Brent Hoffmeister joined 星空无限传媒 in 1996 and served as Physics Department Chair from 2006 - 2023. He is the faculty advisor of 星空无限传媒鈥 award-winning chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS). In 2011, he received national recognition as an Outstanding SPS Chapter Advisor. He also is a faculty supervisor for the 星空无限传媒 CubeSat team that is working with NASA and the University of Oklahoma to develop a satellite to test novel photovoltaic cells in low earth orbit. Dr. Hoffmeister has taught several different physics courses at 星空无限传媒, with topics ranging from the physics of music to advanced electromagnetic theory. Dr. Hoffmeister is the Director of the Physics Laboratory for Ultrasonic Studies (PLUS) at 星空无限传媒, where he collaborates with Dr. Ann Viano to develop ultrasonic techniques to diagnose osteoporosis. In 2021, he was named a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America for 鈥渃ontributions to the understanding of ultrasound characterization of bone.鈥
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Hoffmeister BK, Delahunt SI, Downey KL, Viano AM, Thomas DM, Georgiou LA, Gray AJ, Newman WR, Main EN, Pirro G, 鈥淚n vivo comparison of backscatter techniques for ultrasonic bone assessment at the femoral neck,鈥 Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (2022).
Viano AM, Ankersen JP, Hoffmeister BK, Huang J and Fairbanks LC, 鈥淯ltrasonic bone assessment: ability of apparent backscatter techniques to detect changes in the microstructure of human cancellous bone,鈥 IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 68(11), 3309-3325 (2021)
Hoffmeister BK, Gray AJ, Sharp PC, Fairbanks LC, Huang J, 鈥淯ltrasonic bone assessment using the backscatter amplitude decay constant,鈥 Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 46(9), 2412-2423 (2020)
Wear KA, Hoffmeister BK and Laugier P, 鈥淨uantitative ultrasound and the management of osteoporosis,鈥 Acoustics Today, 14(2), 34-42 (2018)
Hoffmeister BK, Viano AM, Huang J, Fairbanks LC, Ebron SC, Moore JT, Ankersen JP, Huber MT and Diaz AA 鈥淯ltrasonic backscatter difference measurements of cancellous bone from the human femur: relation to bone mineral density and microstructure,鈥 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 143(6), 3642-3653 (2018)
Hoffmeister BK, Huber MT, Viano AM and Huang J, 鈥淐haracterization of a polymer, open-cell rigid foam that simulates the ultrasonic properties of cancellous bone,鈥 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 143(2), 911-920 (2018)
Hoffmeister BK, Viano AM, Fairbanks LC, Ebron SC, McPherson JA and Huber MT, 鈥淓ffect of gate choice on backscatter difference measurements of cancellous bone,鈥 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 142(2), 540-550 (2017)
Hoffmeister BK, Smathers MR, Miller CJ, McPherson JA, Thurston CR, Spinolo PL and Lee SR, 鈥淏ackscatter difference measurements of cancellous bone using an ultrasonic imaging system,鈥 Ultrasonic Imaging, 38(4), 285-97 (2016)