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Ira Farber

  • Assistant Teaching Professor
Academic Division: Mathematics, Analytics, Science, and Technology
Ira Farber, Full Time Lecturer of Science, was a member of Polaroid's Vision Research Laboratory and conducted studies in adaptive signal processing. Subsequently, he joined Ortho Diagnostic Systems, Inc. as a Senior Scientist working in the area of flow cytometry and its application to medical instrumentation. He then turned his attention to the field of optical computing and served as vice president of Optron Systems, Inc. managing R&D contracts funded by the Department of Defense, NASA, DARPA, NSF and NIH. Returning to academia, Dr. Farber held the position of Associate Director of the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Research Center at Brandeis University. He has published in the fields of electro-optics, biophysics and neuroscience and has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at Harvard, MIT, Brandeis and WPI. As a consultant, he has provided guidance for projects requiring multidisciplinary expertise in science, engineering and business as well as project management within matrix environments. Specific areas include systems engineering services for R&D programs encompassing electro-optics, physics and electronics as well as offer technology assessment services for investors including technical, strategy and business plan consulting for start-up projects.

Academic Degrees

  • Ph D, Weizmann Institute of Science

Academic Interest / Expertise

Science program development for non-science majors, optics, electro-optics, imaging systems design, machine vision and applied physics.

Awards & Honors

  • 1983 — Landau Prize, Weizmann Institute

Courses

  • Degree Courses 2024

    • NST 1011 ASTROBIOLOGY
    • NST 1080 PARADIGMS OF SCIENTIFIC INVEST

  • Degree Courses 2023

    • NST 1080 PARADIGMS OF SCIENTIFIC INVEST
    • SCN 3640 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PARADIGMS
    • NST 2070 ASTROBIOLOGY EMERGENCE OF COMPLEX SYSTEM

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Hirsch, P., Farber, I.C., Warde, C. (1988). Development of an e-beam charge-transfer liquid crystal light modulator. Spatial Light Modulators and Applications. Vol: 8, Page: 11–14.
  • Hajjar, D.P., Farber, I.C., Smith, S.C. (1988). Oxygen tension within the arterial wall: relationship to altered bioenergetic metabolism and lipid accumulation. Archives of biochemistry and biophysics. Vol: 262, Issue: 1, Page: 375–380. Academic Press.
  • Grinvald, A., Fine, A., Farber, I., Hildesheim, R. (1983). Fluorescence monitoring of electrical responses from small neurons and their processes.. Biophysical journal. Vol: 42, Issue: 2, Page: 195. The Biophysical Society.
  • Farber, I.C., Grinvald, A. (1983). Identification of presynaptic neurons by laser photostimulation. Science. Vol: 222, Issue: 4627, Page: 1025–1027. American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • Grinvald, A., Hildesheim, R., Farber, I., Anglister, L. (1982). Improved fluorescent probes for the measurement of rapid changes in membrane potential.. Biophysical journal. Vol: 39, Issue: 3, Page: 301. The Biophysical Society.
  • Anglister, L., Farber, I.C., Shahar, A., Grinvald, A. (1982). Localization of voltage-sensitive calcium channels along developing neurites: their possible role in regulating neurite elongation. Developmental biology. Vol: 94, Issue: 2, Page: 351–365. Elsevier.
  • Grinvald, A., Farber, I.C. (1981). Optical recording of calcium action potentials from growth cones of cultured neurons with a laser microbeam. Science. Vol: 212, Issue: 4499, Page: 1164–1167. American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • Grinvald, A., Ross, W.N., Farber, I.C. (1981). Simultaneous optical measurements of electrical activity from multiple sites on processes of cultured neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol: 78, Issue: 5, Page: 3245–3249. National Acad Sciences.

Books

  • Grinvald, A., Ross, W., Farber, I.C., Saya, D., Zutra, A., Hildesheim, R., Kuhnt, U., Segal, M., Kimhi, Y. (1980). Optical methods to elucidate electrophysiological parameters. John Wiley and Sons, New York.

Reports

  • Farber, I.C. (1989). Optical Wavefront Computer for Stabilizing Large Space Structures. Defense Technical Information Center. link

Conference Proceedings

  • P. W. Hirsch, I. C. Farber, C. Warde, . (1988). Development of an E-Beam Charge Transfer Liquid Crystal Light Modulator: Topical Meeting on Spatial Light Modulators and Applications. Page: Lake–Tahoe.
  • ROSS, W., GRINVALD, A., Farber, I.C., WAGGONER, A. (1980). OPTICAL-DETECTION OF ELECTRICAL RESPONSES FROM THE PROCESSES OF NEURO-BLASTOMA CELLS IN MONOLAYER-CULTURE: FEDERATION PROCEEDINGS. Vol: 39, Issue: 6, Page: 2165–2165.
  • Grinvald, A., Farber, I.C. (1980). THE MINI-LASER MICROELECTRODE-DETERMINATION OF CONDUCTION-VELOCITY IN PROCESSES OF NEURO-BLASTOMA CELLS UTILIZING FLUORESCENT VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE PROBES: FEDERATION PROCEEDINGS. Vol: 39, Issue: 6, Page: 2129–2129.

Presentations

  • Medical Device Design and Distribution: Some Global Perspectives Farber, I. Babson Global Health, Reynolds 244 (2016)
  • Adaptive Optics Farber, I. SPIE Boston, Boston, MA (2013)
  • Innovative Optical Designs in Flow Cytometry Farber, I. WPI, (2012)
  • The Physicist in Industry Farber, I. Brandeis University , (2009)
  • Design of Spacial Light Modulators for Optical Computing Farber, I. Brandeis University , (2008)
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Certificates

  • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (1988)

Department & College Wide Services

  • Institutional Review Board (Fall 2016 - Present)
  • Institutional Review Board (Spring 2016 - Present)
  • Institutional Review Board (Fall 2015 - Present)