Professor Malkin is interested in medical instrumentation in the developing world.

Dr. Malkin is also the director of Engineering World Health. This unique study abroad program allows undergraduates to study and work in developing world hospitals. Dr. Malkin is the faculty advisor for CUREs, a non-profit business promotion program.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	201 North Building
Office Phone:	(919) 660-5131, (919) 660-8266
Email Address:
Web Page:	www.ewh.org

Teaching (Fall 2009):

• BME 154L.001, BIOMED ELECTRONIC MEAS II

  Hudson 208, WF 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

• BME 154L.01L, BIOMED ELECTRONIC MEAS II

  Teer P05, Tu 01:15 PM-04:15 PM

• BME 154L.02L, BIOMED ELECTRONIC MEAS II

  Teer P05, Tu 04:25 PM-07:25 PM

• BME 262L.001, DESIGN DEVELOPING WORLD

  Hudson 222, TuTh 02:50 PM-04:05 PM

• BME 262L.01L, DESIGN DEVELOPING WORLD

  Teer P015, W 01:15 PM-04:15 PM

• BME 154L.001, BIOMED ELECTRONIC MEAS II Synopsis

• BME 154L.01L, BIOMED ELECTRONIC MEAS II

  Teer P07, Tu 01:15 PM-04:15 PM

• BME 154L.02L, BIOMED ELECTRONIC MEAS II

  Teer P07, Tu 04:25 PM-07:25 PM

• BME 262L.01, DESIGN DEVELOPING WORLD Synopsis

• BME 262L.01L, DESIGN DEVELOPING WORLD

Education:

PhD, Duke University, 1993

MS, Duke University, 1990

BS, University of Michigan, 1984

Specialties:

Design
Engineering Management
Engineering Education
Social entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Medical Instrumentation

Research Interests:

Professor Malkin's work on medical instrumentation in the developing world has been supported by Engineering World Health, The National Institutes of Health, The American Heart Association, The Whitaker Foundation, the National Science Foundation and other organizations.

Engineering World Health. is a unique study abroad program that allows undergraduates to study and work in developing world hospitals. Dr. Malkin and his associates have helped hospitals in Sudan, Nigeria, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Haiti, Liberia, Sierra Leone and many other places. The CUREs program has continued to promote the development of new non-profit corporations to improve healthcare in the developing world.

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Malkin, R.A. and Dongxu Guan and Wikswo, J.P., Experimental evidence of improved transthoracic defibrillation with electroporation-enhancing pulses, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. (USA), vol. 53 no. 10 (2006), pp. 1901 - 10 [TBME.2006.881787]  [abs].
2. Dolan, Jennifer M. and Testa, Diane Muratore and Malkin, Robert A., Design of a bilirubin light intensity tester for developing world hospitals, Bioengineering, Proceedings of the Northeast Conference, vol. 2006 (2006), pp. 47 - 48  [abs].
3. Malkin, R.A. and Jackson, S.R. and Nguyen, J. and Zhao Yang and Dongxu Guan, Experimental verification of theoretical predictions concerning the optimum defibrillation waveform, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. (USA), vol. 53 no. 8 (2006), pp. 1492 - 8 [TBME.2006.876643]  [abs].
4. Malkin, R.A. and Jackson, S.R. and Nguyen, J. and Zhao Yang and Dongxu Guan, Reply to "On the optimal defibrillation waveform-how to reconcile theory and experiment?", IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. (USA), vol. 53 no. 8 (2006), pp. 1726 - 7 [TBME.2006.878554]  [abs].
5. Hoffmeister, B.K. and Shores, A.R. and Banerjee, S. and Malkin, R.A., Effect of electrically insulating materials on magnetically induced electrical currents in a tissue-like medium, Am. J. Phys. (USA), vol. 74 no. 4 (2006), pp. 260 - 6 [1.2151211]  [abs].