Ioannis Yannas

Ioannis V. Yannas was a Greek-American engineer ^{[1] [2]} (14 April 1935 - 19 October 2025) and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ^[3]

Yannas emigrated to the United States to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees completing his bachelor's at Harvard College in 1957, a Master of Arts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1959, then a master's of science and doctorate at Princeton University in 1965 and 1966, respectively. ^[4]

Yannas was a member of the National Academy of Medicine and Engineering, elected in 1978 and 2017, respectively. ^{[5] [6]} He was elected a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 1993, ^[7] and inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2015. ^{[2] [8]}

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