Dr. C Dewey

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Biography

C. Forbes Dewey is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research focuses on probing the effects of mechanical forces on living cells, utilizing computational models in molecular biology with a particular interest in cardiac cells. He has made significant contributions in the fields of super-resolution optical microscopy, cellular metabolism, systems biology, and medical imaging. Dewey obtained his Bachelor of Engineering from Yale University in 1956, followed by a Master of Science from Stanford University in 1957, and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1963. Over the years, he has held various academic and industry positions, including assistant professor at the University of Colorado and biomedical engineer at Massachusetts General Hospital. Notable honors include being a Douglas Fellow at Stanford, a National Science Foundation Fellow at Caltech, and receiving multiple awards for his contributions to medical technology.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

— Present

Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA

Taught and conducted research in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Awards

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Douglas Fellow

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National Science Foundation Fellow

Patents

Tunable Laser

U.S. Patent 3,697,889 1972-10-10

Light-Pumped Laser

U.S. Patent 3,710,277 1973-01-09

Laser System Producing Wave-length-Tunable Radiation

U.S. Patent 3,731,110 1973-01-01

Multiple-Path Spectrometer System

U.S. Patent 3,853,407 1974-12-10

Resonant Opto-Acoustic Detection System

U.S. Patent 3,938,365 1976-02-17

Method Measuring Heating Value Natural Gas

U.S. Patent 3,950,101 1976-04-13

NonLinear Amplifying

U.S. Patent 3,988,593 1976-10-26

Opto-Acoustic Spectroscopy Employing Amplitude Wavelength Modulation

U.S. Patent 4,051,371 1977-09-27

Vortex-Shedding Flow-meter Bluff Bodies

U.S. Patent 4,350,047 1982-09-21

Nanocrystal-based 3-Dimensional Tracking Method 3 nm Spatial Resolution

U.S. Patent 8,947,516