Contact: Robbie Ward
STARKVILLE, Miss.--Mississippi State's associate provost is being included in the inaugural class of Fellows of the Institute of Biological Engineering.
Jerry Gilbert will be honored during the IBE's March 8 meeting in Chapel Hill, N.C. A 19-year faculty member at the university, he also is associate vice president for academic affairs.
Gilbert was a charter member when the IBE formed in 1995. A Jackson native and Jackson Preparatory School graduate, he and the other 2008 Fellow-designates will be recognized for their many professional contributions to the field.
Gilbert holds a 1977 bachelor's degree in biological engineering from MSU and a 1982 doctorate in biomedical engineering from Duke University. Before returning to MSU, he served on the faculties at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina.
His research has focused primarily in the areas of bone modeling, orthopedic biomechanics, osteoporosis modeling, and biocompatibility of biomaterials. His work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation.
As a charter member and past IBE president, Gilbert has been active in charting the organization's development, including the expansion of its scope and mission. He was instrumental in the creation of a national bioethics essay competition sponsored by the interdisciplinary body whose membership represents many traditional engineering fields.
"This is a great honor, and I am particularly proud to be recognized by such a progressive society," Gilbert said. "IBE has been an ideal professional choice for the students in biological and biomedical engineering at MSU because it spans the whole spectrum of biological engineering."
IBE recently launched the Journal of Biological Engineering, an online, peer-reviewed publication.
NEWS EDITORS/DIRECTORS: For more information, contact Dr. Gilbert at 662-325-3742 or jgilbert@provost.msstate.edu.
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