BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Miguel Perez has been appointed head of the department of biomedical engineering and mechanics at Virginia Tech.

Perez, who has 20 years of research experience in transportation safety and a focus on furthering the impact of biomedical engineering, will take over a role held since September 2023 by University Distinguished Professor Stefan Duma.

Perez has been associated with nearly $80 million in research funding related to surface transportation safety.

He earned his Ph.D. in 2005 and master’s degree in 1999, both in industrial and systems engineering from Tech, and his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Puerto Rico.

EDUCATION

Lance Collins , who led Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus initiative in Alexandria, has been named v

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