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Entries Tagged as 'BioEngineering and Biomedical Engineering'

Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: First woman elected to National Academy of Science

April 25th, 2010 · Add a Comment

Today in History – April 25, 1925 – Florence Rena Sabin is the first woman elected to National Academy of Science. Dr. Florence Rena Sabin, Professor of Histology in the Johns Hopkins Medical School was also the first woman to be a full professor in that institution and also the first woman to be President [...]

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Tags: BioEngineering and Biomedical Engineering · Biological Systems and Agricultural Engineering · Gender Equity · General Engineering, Engineering Science

Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Zoetrope is patented

April 23rd, 2010 · Add a Comment

Today in History – April 23, 1867 – Zoetrope is patented. Before we had movies, there were a number of devices that took advantage of the “persistence of vision” in using flashing still images to simulate moving images. The zoetrope did this by putting the images on a strip of paperĀ  inside a cylinder with [...]

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Tags: BioEngineering and Biomedical Engineering · Engineering Management · General Engineering, Engineering Science

Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: Ether first used as Anesthesia

March 30th, 2010 · Add a Comment

Today in History – March 30, 1842 – Dr. Crawford Long first uses ether as anesthesia to provide his patients with painless surgery. Diethyl ether (C2H5-O-C2H5), also known as ethyl ether or simply ether, is a clear, highly flammable liquid with a sweet, pungent odor. It vaporizes easily, boiling at a temperature slightly above normal [...]

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Tags: BioEngineering and Biomedical Engineering · Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular Engineering · General Engineering, Engineering Science

Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: First African American woman to receive an American medical degree

March 1st, 2010 · Add a Comment

Today in History- March 1, 1864- Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first African American woman to receive a medical degree and the only to receive a degree at the New England Female Medical College, which closed in 1873. Dr. Crumpler was born in Delaware to Absolum Davis and Matilda Webber in 1831. Interestingly enough, the [...]

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Tags: African American · BioEngineering and Biomedical Engineering · General Engineering, Engineering Science

Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: Johns Hopkins Engineering – Past, Present and Future

February 22nd, 2010 · Add a Comment

Today in History – February 22, 1876 – Johns Hopkins opens as first research university in America. At his inauguration, Johns Hopkins first president, Daniel Coit Gilman asked: What are we aiming at? The encouragement of research … and the advancement of individual scholars, who by their excellence will advance the sciences they pursue, and [...]

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Tags: BioEngineering and Biomedical Engineering · Engineering Management · General Engineering, Engineering Science

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