Kenneth L. Carr received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University in 1953, and continued his graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Northeastern University, and the Sloan School at MIT. He received a Doctorate of Engineering Technology (honoris causa) from Wentworth Institute of Technology in May of 1992.

After graduation from Tufts, Dr. Carr joined Philco Corporation's Government and Industrial Division. He was named their Microwave Section Head within two years, and received Philco's Outstanding Engineer Award. In 1956 he joined Airtron, Inc. as co-founder and Technical Director of their Ferrite Division.

In 1958, following the acquisition of Airtron by Litton Industries, Dr. Carr co-founded Ferrotec, Inc., serving initially as Technical Director and later as President. He was responsible for the development of the company's broad line of ferrite products, microwave integrated circuits, and subsystems. In 1970 M/A-COM, Inc. acquired Ferrotec, and Dr. Carr became Group Vice President and Technical Director of M/A-COM. He established the Advanced Programs and Technology Center, which resulted in the formation of several new divisions and activities. As Group Vice President, he was responsible for company operations in California, Arizona, Massachusetts; and international operations in England, totaling over $200 million in sales. See All Awards

In September 1985, while maintaining his position at M/A-COM, and with the support of M/A-COM, Dr.Carr founded Meridian Medical Systems, LLC (MMS®) [formerly Microwave Medical Systems], serving as its Chairman and Technical Director. After the formation of MMS®, Dr. Carr retired from his position as Group Vice President and Technical Director of M/A-COM in February 1990, and is presently serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Meridian Medical Systems, LLC.

Dr. Carr served as a Trustee of Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA for 30 years, was Chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee for 15 years, and is currently a Trustee Emeritus. He also served on the Engineering Advisory Council for UMASS/Dartmouth, No. Dartmouth, MA; and as a member of the Bioengineering Advisory Council to the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. He served on the Board of Overseers of the College of Engineering at Tufts University, Boston, MA for 10 years; and presently serves as a Member of the Faculty of Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, a position he has held for over 25 years. He also serves as Technical Advisor to the Medical Physics Department at New England Medical Center, Boston, MA; and served eight years as a member of The Board of Bar Overseers of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, beginning in 1994.

Dr. Carr maintains memberships in the AAMI, IEEE, AAPM, ATRA, NAHS, BEMS, IMPI, and RRS; and in December 1985 was made a Life Fellow of the IEEE. He served on the Health Care Engineering Policy Committee of the IEEE from its inception to May, 1991; and was appointed the 1985-1986 MTT Distinguished Microwave Lecturer. In 1989, he received the Application Award from the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society; and was appointed Consultant to the United Nations International Telecommunications Union in Sao Paulo, Brazil for the years 1985 and 1987.

He presently holds 39 patents, all of which pertain to microwave devices or systems, and 31 of which relate to medial applications. In addition, he has eight patents pending.

Dr. Carr has published more than 90 papers, many in peer-reviewed journals. He continues to lecture extensively, both at home and abroad; and his contributions to books and encyclopedias is widely accepted.

He is a full member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), a full member of the North American Hyperthermia Society (NAHS), a full member of the International Microwave Power Institute (IMPI), a full member of the Radiation Research Society (RRS), a member of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS), a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), and a member of the Assistive Technology Resource Alliance (ATRA). He is also a member of both the Administrative and Scientific Sections of the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB).

Dr. Carr is a member of the Editorial Review Board for the Microwave Journal. He has also served for several years on the Conference Steering Committee for the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Innovation Conferences.

Much of his recent work has been in the development and application of microwave techniques to medicine, and in particular, to the detection and treatment of cancer for which he received NASA's Certificate of Recognition in 1980, and again in 1983 for his technical innovations and scientific contributions.