Sean J. Kirkpatrick

Hello, I am Sean J. Kirkpatrick, Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering

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Sean J. Kirkpatrick is currently a tenured, full professor and department chair of Biomedical Engineering at Michigan Technological University.  Sean Kirkpatrick's primary area of research is biomedical optics, specializing in the biophysical applications of light scattering for assessing the mechanical, structural and biochemical nature of biological tissues and fluids, and synthetic biomaterials. Of particular interest to him is the theory and application of the laser speckle phenomenon, as well as other aspects of coherent imaging. Other research interests include optical nondestructive evaluation of materials and structures. He is the author of over eighty professional publications and book chapters and has edited several books and other professional volumes. He regularly serves as a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and other agencies, as well as for numerous professional journals. He is a Fellow of SPIE, the Optical Engineering Society, and the AIMBE, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering.  He has served as the conference chair for the Conference on Optics in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine as part of the yearly SPIE International Symposium on Biomedical Optics. He is also active in the Biomedical Engineering Council of Chairs. Prior to joining Michigan Tech, Sean Kirkpatrick was as associate professor of biomedical engineering at the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. Kirkpatrick received his bachelor's degree from Gannon University and his PhD from the University of Miami. He was a postdoctoral fellow at The Johns Hopkins University.

Associate Professor at Oregon Health & Science University

2003 - January 2010

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Senior Research Scientist at Oregon Medical Laser Center

2001 - 2003

Mechanical characterization of biological tissue products Optics-based medical device development

Assistant/Associate Professor at Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology

1998 - 2003

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Assistant Professor at Oregon Health & Science University

1996 - 2001

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOMATERIALS & BIOMECHANICS

Assistant Professor at University of Nebraska Medical Center

1994 - 1996

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ORAL BIOLOGY FACULTY ASSOCIATE, CENTER FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH & ANALYSIS (UNIV. NEBRASKA)

Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering at Michigan Technological University

March 2010

PROFESSOR OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Biomedical Engineering Research Research in Physical Optics Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching Strategic and tactical planning Administration

Industrial Consultant at Private Industrial Consulting

2003

Engineering (optical) consultant to biomedical firms

The Johns Hopkins University

1992 – 1994

Post-Doc

University of Miami

1986 – 1992

Ph.D.

Concentration: Biomechanics; Mechanics of materials

Gannon University

1982 – 1986

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Optics, Coherent Optics, Fourier and Statistical Optics, Medical Devices, Optical Metrology, Academic Administration, Higher Education