Biomedical engineering chair named Ingram Professor
by Vivian Cooper-Capps
Dr. Thomas R. Harris, chair of the Department of Biomedical
Engineering, has been named the Orrin H. Ingram Distinguished
Professor of Engineering, Kenneth F. Galloway, dean of the School
of Engineering announced recently.
The professorship is funded by the Ingram family of Nashville
in honor of the memory of businessman, civic leader and philanthropist
Orrin Henry Ingram.
"Professor Harris was selected for this honor because of his
exemplary leadership and expertise in biomedical engineering education
and research," Galloway said.
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Scientists explain 'kink' in underwater hotspot
trail that created Hawaiian islands
by David F. Salisbury
"Scattered around the earth are approximately 40 specific fixed
areas of isolated volcanic activity known as hot spots. ... As
the crustal plate moves over a hot spot, successive ... eruptions
can produce a linear series of peaks or seamounts with the youngest
peak above the hot spot ..."
--Fundamentals of Oceanography
These days, nearly every introductory textbook in geology and
oceanography includes a discussion of hotspots -- hot plumes of
molten mantle material that sit beneath the rigid plates that
form the Earth's crust and periodically punch through them to
produce outbursts of volcanic activity. Iceland, Yellowstone,
the Hawaiian and Galapagos Islands were all created by hot spots.
Rasmussen to head Law School's academic affairs
by Susanne Loftis
Robert K. Rasmussen has been appointed associate dean for academic
affairs at the Law School.
Rasmussen, who joined the faculty in 1989 and is also a professor
of law at the school, follows Nancy King as associate dean. King,
also a professor of law, had served in this capacity since July
1999. King currently holds the FedEx Research Chair.
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