WASHINGTON (5 September 2018) – Today, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation voted unanimously to approve Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier as the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). IEEE-USA urges the full Senate to approve Dr. Droegemeier’s nomination in a vote as soon as possible. Dr. Droegemeier is eminently […]
IEEE-USA Endorses Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier for Director of OSTP
IEEE Historical Milestone Honors First MRI Image, Lauterbur Legacy at Stony Brook
STONY BROOK, NY, September 5, 2018 – A historic achievement in medical technology happened here 45 years ago. Researchers at Stony Brook University, led by chemistry professor Dr. Paul Lauterbur, produced the first two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance image (MRI) in 1973. This ignited a multi-billion-dollar medical industry and paved the way for the usage of MRI […]