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About Sheldon Weinbaum
- Sheldon Weinbaum: (born July 26, 1937, Brooklyn, New York, United States) is an American biomedical engineer and biofluid mechanician.
- He is a CUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering at The City College of New York.
- He is one of nineteen living individuals (edited 9/21/15) who is a member of all three U.S.
- national academies (National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine) and also the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- He was the founding director (1994–1999) of the New York Center for Biomedical Engineering, a regional research consortium involving the BME program at The City College and eight of the premier health care institutions in New York City.
- He has been a lifelong advocate for women and minorities in science and engineering.
- He was the lead plaintiff and organizer of a class-action lawsuit (Weinbaum vs.
- Cuomo) charging New York State officials with racially discriminatory funding of its two university systems, CUNY and SUNY, the first CUNY faculty recipient of the Public Service Award of the Fund for the City of New York, and the Inaugural Recipient of the “Diversity Award” of the Biomedical Engineering Society (2009).
- He is currently chair of the Selection Committee that chooses the annual Sloan Awardees for the outstanding math and science teachers in the New York City public high schools.
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