Professor in chemical engineering inducted into American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows
Published: Mar 29, 2024 12:30 PM
By Joe McAdory
Elizabeth Lipke, the George E. and Dorothy Stafford Uthlaut Endowed Professor of Chemical Engineering, was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows at a formal induction ceremony on March 25 in Arlington, Virginia.
Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers, comprised of the top two percent of engineers in these fields. College of Fellows membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering and medicine research, practice, or education and to the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of medical and biological engineering or developing/implementing innovative approaches to bioengineering education.
AIMBE peers and members recognized Lipke “for comprehensive, compelling efforts spanning discovery through translation in both cardiac and cancer research,” according to the organization.
Lipke, a well-recognized bioengineering scholar who leads collaborative multi-institutional teams on separate National Science Foundation and National Institute of Health-funded studies to improve heart cell production and link obesity and colorectal cancer, has more than 40 publications in leading journals and has been cited nearly more than 2,000 times. She also holds several patents in biomaterial-supported cardiac differentiation and cell capture and encapsulation technologies.
“It is a tremendous honor to be elected to AIMBE and I am excited to be a part of the ongoing work of the institute to provide leadership and advocacy in medical and biological engineering for the benefit of society, especially as it relates to serving the population of our state,” Lipke said.
Selen Cremaschi, Department of Chemical Engineering Chair, praised Lipke for her continued contributions to research that positively impact the medical community and mankind.
“Dr. Lipke’s innovative research in cardiac regeneration, tissue engineering, and engineered 3D cancer models have an opportunity to positively impact the medical community and change lives for the better,” said Selen Cremaschi, Department of Chemical Engineering Chair. “Her induction into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Fellows is a strong recognition of her work and is a validation of Dr. Lipke as one of the top biomedical engineers in the world.”
While most AIMBE Fellows hail from the U.S., the College of Fellows has inducted members representing more than 30 countries. AIMBE Fellows are employed in academia, industry, clinical practice, and government. AIMBE Fellows are among the most distinguished medical and biological engineers including three Nobel Prize laureates and 22 Presidential Medal of Science and/or Technology and Innovation awardees.
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Elizabeth Lipke, the George E. and Dorothy Stafford Uthlaut Endowed Professor of Chemical Engineering (center), with Mike King (left), Chair of the AIMBE College of Fellows, and Joyce Wong, AIMBE President.
