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Kenneth E. Perry, Ph.D., President


Dr. Perry's technical specialty is mechanics of materials. His multi-disciplinary approach to innovation and product development combines experiment, computation and rapid prototyping. He has worked with many medical companies to create new technologies and innovative products. Dr. Perry participates on the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) F04 committee for Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices as well as being a member of the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), the International Organization of Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies (SMST), the American Scoiety of Metals (ASM) and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI).
 
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Paul E. Labossiere, Ph.D., Director

Dr. Paul Labossiere's expertise is advanced finite element analysis. Paul is an active member of the Society for Experimental Mechanics’ technical division for Fracture and Fatigue and has published over 30 papers in Journals and Conference proceedings. Prior to joining Echobio, he was a member of the faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington where he taught courses in Finite Element Analysis and Structural Mechanics and is the recipient of the 2001-2002 Mechanical Engineering Faculty of the Year Award for his commitment and excellence in teaching young engineers.

 



Barry H. Rabin, Ph.D., Director


Barry is a former national laboratory research scientist-turned entrepreneur. From 1987 to 1997 he was a Principal Investigator at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, becoming an internationally recognized expert in processing-structure-property relationships of advanced materials, including intermetallic compounds, ceramics and graded structures. He has successfully developed and commercialized new products, and has international experience in Japan, Asia and Europe. He received his B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from Michigan Technological Institute in 1982 and his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1986. He has over 80 technical publications, one book, 5 issued patents, and several pending patent applications to his credit.