Dan R. Adam - Education & Accreditation Committee Chair

Short biographical sketch:

Dan Adam, born in Israel, received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Electrical Engineering) and D.Sc. (Biomedical Engineering) from the Technion in 1968, 1973 and 1977, respectively. He joined the Technion Faculty in 1977. He was at Tufts University, Boston, (1978-1980). He joined MIT in 1980 as Assistant Professor, teaching at the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program. He has been with the Technion since 1983, in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering. During 1992-1993 he held a visiting appointment at NIH, Bethesda, MD. He has been an IEEE member since 1964. He has also been active in Computers in Cardiology since 1970, organized its Annual International conference (1989), elected to its Board (1990-1999), serving as Secretary. He served as Member-at-large of the Administrative Committee, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, (1999-2002). He currently serves as the President of the Israel Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, and as a member of the Interim Council, the European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering and Science (EAMBES) (2003-2004), and as Chair, Educational Committee, the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) (2003-2005). His research interests have been in cardiovascular signals understanding and processing: body surface potential mapping; the inverse problem in electrocardiography; 2-D and 3-D subcellular processes generating arrhythmias and alternans; cardiac electro-mechanical and mechano-electrical interactions; non-linear processes. He has been increasingly involved in biological signal processing and image processing of echo ultrasound data; Multi-transducer phased array design, Ultrasound RF processing, perfusion measurements using Contrast Agents, Pressure estimation using Contrast Agents, ultrasound control of thermotherapy; Doppler measurement & mapping; pulsatility gradient as an index of placenta/uterus/kidney patency; position/orientation registration of probes for 3D quantification; Image guided therapy/surgery.