Arye Rosen

Arye Rosen is Academy Professor of Biomedical and Electrical Engineering in the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health

Systems at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA^[1] and associate vice president at Rowan University.

Education[]

Arye Rosen received the Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Howard University, Washington, DC (1963), while employed at the Embassy of Israel in the Office of the Scientific Counselor (1959-1963). He received the Master of Science degree in Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (1965), the M.Sc. degree in Physiology from Thomas Jefferson University (Medical School), Philadelphia, PA, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (1993).

Career[]

Dr. Rosen was employed at RCA/David Sarnoff Research Center/Sarnoff Corporation from 1967 to 2003, (rising to the highest technical rank of Distinguished Member, Technical Staff), where he was involved in research and development, microwave and millimeter wave/THz devices and circuits, microwave optical interaction and high power semiconductor lasers. He is a leading co-author of the first paper on the utilization of millimeter wave silicon (SI) technology entitled “Silicon as Millimeter Wave Monolithically Integrated Substrate – A New Look”, RCA review, December 1981, Volume 42, pages 633 - 660. This work initiated the interest of a group of German scientists, and the research on Silicon Germanium (SiGe) technology, which was led by Professor Peter Russer of Ferdinand-Braum Institute in Berlin (14, 15), who, in the book entitled “Electromagnetics and Network Theory and their Microwave Technology Applications“ (A Tribute to Peter Russer, 2011 ) Editors: Lindenmeir, Stefan; Weigel, Robert. In the chapter “Autobiography – The Impossible Takes Longer”, Dr. Russer  stated: “Arye Rosen, from the RCA David Sarfoff Research Center in Princeton, NJ, has been the first who has suggested the use of Silicon as a substrate for Millimeter Wave Monolithically Integrated Circuit (313, 314). Referring to the work of Arye Rosen, Eric Kasper proposed to me to work together in this area. In 1984, together with Josef Buchler, I started to work on this project.”

At RCA/DSRC, Dr. Rosen received the following awards:

1972 - RCA Laboratories Outstanding Achievement Award for Contribution to a Team Effort in the Development of S-Band Trapatt Amplifiers.

1982 - RCA Laboratories Outstanding Achievement Award for the Development of High Performance Silicon PIN Diodes for Application to Communication Systems.

In the late 1980s Arye Rosen and his team worked on Low Loss High Power Switching at HF (2-30 MHz), something that drew the attention of Dr.Ulrich Rohde, who at the time was VP/Director at the RCA Camden, New Jersey complex and supported the PIN diodes switch development specifically for use  in solid state antenna couplers.

1989 - David Sarnoff Research Center Technical Achievement Award for Conceptional Implementation of High Power Optically Activated Semiconductor Switching Technology Operating

in the Frequency Range from DC to GHz.

1990 - David Sarnoff Research Center Technical Achievement Award for Conceiving and Proposing an Optically Controlled, Surface Emitting, Millimeter Wave Steerable Source.

1997 - Sarnoff Corporation Achievement Award for the Creation of the First Microminiature Electromechanical (MEM) Switches that can be used at Millimeter Wave Frequencies.

In parallel to his work at RCA Laboratories, and on his own, he was also engaged in medical research on the utilization of energies for applications in therapeutic medicine. From the early 1970s until 2014, Dr. Rosen was involved in research of the utilization of ultrasound imaging for the detection and diagnosis of heart dysfunction (echocardiography), the utilization of RF/microwave in cardiac ablation and cardiac angioplasty,  the use of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), Lasers for functional near infrared (FNIR) Spectroscopy, the utilization of Blue LEDs for the therapy of jaundice in the newborn, Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) and Thermal PDT utilizing microwave heating for cancer treatment.

In the early 1980s, while he worked at the RCA Laboratories, Arye Rosen established an association with Drexel University. In collaboration with Professor Peter Herczfeld , he worked on projects supported by the US Department of Energy. This collaboration led to his appointment at Drexel University as an Adjunct Professor. At Drexel, the two ran a successful seminar series, and were able to invite leading researchers in the fields of microwaves, optics and medicine. In the mid 1980s, it was suggested by Professor Herczfeld, who always had interest in pursuing his own research towards medical applications, that Arye Rosen pursue his education towards receiving a  Ph.D, degree by concentrating his research in the area of microwaves in cardiology. Arye Rosen's  association with both Drexel University and Jefferson Medical School has continued up todate.

After resigning from Sarnoff Corporation in 2002, Arye Rosen held an appointment at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, as Academy Professor of Biomedical and Electrical Engineering in the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems (2002 - 2014) , while also serving as Director of the Pediatric Program.  With his son – Dr. Harel Rosen, a neonatologist, in partnership with St. Peters University Hospital and  Drexel University and with NIH grant support to start such a program, – he co-founded the MedTechCenter for Infants and Children, a not-for-profit entity meant to promote and foster basic clinical research in pediatric engineering and technology. He subsequently also served as Associate Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives until June 2014. At Drexel, he taught in the Pennoni Honors College and mentored MSc. and Ph.D students supported, in part, by grants that he received from NIH, the Miter Corporation, and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation on the subjects of Wireless Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and its application in Traumatic Brain Injuries, as well as on the treatment of Hydrocephalus in children. In October 2014, he was appointed Associate Vice President for Biomedical Research Partnerships, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, a position he held until his retirement 2018.

Arye Rosen has authored more than 250 technical papers, co-edited two books: High Power Optically Activated Solid State Switches (Norwood, MA: Artech House, 1993), and New Frontiers in Medical Device Technology (New York: Wiley, 1995); co-authored a textbook entitled: RF/Microwave Interaction with Biological Tissue (New York: Wiley, 2006, 2007), as well as eight book chapters in the fields of engineering and medicine. He holds over 60 US Patents in the fields of engineering and medicine, a number of which were licensed to various medical corporations.

Arye Rosen served as Associate Editor of the IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology (1990 and 1992), and co-founded the IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology. He served as a reviewer to many of the IEEE Microwave Journals and Microwave Transactions. He also served as Co-Editor of Special Issues of the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques on subjects relating to Microwave in Medicine. He published extensively on the subject of the utilization of microwaves in medicine and, with Paul Walinsky, MD, of Thomas Jefferson University Medical School, Philadelphia, PA, introduced microwave in the treatment of heart dysfunction (a technology was then adapted for the use of microwave balloon systems in the treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) by Dr. Fred Sterzer). Their patents and publications were instrumental in extending the use of microwave balloon systems for the treatment of additional  organs, and influenced the generation of patents by others, including a patent assigned to Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L, 2018, entitled “Microwave catheter apparatuses, systems, and methods for renal neuromodulation” (Arye Rosen co-inventor).

In 1989, Arye Rosen was asked by Drs. Edward Niehenke and Roger Kaul to present a keynote address in the International Microwave Symposium held in Baltimore, MD. Through a satellite communication link, Arnold Greenspon, MD of Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia, PA, demonstrated the use of RF Cardiac Ablation on a patient while, on the podium in Baltimore, MD, Arye Rosen lectured and answered questions about the procedure. Dr. Rosen is a recipient of numerous awards, including the IEEE MTTS Microwave Career Award (May 2010), the IEEE Third Millennium Medal (January 2000), and an IEEE Microwave Application Award (June 2000). He was honored at the “Special IMS 2003 Session Honoring Kiyo Tomiyasu, Martin Schneider and Arye Rosen” (IEEE Microwave Magazine, March 2004).

He is a member of “Drexel 100, a Drexel University Alumni Hall of Fame”, and “a recognition bestowed for a lifetime of achievements that have brought great honor to Drexel University”). He was also the recipient of a 1989 IEEE Region One Award, and a 1997 Drexel University College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Distinguished Alumni Award (1997). Dr. Rosen currently serves as Affiliated Professor at Drexel University School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering  (2019 -) He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering "For contributions to microwave and laser technologies and the medical applications of these technologies" (2002 -). He is a Member of The Franklin Institute's Committee on Science and the Arts (2003 -), and a Member of the John Scott Award Advisory Committee, City of Philadelphia Board of Directors of City Trusts (2004 - 2014). He is a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), elected in 1992 "For innovation in semiconductor devices and circuits for use in microwave systems and for microwave applications to medicine", a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) (2005 -) and a retired Member of the Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of British Columbia, Canada (1965 -). He served as IEEE Distinguished Microwave Lecturer from 1997 to 2000, during which time he presented his and others’ works in the U.S., Japan Europe and the Middle East.

Other awards and honors received include:

• Membership, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Xi (1962).
• Gilman Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University (1964).
• Microwave Prize, 16th European Microwave Conference (1986, with co-authors).

Through AMT, Inc. , a consulting company registered in Delaware and New Jersey (Daniella Rosen, President, (1988 – 2019), he consulted to several medical technology companies worldwide, as well as to investment trust corporations interested in funding innovative biomedical research. He was also successful in securing a number of NIH grants, in addition to a prestigious Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant for research on a project entitled “Low Cost Battery Run Photovoltaic Driven Blue LED Blanket Therapy for Jaundiced Newborns in Developing Countries (12, 13).  

Arye Rosen has served as an active volunteer in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) as indicated below:

• Member, Technical Program Committee, MTT-S Symposia (1977-2018);
• Chairman, Biological Effects and Medical Applications Committee, MTT-S. (1987-2002);
• Member, Editorial Board, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, (1982-2018);
• Member, Lightwave Technology Committee, MTT-S (1985-1993);
• Member, Professional Program Committee, Electro (1989, 1991);
• Member, Steering Committee, MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (1987, 2003, 2018);
• Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology (1990-1992);
• Member, Editorial Board, MTT Microwave and Guided Wave Letters (1990-1991);
• Member, IEEE Health Care Engineering Policy Committee (1990-1995);
• Member, IEEE Educational Activities Board (1991-1993);
• Guest Co-Editor, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Special Issue on Microwaves in Medicine (1996. 2003, 2009);
• Member, Editorial Board, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters;
• Member, Technical Committee, IEEE International Conference on Microwave in Medicine, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, April 1991;
• Member, IEEE David Sarnoff Award Committee, 2004;
• IEEE-MTTS Administrative Committee (ADCOM), (2007-2008);
• Judge and Chair, Student Papers Competition (numerous conferences);
• Paper Reviewer, various IEEE Journals and Magazines (1980-;2018).
• Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology (1990-1992).

Personal[]

Dr. Arye Rosen has two sons. Dr. Harel D. Rosen, is a neonatologist,^[6][7] and a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, with whom he has collaborated in the founding of the Medical Technology Center for Infants and Children at St. Peter's University Hospital, and also collaborated on engineering a solar-powered blanket used to treat jaundice in developing nations;^[8]. Gilad Rosen, is a Graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, who has dedicated his career to public service, and currently works for the US Government.

Books[]

• High Power Optically Activated Solid-State Switches (Norwood, MA: Artech House, 1993)^[8]
• New Frontiers in Medical Device Technology (New York: Wiley, 1995)
• RF/Microwave Interaction with Biological Tissue (New York: Wiley, 2006)^[10]

Awards and Distinctions[]

• IEEE Region One Award (1989)
• IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000)
• IEEE Microwave Application Award (2000)
• IEEE Distinguished Microwave Lecturer (1997–2000)
• Drexel University College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Distinguished Alumni Award (1997)
• Member of National Academy of Engineering (2002–present)^[11]
• Member of The Franklin Institute's Committee on Science and the Arts (2003–present)
• Member of John Scott Award Advisory Committee
• Member of City of Philadelphia Board of Directors of City Trusts (2004–present)

References[]

2) "Rowan names research AVP".

3) "Intravascular Device and Method for Tissue Ablation for the Treatment of Pain and Cancer" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-09. Retrieved 2015-02-11.

4) Rosen, Arye; Greenspon, Arnold; Walinsky, Paul (2007). "Microwaves Treat Heart Disease". IEEE Microwave Magazine. 8: 70–75. doi:10.1109/MMW.2007.316252.

5) "For Hospitals". Archived from the original on 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2015-02-11.

6) "Foundation Funds 65 Novel Ideas to Improve Global Health".

7) "ROSENARYE".

8) "To help poor countries, simpler health treatments not dependent on electricity".

9) "arye rosen".

10) "Guest Editorial" (PDF).

11) Heeling Powers , Philadelphia Inquirer, December 20, 2010.

12) Drexel Now, December 20, 2010.

13) Silicon-Based Millimeterwave Devices G.-F. Luy, P. Russer (Eds.), Springer-Verlag.

14) Autoviography: The Impossible Take Longer, Peter Russer, link.springer.com page 347.

External links[]

• Solar-powered LED phototherapy blanket