The
managing principle of BME Systems Inc. is Mark Longerbeam
Mark
Longerbeam holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Hampden-Sydney
College and a Master of Engineering from the Department
of Biomedical Engineering of the University of Virginia
with a concentration in instrumentation and computing in
medicine. His graduate research involved statistical modeling
for optimization of complex radiotherapy/chemotherapy cancer
treatment protocols. Mr. Longerbeam was employed as a programmer
and consultant to the American Red Cross Blood Services
Laboratories (Bethesda, MD) for the development of a national
database for blood center collection statistics. In 1982
he joined the Bard Laboratories of Neurophysiology at the
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine where he was responsible
for the design and development of analog and microprocessor-based
instrumentation for neurophysiological recording and stimulus
control. His work there included the programming and electronics
design of a real-time visual stimulator providing temporal
and spatial disparity for the study of depth perception,
a microprocessor-based, multi-channel recording system involving
the controlled movement of a matrix of extracellular recording
electrodes and a modular, data-compressing buffer specialized
for interfacing large numbers of active neural recording
channels to minicomputers using a high-speed bus.
Other
work has included:
High-speed
servomechanism design and control
Creation
of graphical programs for the visualization and statistical
modeling of postsynaptic responses
Client-server
database development for applications in several fields
of biology
Implementation
of high-performance programmable logic controllers and integration
of supervisory control and data acquisition system for varied
commercial processes in biotechnology
Design
and construction of controlled and semi-automated imaging
systems to capture and parameterize of biological systems
and processes
Mr.
Longerbeam has worked with researchers at Johns Hopkins
many other institutions and companies on development projects
as varied as an interface for the control and data acquisition
of an intracranial pressure implant device, a scleral suction
device, cell culture in artificial organ applications, imaging
applications for automated quantification of genetic mutations
in plants and mechanisms for automating selective protein
capture in smart membranes.
Mr.
Longerbeam has been President and CEO of BME Systems Inc.
since its inception in 1987.
