John Hossack's Brief Bio.

I grew up in a suburb of Glasgow - Scotland's largest city - and attended the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK, for both my Bachelors Degree and Ph.D. both in the Electrical and Electronic Engineering department. My Ph.D. supervisor was Gordon Hayward and my research focused on modeling composite piezoelectric transducers. Following my Ph.D. I  worked as a Post Doctoral Researcher at the E. L. Ginzton Laboratory of Stanford University, CA. My adviser at Stanford was Bertram A. Auld - renowned in the field of acoustic waves in solids. After Stanford, I worked at Acuson - a leading diagnostic ultrasound system manufacturer - in the transducer engineering department and later in the Acuson Research Laboratory. While at Acuson, I enjoyed the creative aspects of the work and the opportunity to explore new ideas. In 1999 I was promoted to Acuson Fellow for technical achievement. In 2000, after a difficult decision to leave a secure and interesting job, I joined the University of Virginia. I teach a Biomedical Instrumentation class  and share the teaching of an Ultrasound class. My research continues in the areas of my primary experience - high bandwidth transducers, beamforming and processing, and 3D imaging. I expect my future directions to lead into the fields of MEMS transducers and the use of ultrasound with targeted  microbubbles - an area of particular strength at the University of Virginia. I expect my students to benefit from my insight into both the industry perspective and the academic research perspective.