Floyd Dunn is an electrical engineer who made contributions to all aspects of the interaction of ultrasound

Ultrasound

Ultrasound is cyclic sound pressure with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing. Ultrasound is thus not separated from "normal" sound based on differences in physical properties, only the fact that humans cannot hear it. Although this limit varies from person to person, it is...

 and biological media.

Biography

He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in 1949, 1951, and 1956, respectively, from the University of Illinois, Urbana

Urbana, Illinois

Urbana is the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,250. Urbana is the tenth-most populous city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area....

, all in Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...

. Dunn joined the faculty of the University of Illinois in 1955, became Professor in 1965, and retired in 1995. He was Director of the Bioacoustics Research laboratory from 1977 to 1995, and Chairman of the Bioengineering Faculty 1978 to 1982.

Awards and honors

• Fellow
  IEEE Fellow
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  , IEEE,
• Fellow, Acoustical Society of America
  Acoustical Society of America
  The Acoustical Society of America is an international scientific society dedicated to increasing and diffusing the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications.-History:...
  
   (ASA),
• Fellow, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
  American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
  The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine is a multidisciplinary association dedicated to advancing the use of ultrasound in medicine through professional and public education, research, development of guidelines, and accreditation....
  
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• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  American Association for the Advancement of Science
  The American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the...
  
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• Fellow, Institute of Acoustics
  Institute of Acoustics
  The Institute of Acoustics is a British professional engineering institution founded in 1974. It is licensed by the Engineering Council UK to assess candidates for inclusion on ECUK's Register of professional Engineers. The Institute's address is 77A St Peters Street, St Albans, Herts, AL1 3BN,...
  
   (LTK),
• Fellow, American Institute of Engineering in Medicine and Biology.
• Member, National Academy of Sciences
  United States National Academy of Sciences
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• Member, National Academy of Engineering
  National Academy of Engineering
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• Member, Biophysical Society
  Biophysical Society
  The Biophysical Society is an organization consisting of over 9,000 researchers in academia, government, and industry. Based in the USA, its international membership has grown to about 1/3 of the total. Founded in 1957 by Ernest C...
  
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• William J. Fry Memorial Award (1984);
• Joseph H. Holmes Basic Science Pioneer Award of the AIUM (1990);
• AIUM/WFUMB History of Medical Ultrasound Pioneer Award (1988);
• University of Illinois Senior Scholar Award;
• Medal of Special Merit of the Acoustical Society of Japan (1988);
• Silver Medal in Bioresponse to Vibration of the Acoustical Society of America (1989);
• Career Achievement Award of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (1995);
• 1996 IEEE Edison Medal For creative contributions to the fundamental knowledge of ultrasonic propagation in and interactions with biological media.