{"id":1041,"date":"2025-11-22T18:44:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T16:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/?p=1041"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T11:49:08","slug":"sbme-hosts-professor-t-douglas-mast-for-an-invited-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/en\/blog\/2025\/11\/22\/sbme-hosts-professor-t-douglas-mast-for-an-invited-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"SBME hosts Professor T. Douglas Mast for an invited talk!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;margin-bottom: 20px\">\n<p><!-- Title --><br \/>\n<!-- Image 1 --><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/sbe2\/2025\/prof-mast-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%;margin-bottom: 20px;border: 4px solid #d99f53\" src=\"https:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/sbe2\/2025\/prof-mast-1.jpg\" alt=\"Guest Lecture - Image 1\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- Image 2 --><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/sbe2\/2025\/prof-mast-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%;border: 4px solid #d99f53\" src=\"https:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/sbe2\/2025\/prof-mast-2.jpg\" alt=\"Guest Lecture - Image 2\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Announcement + Event merged --><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Department of Systems and Biomedical Engineering (SBME)<\/strong> at Cairo University was honored to host a special guest lecture by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/t-douglas-mast-1997884a\/\"><strong>Professor T. Douglas Mast<\/strong><\/a>, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the <strong>University of Cincinnati<\/strong>, Ohio, USA.<\/p>\n<p>The lecture, titled <strong style=\"color: #1b2656\">\u201cGuiding Tumor Ablation Using Ultrasound Echo Decorrelation Imaging in the US and Egypt\u201d<\/strong>, was held on <strong>Monday, November 3rd<\/strong> at <strong>2:00 PM<\/strong> in the SBME Department.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Mast is a distinguished researcher known for his contributions to biomedical acoustics, particularly in:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"line-height: 1.7;color: #1b2656;margin-top: 6px;margin-bottom: 20px;padding-left: 20px\">\n<li>Real-time ultrasound monitoring and control for cancer therapy<\/li>\n<li>Ultrasound biofeedback for speech and swallowing disorders<\/li>\n<li>Characterization of muscle dysfunction in myofascial pain syndrome<\/li>\n<li>Acoustic cavitation and ultrasound-mediated therapies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>His work bridges engineering and medicine, collaborating with experts in radiology, surgery, cardiology, osteopathic medicine, and speech-language pathology to advance translational biomedical research.<\/p>\n<p>The lecture was attended by a large audience of students, faculty members, and researchers who actively engaged in insightful discussions following the session. The talk offered valuable perspectives on how<br \/>\n<strong>ultrasound imaging technologies<\/strong> can be used to guide tumor ablation and support biomedical innovation.<\/p>\n<p>The department was also pleased to welcome several distinguished guests, including:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"line-height: 1.7;color: #1b2656;margin-top: 6px;margin-bottom: 20px;padding-left: 20px\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mohamed-abbass-b1279073\/\"><strong>Dr. Mohamed A. Abbass<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 Head, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Military Technical College<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ahmed-el-bialy-09a875156\/\"><strong>Dr. Ahmed El-Bialy<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 Head, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Al Shorouk University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/abdel-monem-el-sharkawy-phd-256b84a\/\"><strong>Dr. AbdEl-Monem El-Sharkawy<\/strong><\/a>, PhD \u2014 Head of NAID<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/manal-abdel-wahed-a24923317\/\"><strong>Dr. Manal Abdel Wahed<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 Former Head, Systems &amp; Biomedical Engineering Dept., Cairo University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event was hosted under the leadership of <strong>Dr. Ahmed M. Ehab Mahmoud<\/strong>, Head of the Department of Systems and Biomedical Engineering, Cairo University.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Systems and Biomedical Engineering (SBME) at Cairo University was honored to host a special guest lecture by Professor T. Douglas Mast, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The lecture, titled \u201cGuiding Tumor Ablation Using Ultrasound Echo Decorrelation Imaging in the US and Egypt\u201d, was held on Monday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,50,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facultynews","category-featured","category-generalnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1041"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1068,"href":"https:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041\/revisions\/1068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}