Laurence Young, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Aeronautics and Astronautics Professor Emeritus Cambridge, Massachusetts lry@mit.edu
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Laurence R. Young is the Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics and Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was the founding Director (1997-2001) of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. He directs the HST Ph.D. program in Bioastr...
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Laurence R. Young is the Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics and Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was the founding Director (1997-2001) of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. He directs the HST Ph.D. program in Bioastronautics. He received an A.B. from Amherst College in 1957; a Certificate in Applied Mathematics from the Sorbonne, Paris as a French Government Fellow in 1958; S.B. and S.M. degrees in Electrical Engineering and the Sc.D. degree in Instrumentation from MIT, from 1957-1962. He joined the MIT in 1962.
Dr. Young has been active on many professional and government committees. Author of more than 200 journal articles, Prof. Young serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. He is an associate editor of the Encyclopedia of Space Science and Technology, a National Space Biomedical Research Institute senior advisor, and a visiting professor at the College de France, Paris, 2002.
Professor Young has also been active in ski injury research. He was Director of the International Society for Skiing Safety and chaired the Ski Injury Statistics Subcommittee of the American Society for Testing and Materials Committee on Snow Skiing before being elected Committee Chairman in 1987. He received the United States Ski Association Award of Merit.
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Dr. Young has been active on many professional and government committees. Author of more than 200 journal articles, Prof. Young serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. He is an associate editor of the Encyclopedia of Space Science and Technology, a National Space Biomedical Research Institute senior advisor, and a visiting professor at the College de France, Paris, 2002.
Professor Young has also been active in ski injury research. He was Director of the International Society for Skiing Safety and chaired the Ski Injury Statistics Subcommittee of the American Society for Testing and Materials Committee on Snow Skiing before being elected Committee Chairman in 1987. He received the United States Ski Association Award of Merit.
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