【時報訊】聖路易華盛頓大學11月7日，在聖路易城區Hyatt Regency Hotel舉行校友大會，慶祝建校及紀念創校元老，校友大會中重要節目為頒發華大傑出教授獎、傑出校友獎及Brookings獎，並邀得著名歷史學家David McCullough作專題演講，今年四位華大傑出教授得獎人之一為華大生物醫學工程系系主任華裔殷起彭教授，表彰他對學校發展之貢獻和對學生成長之教育成就。
殷起彭教授中國大陸出生，獲有麻省理工學院(MIT)航空工程學士、碩士學位，然後在聖地牙哥加州大學獲得生物工程博士學位和醫學學位。他的研究範圍涵蓋生物細胞組織力學，應用結構分析、血管心臟肌肉連結組織和細胞等。
在約翰•霍普金斯金大學(John Hopkins University)生物醫學工程及醫學院執教19年後，1997年殷起彭教授應聘來到聖路易華盛頓大學，創建華大生物醫學工程系及生物工程醫學研究所。
經由殷起彭教授之戮力領導，這個新成立的部門於1999年獲得Whitaker基金會一千五百萬元之經費，興建教學大樓及擴充師資、設備。華大生物工程醫學系所持續多元成長，目前有超過16位師資，其中14位由殷起彭教授親自聘請，研究生100位及超過300位本科生，緊鄰Whitaker大樓之新棟教學大樓即將在明年(2010)夏天完工，為該系所提供更大的成長空間。
在短短12年間，殷起彭教授主持之華大生物醫學工程系,在2009年美國新聞及世界報導中排名全美第十名。該系所獲得之研究經費佔華大工學院所有經費近40%，學術和研究成績相當可觀。
殷起彭教授在專業領域中受到極大肯定，他是美國醫學生物工程學會發起人之一，美國醫學工程學會研究員，國家生物科技顧問委員會委員並曾任美國生物醫學工程學會會長，現為美國醫學工程學會生物醫學工程學報總編輯。
殷起彭教授和夫人陳綠綺女士育有二子，Gregory, Jeffrey並有二位孫兒Alyssa及Samuel
Professor Frank Yin honored with Founders Day Distinguished Faculty Award
Washington University's Alumni Association commemorated the institution's founding at the annual Founders Day celebration Nov. 7 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel-St. Louis Riverfront.
A hallmark of the event is the presentation of Distinguished Faculty Awards, Distinguished Alumni Awards and the Robert S. Brookings Awards. David McCullough, the acclaimed historian and award-winning author, delivered the keynote address.
Distinguished Faculty Award: Frank Yin
The Distinguished Faculty Awards will be presented to four outstanding faculty members who have demonstrated a strong commitment to the intellectual and personal growth of their students.
A native of China, Yin came to the United States to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in aeronautical engineering.
He then went to the University of California, San Diego, where he earned a doctorate in bioengineering as well as a medical degree. Yin's research spans the fields of biofluid and soft tissue mechanics, applying the concepts of structural analysis to blood vessels, heart muscle and valves, and cells.
After 19 years on the biomedical engineering and medical faculties at Johns Hopkins University, Yin was recruited in 1997 to head WUSTL's department of biomedical engineering and direct the Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering.
Under his leadership, the fledgling department was awarded $15 million from the Uncas A. Whitaker Foundation to construct a new building and hire new faculty.
Today, the department continues to show dynamic growth, with more than 16 faculty, 100 graduate students and more than 300 undergraduates in teaching and research. The new Stephen F. and Camilla T. Brauer Hall, when completed next year, will adjoin Whitaker Hall on campus and provide room for growth.
Yin's achievements have been recognized by many professional organizations. He is a founding fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering; a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); a member of the National Advisory Council of the National Institute of Biological Imaging and Bioengineering; and a past president of the Biomedical Engineering Society.
Yin is sought after by numerous academic and industrial advisory boards. He currently is editor-in-chief of the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.
Yin and his wife, Grace, have two sons, Gregory and Jeffrey, and two grandchildren, Alyssa and Samuel.
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