INVENTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

Dr. James Antaki is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He developed the Inventive Problem Solving in Biomedical Engineering course since Fall 2014 and has been teaching it every year ever since. (Knock wood.) Please check below for contact information. James F. Antaki, PhD is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, with adjunct appointments in the departments of Surgery and Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Prof. Antaki's research in the field of mechanical circulatory support over the past 30 years has contributed to the development of several heart-assist devices used clinically, including the Heartmate-II, Novacor, Ventrassist, TandemHeart, and Levacor. In 1997, his team completed the development of the world's first magnetically- levitated axial flow blood pump, the Streamliner. Prof. Antaki holds over 20 patents and has over 200 archival publications. His current research involves the development of circulatory support systems for children, modeling and simulation of thrombosis in artificial organs, decision support tools for end-stage heart failure, physiological-control algorithms for optimizing cardiac recovery, a blood purification system for treating malaria, a point of care assay for chronic heart failure, and a system for aqueous immersion surgery. He is also developing methods to heighten the involvement of physicians in process of innovation and design of new medical devices. He has been teaching the Inventive Problem Solving in Biomedical Engineering course at Carnegie Mellon University since the Fall of 2014.

Job Titles:

• Department of Biomedical Engineering