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Solomon G. Diamond

Assistant Professor of Engineering

1-603-646-1311
solomon.g.diamond@dartmouth.edu

Education

A.B., Dartmouth College, Engineering Sciences, 1997
B.E., Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, 1998
S.M., Harvard University, Engineering Sciences 2001
Ph.D., Harvard University, Engineering Sciences 2004

Research Interests

Biomedical imaging; functional neuroimaging; physiological modeling; heart rate variability; stroke recovery; Alzheimer's disease

Current Research Projects

Teaching

ENGS 33: Solid Mechanics
ENGS 146: Computer-Aided Mechanical Engineering Design
ENGG 166: Quantitative Human Physiology

Selected Publications

Diamond, S.G., Perdue, K.L., Boas, D.A. A cerebrovascular response model for functional neuroimaging including dynamic cerebral autoregulation. Mathematical Biosciences, (in press).
Huppert, T.J., Diamond, S.G., & Boas, D.A. (2009) Estimating cerebral oxygen metabolism from fMRI with a dynamic multi-compartment windkessel model, Human Brain Mapping, 30(5), p.1548-1567.
Franceschini, M.A. Thaker, S., Themelis, G., Krishnamoorthy, K., Bortfeld, H., Diamond, S.G., Boas, D.A., Arvin K. & Grant, E. (2007). Assessment of infant brain development with frequency-domain near-infrared spectroscopy, Pediatric Research, 61(5).
Franceschini, M. A., Joseph, D. K., Huppert, T. J., Diamond, S. G., & Boas, D. A. (2006). Diffuse optical imaging of the whole head. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 11(5), 054007.
Diamond, S. G., Huppert, T. J., Kolehmainen, V., Franceschini, M. A., Kaipio, J. P., Arridge, S. R., & Boas, D. A. (2006). Dynamic physiological modeling for functional diffuse optical tomography. NeuroImage, 30(1), 88-101.

Awards

Derek Bok Award for Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University, 2002

Selected Patents

Dean, R. C., Diamond, S., Deneen, E. K., Heermans, A. G., O'Neil, G. B. & Smith, D. S. (2001). In-bed exercise machine and method of use. United States Patent, 6,270,445.
Dean, R. C., Diamond, S. , Deneen, E. K., Heermans, A. G., O'Neil, G. B. & Smith, D. S. (2000). In-bed exercise machine and method of use. United States Patent, 6,152,855.

Professional Activities

Visiting Scientist, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital
Member, Tau Beta Pi

News

Dartmouth researchers study tool for Alzheimer’s diagnosis
WCAX-TV
November 21, 2011
DS SolidWorks Corp. Announces Winners of Green Design Contest
Business Wire
August 24, 2011
Tomorrow’s Engineers Take Charge of the Planet
Industrial IT (Australia)
November 26, 2010
Innovative Early-Career Engineering Faculty Selected to Participate in NAE Symposium
National-Academies.org
October 18, 2010
Dartmouth and SolidWorks: from Outrageous Stuff to Commercial Products
SolidWorks
October 5, 2010
Tomorrow’s Engineers Take Charge of the Planet
SolidWorks
May 3, 2010
Simbex Partners with Thayer School on $3.4m National Infrastructure Resource Award
Simbex
January 11, 2010

In Dartmouth Engineer Magazine

The New Guard: Thayer's eight new tenure-track assistant professors will influence the next few generations of students.
Winter 2011
Kudos
Winter 2011
Random Walk
Summer 2010
Classroom: Technology Assessment
Winter 2010
Engineering in Medicine: Behind every great medical advance, there's a great engineer
Summer 2009
Brainstorm: Solomon Diamond '97 Th'98 engineers a novel approach to how the brain works
Winter 2008
Faculty: Thayer Gains Five New Professors
Winter 2008