IEEE UFFC 2026 Distinguished Lecturer in Ultrasonics: Midyear Report from Keith Wear
It has been a privilege for me to serve as the 2026 IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, & Frequency Control Society (UFFC-S) Distinguished Lecturer in Ultrasonics. I would like to thank all the hosts who have taken time out of their busy schedules to allow me to tour their labs and speak on “Measurement of Acoustic Pressure with Hydrophones”:
Anyone interested in requesting that I visit their institution to give a lecture in 2026 may contact me at
Keith Wear
Completed lectures:
2/10 Columbia University (Prof. Elisa Konofagou),
2/11 Cornell University (Profs. Jeffrey Ketterling, Jonathan Mamou),
2/25 George Washington University (Prof. Vesna Zderic),
3/12 Georgia Tech (Profs. Costas Arvanitis, Farrokh Ayazi, Levent Degertekin, Stas Emelianov, Brooks Lindsey, Dr. Yann Ferry),
3/17 Pennsylvania State University (Profs. Julianna Simon, Susan Trolier McKinstry),
3/31 Sorbonne University (Profs. Lori Bridal, Prof. Olivier Coiture),
4/1 Physics for Medicine in Paris (Profs. Jean-Francois Aubry, Mathieu Pernot),
4/2 LabTAU at Claude Bernard University (Drs. Cyril Lafon, Maxime Lafond, W. Apoutou N’Djin),
4/3 University of Tours (Prof. Ayache Boukacz),
4/10 Virginia Tech (Profs. Aiguo Han, Adam Maxwell)
4/27 University College London (Profs. Ben Cox, Harriet Lea-Banks, Elly Martin),
4/28 Oxford University (Profs. Robin Cleveland, Constantine Coussios, Eleanor Stride, Dr. Michael Gray)
4/30 King’s College London (Drs. Christian Baker, Kirsten Christensen-Jeffries, Laura Peralta, Antonios Pouliopoulos),
4/30 Imperial College London (Profs. James Choi, Sophie Morse),
5/1 Institute for Cancer Research (Drs. Jeffrey Bamber, Gail ter Haar),
5/1 National Physical Laboratory (Drs. Andre Alvarenga, Chris Fury, Piero Miloro, Srinath Rajagopal)
6/8 University of Toronto (Profs. Christine Demore, Kullervo Hynynen, Michael Kolios, Meaghan O’Reilly)
6/9 University of Waterloo (Prof. Alfred Yu)
Scheduled future lectures:
7/22 University of Utah (Profs. Henrik Odeen, Dennis Parker, Allison Payne, Dr. Samuel Clinard)
7/27 University of Michigan (Profs. Paul Carson, Doug Miller, Mario Fabilli, Brian Fowlkes, Tim Hall, Oliver Kripfgans, Jonathan Rubin, Chengzhi Shi, Zhen Xu)
7/28 University of Toledo (Prof. Jian-yu Lu)
8/13 Vanderbilt University (Profs. Brett Byram, Charles Caskey)
9/16 Johns Hopkins University (Profs. Muyinatu Bell, Prof. Emad Boctor)
11/09 Tohoku University (Prof. Yoshifumi Saijo)
11/10 Doshisha University (Prof. Mami Matsukawa)
11/12. Symposium on Ultrasonic Electronics, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Learn more: https://ieee-uffc.org/distinguished-lecturer-award