Former student Dr. X. George Xu ’94 was awarded the Edith H. Quimby Award for Lifetime Achievement in Medical Physics. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine awarded him the prestigious achievement for his renowned work in the fields of radiation dosimetry and safety.
Throughout his professional career, Xu has spearheaded research projects involving clinical software tools that have since been used in hospitals throughout the world. VirtualDose, a software tool developed by Xu, tracks organ doses for patients who have received CT scans. In 2019, the software was accessed more than 26 million times, making it the most widely used software for its purpose.
As a graduate student at Texas A&M, Xu was a member of the Health Physics Society chapter and performed his doctoral research under Dr. Dan Reece, an expert in Monte Carlo radiation transport simulation methods, and Dr. John Poston, former president of the Health Physics Society.
“Looking back, I feel that I was greatly inspired by these faculty members I had the opportunity to work with during my time at Texas A&M,” Xu said. “My experience as a Ph.D. student provided me the technical and mental preparation for a very challenging but equally rewarding job as a faculty member.”