Jesse D. Hellums, P.E.

Honorary and Professional Societies:

• American Association for the Advancement to Science
• American Association of University Professors
• American Chemical Society
• The American Heart Association Council on Thrombosis
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• The American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
• American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
• American Society for Engineering Education
• The Biomedical Engineering Society
• The European Society on the Microcirculation
• International Society for Oxygen Transport to Tissue
• The Microcirculatory Society
• National Academy of Engineering
• North American Society of Biorheology
• Omega Chi Epsilon
• Phi Lambda Upsilon
• Sigma Xi

Honors:

• Designated as Foyt Family Professor in 1985, and A. J. Hartsook Professor in 1989.
• National Institutes of Health Research Merit Award for the period 1986-1997
• Designated as "Superior Faculty Associate" by Wiess College.
• Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
• Senior Member of the Biomedical Engineering Society
• Biomedical Engineering Society Research Award: The Whitaker Foundation Distinguished Lectureship for 1993.
• Designated as Eminent Scientist by The Institute for Physical and Chemical Research, Japan
• Member, National Academy of Engineering :

Current Research Activities:

1. With Dr. T.W. Chow, Research Scientist, "Mechanisms of Platelet Activation and Aggregation."
2. With Dr. G. B. Chapman, Research Associate, "Effects of Cyclic Strain on Vascular Cells"
3. With Dr. Masaki Kawamura, Research Associate, "Studies on Mechanisms of Thrombotic Problems Associated with Artificial Organs"

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