This book is product of love and enthusiasm for the rapidly growing field of science
which involves integration of different disciplines, something that I have sensed as
a need at a very early stage of my road less tra
...
This book is product of love and enthusiasm for the rapidly growing field of science
which involves integration of different disciplines, something that I have sensed as
a need at a very early stage of my road less travelled. In trying to develop the particular subjects/topics/courses at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) within a bioengineering group I have established significant and friendly relationships with a lot
of people which I owe gratitude for this book design, and publication, and hopefully, its life in the future. Those are Dr. Zvi Roth, who has initiated the program and
stood by me when it was the most difficult, Drs. Nurgun Erdol and Borko Furht,
Chairmen and big fans of modernization and development of integrated programs,
Dr. Maria Larrondo Petrie, with her encouraging, supportive, and warm friendship,
Dr. Hanqi Zhuang who always believed in me, and most of my colleagues from
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, at FAU. My graduate
and DIS students and their passion for bioengineering, their work and research that
they have done with me or other mentors, were also strong, supportive, inspiring,
and driving forces during this long journey toward the light. Quite unexpectedly, a
young man with infinite patience and talents, undergraduate DIS/research student,
John Mayfield, was capable of following my thoughts and ideas giving his tremendous input in illustrating this fascinating field: a combination of nature and human
work. He used some existing visualizations as models and guides for each of his
visual elaborations. And finally, all of my friends and family members, especially
my extremely constructively helpful brother, deserve to be mentioned within this
list for encouraging me to get into this adventure. I do hope it will show up useful
to those who the book is purposely written for.
John Mayfield
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