Nandor RichterNandor Richter joined the Institute for Hospital and Medical Engineering (ORKI) in 1990 as part time Senior Advisor for Biomedical Engineering. He received his M. Phil. (mathematics and physics) in 1954 from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, and M.Sc. (electrical engineering) from Budapest Technical University in 1962. He also received the Eur. Ing. From 1954 he was a high school teacher and in 1961 he joined the laboratory of electronic and nuclear measurements of the National Office of Measures. From 1964 to 1991 (when he retired) he was in the Hungarian company Medicor, the largest medical equipment company in Central Europe. He was head of the product development and design laboratory. He also worked for several years in South America as a company representative. From 1977 until 1993 he worked in several developing countries as a UN as well as independent expert in the field of health-related technical activities. He has also worked as an expert for project evaluations in the EU. He is a past Vice President of International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (1988 - 1991) and a Past President of the International Federation for Medical & Biological Engineering (1985 - 1988). He is Founding Fellow of the International Academy for Medical and Biological Engineering, and a Board Member of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering. He is a Past President of the Medical Engineering Section of the Scientific Society for Measurement, Automation and Informatics, the Hungarian affiliate organisation to IFMBE (1994 - 2003). His professional activity has been honoured by the Kolos Richard Award, Csáki Frigyes Memorial Medal and Dr. Katona Zoltán Medal. He is an Honorary Life Member of IFMBE, of the Biomedical Engineering Society of the Czech Purkinie Scientific Association, and of MEDING (Hungarian National Society of Medical Engineering). In the nineteen eighties he participated in the reorganisation of the Rotary movement in Hungary, and he is founding member and a Past President (1998-1999) of the Budapest Rotary Club.
Mr Nandor Richter
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