The University of Pécs conferred the degree of honorary doctor upon the internationally renowned professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Houston, dr. Metin Akay. His inauguration took place at the Ceremonial Senate Meeting on 9 March at the dr. Halasy-Nagy Lecture Hall. The prominent professor has been actively working in close cooperation with the University of Pécs since 2017. Through his numerous professional achievements in the field of biomedical engineering as well as his important contributions in the establishment of the biomedical engineering master programme and the 3D Printing and Visualization Centre at the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology and the Medical School of the University he has greatly benefited the University of Pécs as well as Hungarian science.
Prof. Metin Akay (University of Houston) has played a key role in promoting biomedical education in the world by writing and editing several books, prestigious journals, and giving more than hundred keynote, plenary and invited talks at international conferences, symposiums and workshops regarding emerging technologies in biomedical engineering. His Neural Engineering and Informatics Lab is interested in developing an intelligent wearable system for monitoring motor functions in Post-Stroke Hemiplegic Patients and detecting coronary artery disease. In addition, his lab is currently investigating the effect of nicotine on the dynamics of ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine neural networks as well as the detection of coronary occlusions.
