Khosrow Behbehani, chair of the Department of Biogengineering, has been named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Dr. Behbehani, also a bioengineering professor, was honored for his contributions to the development of respiratory therapy devices in chronic pulmonary diseases. He becomes the seventh UT Arlington faculty member to be elevated to IEEE fellow.
The majority of Behbehani’s work has focused on inventing devices and methods for diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea. In the 1990s, he and his team developed a device for treating sleep apnea patients, which was commercialized and used for treatment on several hundred people. Behbehani and his colleagues hold nine U.S. patents on devices and methods related to sleep apnea diagnosis and treatment.
“Behbehani’s work on sleep apnea is so important because the malady affects so many people in various ways,” says Jean-Pierre Bardet, dean of the College of Engineering. “And Behbehani’s sleep apnea research could lead to all kinds of different applications from here. What’s important is that better detection can lead to early and effective treatment.”
Read more about Behbehani and the IEEE.