University Provost and Chief Academic Officer, ad interim
Boston University, United States
Kenneth Lutchen was named University Provost and Chief Academic Officer ad interim of Boston University in July 2023 where he oversees the academic deans of BU’s 17 schools and colleges. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Lutchen was dean of BU’s College of Engineering from 2006-2023, where he oversaw dramatic gains in the college’s stature, including a rise from 54th to 36th in its national graduate ranking and an overall ranking of 16th among all private universities. Prior to being Dean, Dr. Lutchen was Chair of Biomedical Engineering helping to improve its ranking from 18th to 6th in the nation. As Dean, he oversaw the creation of a new Divisions in Materials Science and in Systems Engineering, the creation of a 20,000 sq. ft Engineering Product Innovation Center (EPIC) and 5000 sq. ft. and the Bioengineering Technology and Entrepreneurship Center (BTEC) both designed to instill interdisciplinary product design skills throughout engineering education in partnership with industry. Dr. Lutchen has advanced the concept of “Creating the Societal Engineer” as a foundational principle of engineering education to prepare students for life-long learning and impact. He has overseen innovations in engineering curricula, including advancing the ability to require engineers from all disciplines to learn basic data science and machine learning and the business aspects of product innovation. He has published op-ed pieces on engineering education and technology transfer in Harvard Business Review, Forbes magazine, and Business Insider.
Among the world’s leading scholars in the field of respiratory mechanics, Dr. Lutchen’s research is driven to uncover the mechanisms that cause lung disease and to advance novel methods for diagnosing disease and treatment efficacy. He has over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters with nearly 10,000 citations. Dr. Lutchen is past president of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and has served on the board of directors of the Biomedical Engineering Society and on the Advisory Committee to the Directorate for Engineering of The National Science Foundation. He is on the Board of Directors of The Wyss Institute for Bioinspired Engineering at Harvard and is an elected fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society. He has received many awards for his research and leadership, including the AIMBE Pierre Galletti Award, the institute’s highest honor.
Dr. Lutchen holds a PhD and MS in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University and a BS in engineering science from the University of Virginia.
An Analytic Approach to Mapping Regional Stiffness in Solid Samples
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