MSU’s Taebi named ASME Rising Star of Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Aspen Harris
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Amirtahà Taebi is a Rising Star of Mechanical Engineering, a distinction of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, for his contributions and achievements in the field.
ASME honored the first cohort of Rising Stars at its recent International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Portland, Oregon. The prestigious award recognizes early-career leaders who have made a significant impact on their field and have previously received federal research support. Taebi received a 2024 National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his pioneering work on a novel screening method for critical congenital heart diseases.
Since he was an undergraduate student at the Sharif University of Technology in Iran, Taebi has considered the ASME a leading professional society in mechanical engineering.
“After nearly 18 years, I am deeply honored that my contributions have been recognized by the ASME,” Taebi said. “I am incredibly grateful to my professors, mentors, students and family whose support has been invaluable throughout these years.”
With his revolutionary, award-winning research, Taebi aims to enhance the detection of critical congenital heart diseases in newborns, especially in Mississippi, which holds the highest rate of newborn mortality in the U.S. due to congenital defects. He hopes to overcome the challenges and limitations posed by the current clinical testing standard of pulse oximetry, which is less accurate for detecting congenital heart diseases in newborns with darker skin tones.
Before joining MSU in 2021, Taebi completed his postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of California, Davis. He received a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Central Florida, a master’s in biomedical engineering at Politecnico di Milano in Italy and a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from SUT.
Founded in 1880, ASME is a not-for-profit professional organization that brings together engineers from all disciplines to collaborate, share knowledge and develop skills while promoting the importance of engineers in society.
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