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Adam Maxwell Wins Student Paper Competition at IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium

Adam Maxwell, BME Ph.D. student working with Professor Zhen Xu, won the Student Paper Competition at IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Sep 20-23, Rome, Italy, for his paper entitled "The role of compressional pressure in formation of dense bubble clouds in histotripsy". IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium is a prestigious conference in the field of ultrasound research. The student paper competition starting 1991 is designed to encourage active student participation and reward outstanding work. Adam's paper challenged the widely believed concept that peak rarefactional pressure is the only important factor for cavitation bubble generation. His paper presents strong evidence that peak compressional pressure plays an important role in cavitating bubble cloud generateion. Acoustic cavitation refers to bubble activity induced by ultrasound and have implication in numerous clinical and industrial applications.

Posted on October 9, 2009, 1:51 pm