Dr. Zhongjun "Jon" Wu arrived at the University of Pittsburgh in 1996 as a Research Staff, Laboratory Project Coordinator within the Department of Surgery. He received his MSE from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1989 and BSE from Tsinghua University in 1986, and holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Miami (1996). Currently, Dr. Wu holds the position of Research Assistant Professor of Surgery at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine and is actively involved in research efforts concerning cardiovascular fluid dynamics, flow imaging, artificial organs, biomedical instrumentation and applied optics.
Prior to joining the university faculty, Dr. Wu held several positions around the world. From 1986-1989, he was a graduate student researcher at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics in Shanghai, P.R. China. He then held the position of Research Engineer at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics from 1989-1992. Upon immigration to the United States, Dr. Wu was served as a graduate student researcher from 1992-1996 within the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Miami, in Coral Gables, FL. Shortly Dr. Wu was than appointed as a Research Associate within Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Miami in 1996, and relocated to Pittsburgh shortly afterward.
Dr. Wu is actively involved in several professional societies, including the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO), International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). For his research efforts, such societies have recognized Dr. Wu with the 1991 Scientific and Technological Progress Award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1994 Travel Fellowship Award from the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, and most recently, the 1996 Award of Academic Merit from the University of Miami.
The research projects in his laboratory has been featured in several publications, and involves experimental fluid dynamics research aimed at development of artificial heart valves, continuous flow blood pumps, artificial hearts and artificial lungs as well as basic sciences related to the phenomena of blood flow and trauma. Researchers are expanding our fluid dynamics research efforts to more broad applications including multi-scale and multi-phase flow phenomena in engineering and biology. Additional plans are also in motion for extending research to design and development of electromechanical systems for biomedical applications, including microscale systems (MEMS).
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. Jon WuPhone: (412) 383-9901
Email: wuj@upmc.edu