Biomedical Engineering Graduate Seminar: Orhan Soykan, Ph.D., Professor of Practice—Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University; Friday, October 24; 3:00 in U113 M&M;
Sponsored by: Department of Biomedical Engineering
Title: R&D in the Medical Device Industry
A significant percentage of engineers with M.S. and Ph.D. degrees work in the medical device industry. In addition to conducting research, they also participate in the product development, technology assessment, due diligence, market research, clinical trials, preclinical studies as well as regulatory and quality assurance tasks. During the last ten years, the medical device sector followed the general industrial trends in the Unit-ed States and began to outsource a good portion of internal work to subcontractors, both at domestic and overseas locations. In this presentation, a general overview of both the large and the small medical device companies as well as the work environment of the technical staff working in this sector will be presented.
Attendees are urged to bring their questions for an interactive discussion that is planned for the last 15 minute of the seminar.
Orhan Soykan obtained his Ph.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1990. O. Soykan’s career took him to engineering, academic, applied research, and business and product development positions at diverse or-ganizations such as the Military Electronics Industries (ASELSAN), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Medtronic, Inc. (serving in Minneapolis and in Tokyo). He has 22 issued U.S. patents and 48 pending U.S. patent ap-plications. In January 2013, Twin Cities Business Magazine listed him as one of the “Top 500 Inventors in Minnesota.”