The goal of the NextGen Cardiovascular, Muscle & Metabolism Science Seminar is to highlight transdisciplinary precision research taking place in cardiovascular, muscle and metabolism fields; provide opportunities for collaboration among researchers to build their own research efforts; and promote clinical/researcher activity across the University of Missouri System and our partners.

For questions about this event, please reach out to Mackenzie Lynch.

"Assessing Aortic Stiffness Using an Echocardiogram - Toward Precision Cardiovascular Health"

Speaker: Noah D. Manring, PhD
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri College of Engineering

Date: Monday, August 11, 2025, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Location: Tom and Linda Atkins Family Seminar Room, Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building

*Zoom option available 

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About the Speaker

Noah D. Manring is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Missouri.

Manring previously served as dean and Ketcham Professor of the College of Engineering, as well as chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and served as chair of the former Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. On two separate occasions, he served as the college’s associate dean of research. He was as associate dean for administration at Princeton University, and as a program manager at Caterpillar’s Technical Center in Mossville, Illinois. He holds 11 U.S. patents for innovations in the field of fluid power.

As a professor, he has received research funding from Caterpillar Inc., Festo Corp. and the National Fluid Power Association, as well as from the Department of Education, the National Science Foundation and various private donors. He has additionally done consulting work for several industrial firms, including Moog Inc., FMC Wyoming Corp., Dennison Hydraulics and Parker Hannifin. Manring has published two books, Hydraulic Control Systems, first and second editions, and Fluid Power Pumps and Motors: Analysis, Design and Control. He currently is working on his third book, Opportunity, Genius, and Entrepreneurship: A History of Modern Engineering.

Before joining the MU faculty, Manring worked for eight years in the off-highway mobile equipment industry.