Professor David A. Steinman (MIE/IBBME) has been elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Fellowship is the highest elected grade of membership within ASME, the attainment of which recognizes exceptional engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession.

Professor Steinman’s research focuses on the integration of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and medical imaging to improve the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of vascular diseases.

Professor Steinman has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers, and served two terms as Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. He currently holds a Career Investigator Award from the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada.

“The Department is delighted that Professor David Steinman has been recognized by his colleagues of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering,” said Professor Jean Zu, Chair of the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering. “Professor Steinman is at the forefront of biomedical engineering research, and I congratulate him on this tremendous honour.”

Professor Steinman will receive his award at the Society’s Summer Bioengineering Conference (SBC) June 20 to 23 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. He is the Technical Program Chair of SBC 2012.