The City University of New York, BChE The University of Rochester, MChE The University of Rochester, PhD Experience U.S. Naval Propellant Plant, Indian Head, MD, Development Engineer United Aircraft, UTC Division, Sunnyvale, CA, Development Engineer Mixing Equipment Co., Rochester, N.Y., Research Engineer E.I. Dupont, Photo products Div., Parlin, NJ, Research Engineer Dept. of Medicine, UMD-New Jersey Medical School, Adjunct Assistant Prof. Dept. of Pharmacology and Physiology, UMD-New Jersey Medical School, Assistant and Associate Professor (tenured). Retired,2003.

Mathematical Modeling of Physiological Systems, Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) and Cardiac Myocytes, The Failing Heart, Pulsatile Flow in Distensible Vessels, Rotary Protein Motors.

Dr. Ritter received his BChE degree from the City College of New York, and his MS and PhD degrees in ChE from the University of Rochester. Before returning for his PhD degree he had over 10 years of industrial experience in the aerospace industry for the US Navy and United Aircraft in solid rocket propellant development and as a development engineer for the Mixing Equipment Company and the DuPont Co. His first academic appointment was at Stevens Institute of Technology in the department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering where he did research on solar energy storage and conversion and optimal control of chemical processes. He taught courses in transport phenomena and process control. While at Stevens he met Francis Chinard, MD from UMD-New Jersey Medical School and started collaborative research in pulmonary transport and metabolism in-vivo. This led to a full time position in Dr. Chinard’s lab in the department of Medicine at NJMS. After a few years he was recruited to the department of Physiology where he spent the next 20 years teaching Cardiovascular and Respiratory physiology, statistics for the life sciences and physical chemistry to Medical, Dental and Graduate students. His research areas were microcirculatory and cardio-respiratory physiology. He was course director of the medical physiology course for 5 years before returning to Stevens to start the Biomedical Engineering program. He still maintains an adjunct appointment at NJMS. He was the PI or Co-PI on grants from NSF, NIH, AHA and New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology.

Dr. Ritter has mentored of 7 PhD students in Physiology and Biomedical Engineering and over 40 Masters student’s in Biomedical Engineering.

He is the co-author of over 40 publications in peer reviewed journals and numerous abstracts and presentations at local, national and international conferences. He is the primary author of a recent undergraduate textbook in Biomedical Engineering.

His current research interests are in Systems Physiology, Rotary Protein Motors and The Failing Heart.

Bekker, A., Wolk, S., Turndorf, H., Kristol, D. and Ritter, A.B.. (1996). "Computer simulation of cerebrovascular circulation, assessment of intracranial hemodynamics during induction of anesthesia", . J. Clinical Monitoring, 12 433 - 444.

Chaudhry, H.R., Bukiet, B., Siegel, M., Findley, T, Ritter, A.B., and Guselsu, N.. (1999). "Adaptation of passive rat left ventricle in diastolic dysfunction", J. Theoretical Biology, 201 37 - 46.

Chaudhry, H.R., Bukiet, B.B., Ritter, A.B., and Arora, R. (2002). "Mechanical Properties of Diseased Hearts During Adaptation.", Journal of Mechanics in Biology and Medicine , 2 (No. 2) 165 - 176.

Guzelsu, N., Federici, J.F., Lim, H.C., Chaudhry, H.R., Ritter, A.B., Findley, T.. (2003). "Measurement of skin stretch via light reflection. ", Journal of Biomedical Optics , 8(1) 80 - 86.

Hazelwood, V., Madjanska, J., Ritter, A.B.. (2007). "Do College Students Benefit from School Required Activity? A Clinical Trial", Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 39 5S.