West Lafayette, Ind.-based Purdue University will honor late engineer and orthopedics entrepreneur Dane A. Miller, PhD, according to The Exponent.
Here are five highlights:
1. Purdue's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering headship will bear the name of Dr. Miller.
2. Dr. Miller co-founded orthopedics device company Biomet, now Zimmer Biomet, in 1977. He later served as CEO of the company.
3. Under Dr. Miller's leadership, Biomet and the engineering school collaborated on design projects and internship programs.
4. The school wants to honor Dr. Miller because he established the engineering program to serve as industry-ready education.
5. George Wodicka will be the first to take the title of Dane A. Miller Head of Biomedical Engineering.