics in ultrasound and is co-editor of a book Ultrasonic Exposimetry (CRC Press, 1993). His current interests are primarily in the field of biomedical ultrasonics and industrial applications of ultrasound, including the design and testing of piezoelectric transducers and sensors, power ultrasonics, ultrasonic exposimetry, tissue characterization using nonlinear acoustics, biological effects of ultrasound, power ultrasonics and applications of shock waves in medicine and image reconstruction and processing. Dr. Lewin is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is also a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) and Acoustical Society of America (ASA). He has also served on AIUM's Board of Governors (2004-2006), and as a Chair (1997-1999) of the AIUM's Technical Standards Committee. In addition, Dr. Lewin serves as a consultant to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health. Dr. Lewin is also involved in the work of International Electrotechnical Commission, Technical Committee on Ultrasonics. Most recently he was elected and serves as a member of the prestigious Franklin Institute Science and Awards Committee, Philadelphia.
