Professor elected fellow of engineering institute
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Ben Hillberry, who has been at the university since 1967, will be inducted as a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering on March 2 during the institute's annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Hillberry was nominated and elected by the organization's college of fellows for outstanding achievements in medical and biological engineering. He will be one of 98 new members.
"My peers are the ones recognizing me, so that makes this award very meaningful to me," Hillberry said. "It's a real honor to be acknowledged for what I've been doing for so long."
Hillberry studies two primary areas: the fatigue and fracture of materials and biomechanics.
He has been involved in research in bone and joint wear, such as the mechanical factors contributing to the development of arthritis, the biomechanics of bone and repetitive strain injury. He also has researched issues related to artificial joints.
He recently worked with Purdue's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering to develop specialized hydraulic machines and software to help in the creation of better and longer lasting implants for people suffering from spinal injuries, disease and age-related joint and bone wear.
Hillberry is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering and the American Society for Testing and Materials. He also has authored journal articles and has been involved in several projects that have received patents.
Hillberry, who will retire from the university this year, received his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University in 1961, 1964 and 1967, respectively.
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering was founded in 1991. Several Nobel Prize winners have been fellows of the institute, as have heads of engineering and medical schools at major universities. The institute has fellows in every U.S. state and in several nations around the world.
The institute represents more than 75,000 bioengineers and works with a wide variety of medical and biological scientists and practitioners, scientific and engineering societies, academic departments and industries.
Writer: Kim Medaris, (765) 494-6998, kmedaris@purdue.edu
Source: Ben Hilberry, hillberr@purdue.edu
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