Background
Nerem, Robert Michael was born on July 20, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert and Borghild Guneva (Bakken) Nerem.
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Robert Michael Nerem
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Education
Bachelor of Science, U. Oklahoma, 1959; Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1964; D (honoris causa), U. Paris, 1990.
Career
Assistant professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1964-1968;
associate professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1968-1972;
professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1972-1979;
associate dean Graduate School, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1975-1979;
professor mechanic engineering, department chairman, U. Houston, 1979-1986;
Parker H. Petit professor, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, since 1987;
Institute professor, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, since 1991;
director Institute for Bioengring. and Bioscience, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, since 1995;
director Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, since 1998. Member Georgia Governor's Advisory Council on Science and Technology Development, Atlanta, 1992-1995. ALZA distinguished lecturer biomedical Engineering Society, 1991, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Thurston lecturer, 1994.
Director Georgia Institute Technology/Emory Center for Engineering of Living Tissues, National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Institute Medical and Biological Engineering (founding president 1992-1994), Institution of Mech. Engineers (honorary, United Kingdom), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Academy of Engineering, American Academy Arts and Sciences, biomedical Engineering Society, Institute Medicine, International Union for Physicians and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (president 1991-1994), International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (president 1988-1991), United States National Committee on Biomechanics (1988-1991 chairman), Polish Academy Sciences M C.
Connections
Married Jill Ann Thomson, December 21, 1958 (divorced 1977). Children: Robert Steven, Nancy Ann Nerem Chambers. Married Marilyn Reed, October 7, 1978.
Stepchildren: Christina Lynn Maser, Carol Marie Maser.
