Peter Damian Richardson
Professor:
Engineering and Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology
Phone: +1 401 863 2687
Peter_Richardson@Brown.EDU
Professor Richardson has biomedical engineering research interests with five main themes: adhesion, aggregation and disintegration of cells and cell groups, with applications in thrombosis and hemostasis; artificial organs, especially those designed for transport purposes such as artificial lungs and hybrid artificial pancreases; applications of ultrasound in detection and diagnosis, including intravascular usage, and corresponding image analysis; interaction of flow and blood vessel walls, especially for problems associated with atherosclerosis; design of devices and instruments with biomedical applications (where his research has led to patents).
Biography
Professor Richardson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1986, and was awarded the Jung Prize in Medicine in 1987. He was a recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Prize in 1976. He is a Founding Fellow of the American Institute for medical and Biological Engineering, A Fellow of the City & Guilds of London Institute, and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inaugural Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Member of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, American Society for Engineering Education, Honorary Member of the British Atherosclerosis Society, and other professional societies. He has authored a book (with M. Steiner) entitled, "Principles of Cell Adhesion" (CRC Press, 1995). An alumnus of the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine of the University of London, he was appointed Professor of Engineering and Physiology in 1984.
Interests
Professor Richardson has biomedical engineering research interests with five main themes: adhesion, aggregation and disintegration of cells and cell groups, with applications in thrombosis and hemostasis artificial organs, especially those designed for transport purposes such as artificial lungs and hybrid artificial pancreases applications of ultrasound in detection and diagnosis, including intravascular usage, and corresponding image analysis interaction of flow and blood vessel walls, especially for problems associated with atherosclerosis design of devices and instruments with biomedical applications (where his research has led to patents). One current project illustrating a combination of the third and fourth themes is a study of the left anterior descending epicardial arteries in pigs which have been fed atherogenic diets, making comparisons between video-rate intravascular ultrasound images at various mean blood pressures (using image-analysis software custom-written at Brown), mechanical measurements of tissue obtained immediately at post-mortem, and histology of the vessel sections, with relevance to improvement of coronary angioplasty. Another current project involves computer-modeling of flow of thousands of blood platelets as they join a developing thrombus, under various conditions of flow, and incorporating time-varying physiological responses of the individual platelets. Professor Richardson also has engineering research interests which are not primarily biomedical, these having two main themes: (a) effects of oscillations, pulsations, sound and vibrations on flow fields, and corresponding heat and mass transfer (b) flows at branches of tubes and ducts, including cases where the flows are oscillatory or pulsatile
Degrees
PhD, DSc(Eng), DSc, FCGI, FRS
Awards
Humboldt-Preis (Senior US scientist Award) Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, 1976
Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1983
(Life Fellow 2001)
Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS), 1986
Laureate in Medicine, Jung Foundation, Germany, 1987
Founding Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 1991
Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute (FCGI), 2003
Inaugural Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, 2005
Institution
BU
Affiliations
Besides societies listed under Honors and Awards:
American Society for Engineering Education
American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
Member of Surgery and Bioengineering Study Section (SYB), National Institutes of Health, 1982-1986
Teaching
Courses taught (at various times): as Engineering Courses - Introduction to Engineering; Engineering Design; Thermodynamics; Biomechanics; Biomedical Devices and Systems Design; Heat Transfer; Design of Engines and Turbines; Design of Thermal Power Systems; Aerospace Vehicle Propulsion; Advanced Fluid Mechanics; Advanced Thermodynamics; Heat and Mass Transfer; and, as Biomedical Sciences courses - Biomaterials; Theory and Technology of Artificial Organs; Hemostasis and Thrombosis. At Laboratoire d'Aerothermique, U Paris - Developments in Turbulence (in French)
Curriculum Vitae
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