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Technology & Engineering

Sheldon Weinbaum

Who

Sheldon Weinbaum · Technology & Engineering

What

Bioengineer of cellular fluid mechanics; National Medal of Science (2023)

When

1937, Brooklyn, New York, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Sheldon Weinbaum is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Bioengineer of cellular fluid mechanics; National Medal of Science (2023)

How & why

Sheldon Weinbaum is an American biomedical engineer and biofluid mechanician at the City College of New York whose theoretical models advanced understanding of blood flow, bone biology and cell mechanics, contributing to cardiovascular research; he received the National Medal of Science in 2023 and belongs to all three U.S. national academies. He is the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants and appears on published listings of Jewish National Medal of Science recipients.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the US National Medal of Science

Contributions & Sources

Bioengineer of cellular fluid mechanics; National Medal of Science (2023)

2023

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the US National Medal of Science