Keaveny Research Group Honored for Work on Trabecular Bone
Professor Tony Keaveny and his research lab have been honored by The Computerworld Honors Program for their work on finite element modeling of trabecular bone. The group is one of six finalists in the Science category. Winners will be announced in June at a black-tie ceremony in Washington, DC.
Keaveny's Group has been nominated by Cray, Inc. for the project "The Microstructure of Bone and its Susceptibility to Fracture." The project is a supercomputer simulation of the microstructure of bones aids doctors in understanding and treating degenerative bone diseases, improving the quality of life particularly for senior citizens.
Below is information from Computerworld Honor Program's web page.
April 23, 2001
The category finalists for the 2001 Computerworld Honors 21st Century Achievement Awards were announced today. Fifty-three finalists from eight countries represent the most innovative and visionary applications of information technology from the 2001 Computerworld Honors Collection. Finalists were selected by a panel of distinguished judges on the basis of: Benefit to society; Importance of Information Technology; Originality; Success and Difficulty.Finalists in each of the ten categories will be honored on, Monday, June 4th at a black-tie gala at Washington, D.C.'s historic National Building Museum. This year, more than 800 industry leaders and professionals will attend the event, including past Award Recipients, Chairmen, Judges and Leadership Award Winners.
"These 53 finalists should be considered first among 310 equals," said Daniel Morrow, Executive Director of the Computerworld Honors Program, "They represent the very best of an extraordinary class of Laureates in the 2001 Collection."
This year's Collection includes innovative applications of technology from 34 states and 24 countries that have been archived in the Program's Collection on Information Technology. Case Studies from the 2001 Collection will be available at http://www.cwheroes.org, the official Internet Site of the Computerworld Honors Program, where the entire Collection is available to scholars, researchers and the general public worldwide.
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