Distinguished Lecture Focuses on Bone

7/3/2012 By Kathryn L. Heine

Guest lecturer Professor Steven A. Goldstein receives a warm welcome from Mrs. Soo at the annual lecture named for her mother-in-law.About 150 faculty, students, alumni and other guests heard about the latest research on "the influence of mechanical and biologic stimuli on bone formation, repair and regeneration" during MechSE's annual Yunchuan Aisinjioro-Soo Distinguished Lecture held October 11 at the Materials Science and Engineering Building.

Written by By Kathryn L. Heine

Guest lecturer Professor Steven A. Goldstein receives a warm welcome from Mrs. Soo at the annual lecture named for her mother-in-law.
Guest lecturer Professor Steven A. Goldstein receives a warm welcome from Mrs. Soo at the annual lecture named for her mother-in-law.
Guest lecturer Professor Steven A. Goldstein receives a warm welcome from Mrs. Soo at the annual lecture named for her mother-in-law.
About 150 faculty, students, alumni and other guests heard about the latest research on "the influence of mechanical and biologic stimuli on bone formation, repair and regeneration" during MechSE's annual Yunchuan Aisinjioro-Soo Distinguished Lecture held October 11 at the Materials Science and Engineering Building.

The guest lecturer, Professor Steven A. Goldstein, Henry Ruppenthal Family Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering at the University of Michigan, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2005 for contributions to the understanding of bone micromechanical and remodeling behaviors and their translations into gene therapies and fracture fixations. He is the author of more than 150 peer-reviewed papers and a recipient of the Excellence in Orthopaedic Research Award from Kappa Delta, the Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award and H.R. Lissner Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Marshall Urist Award for Excellence in Tissue Regeneration Research from the Orthopaedic Research Society.

Mrs. S. L. Soo attended the lecture, which she and her late husband, Professor Soo established in memory of his mother, Yunchuan Aisinjioro-Soo, who was Princess of the last Royal Hous of China and an accomplished poet and artist. Throughout the turmoil of revolution and war, she steadfastly believed that the way for the family to serve people is through the education of its children.


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This story was published July 3, 2012.