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UT Professor Michael Sacks Named Recipient of the 2026 H.R. Lissner Medal for Contributions to Heart Valve Simulations

Oden Institute | Professor Michael Sacks, a biomedical engineering faculty member at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded the 2026 ASME H.R. Lissner Medal in recognition of his “pioneering contributions to heart valve biomechanics utilizing highly innovative computer simulations.”