Charles F. Babbs is currently Associate Research Scholar in the Department of Basic Medical Screening in the School of Veterinary Medicine. He came to Purdue in 1974 and began working with Dr. Leslie Geddes and worked with others to create the Department of Biomedical Engineering, now known as the Welder School of Biomedical Engineering. He was born in Toledo, Ohio on July 6, 1946 and has MS and MD from Baylor College of Medicine. Babbs discusses the many research projects and investigations undertaken by the Biomedical Engineering Research group. A fellow of the American Heart Association Council in Circulation he was named the astounding professor in Basic Sciences, Indiana School of Medicine, Medical Class of 1993 and 1996.