The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society advances the application of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology, promotes the profession, and provides global leadership for the benefit of its members and humanity by disseminating knowledge, setting standards, fostering professional development, and recognizing excellence. The field of interest of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society is the application of the concepts and methods of the physical and engineering IEEEIEEE ENGINEERINGENGINEERING ININ MEDICINEMEDICINE sciences in biology and medicine. This covers a very broad spectrum ranging from formalized mathematical theory through experimental science and && BIOLOGYBIOLOGY SOCIETYSOCIETY technological development to practical clinical applications. It includes support of scientific, technological and educational activities. PUBLICATIONS IEEE PULSE: A Magazine of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics Life Sciences Letters Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering Transactions on Medical Imaging Transactions on NanoBioscience Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Transactions on Computational Imaging Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems Reviews on Biomedical Engineering Journal on Translational Engineering in Health & Medicine ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS EMBS Electronic Resource CONFERENCES Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Neural Engineering (NER) International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BIOROB) International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR) Healthcare Innovation and Point-Of-Care Healthcare Technologies Conference (HICPT) EMBS Micro and Nanotechnology in Medicine (MNM) Grand Challenges Conference Series (GCBE) IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) 2014 SUMMER SCHOOLS sponsored by EMBS International Summer School on Biomedical Imaging International Summer School on Biomedical Signal Processing International Summer School on Biocomplexity International Summer School on Information Technology in Biomedicine International Summer School on Emerging Technologies and Applications in Telemedicine: AWARDS Addressing the Challenges of Chronic Disease Management International Summer School on Neural Engineering (ISSNE) IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854 Telephone: +1 732 981 3433 Fax: +1 732 465 6435 Email: [email protected] www.embs.org http://embs.org/about-embs/awards-a-recognition 2014 IEEE Medal for Best New Student Branch Chapter or Club Innovations in Healthcare IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Technology Biology Society Student Branch Chapter at Fundacao Universidade Leroy Hood Fereral do ABC, São Paulo, Brazil The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Student Branch Chapter at the Fundacao Universidade Fereral do ABC was formed in 2013 in Santo Andre, SP - Brazil. The founding members of the Chapter envisioned the promotion of the development and enhancement of personal and professional skills of students that used to lack an environment of partnership to share their knowledge in Biomedical Engineering acquired everyday during classes and research, for example. The Chapter was created as a pioneer initiative in Brazil as Biomedical For pioneering contributions to DNA Engineering grows throughout the country, especially at UFABC. Besides working on projects that intend to expand the benefits of this field to sequencing technologies that humanity, the Chapter works hard to organize tours to related companies, work together with professors and technicians, to bring guest speakers to the revolutionized life and health University, workshops as well as lectures that are made available to the entire academic community. sciences. We, as a team, are very proud to have been recognized by the Best New Student Chapter 2014 Award and will surely work on expanding our Award presented at 2014 Sections/Congress on August 2014s activities to attract new minds to our Chapter. Page 2 Page 3 2014 IEEE Medal for Best New Student Branch Chapter or Club Innovations in Healthcare IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Technology Biology Society Student Branch Chapter at Fundacao Universidade Leroy Hood Fereral do ABC, São Paulo, Brazil The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Student Branch Chapter at the Fundacao Universidade Fereral do ABC was formed in 2013 in Santo Andre, SP - Brazil. The founding members of the Chapter envisioned the promotion of the development and enhancement of personal and professional skills of students that used to lack an environment of partnership to share their knowledge in Biomedical Engineering acquired everyday during classes and research, for example. The Chapter was created as a pioneer initiative in Brazil as Biomedical For pioneering contributions to DNA Engineering grows throughout the country, especially at UFABC. Besides working on projects that intend to expand the benefits of this field to sequencing technologies that humanity, the Chapter works hard to organize tours to related companies, work together with professors and technicians, to bring guest speakers to the revolutionized life and health University, workshops as well as lectures that are made available to the entire academic community. sciences. We, as a team, are very proud to have been recognized by the Best New Student Chapter 2014 Award and will surely work on expanding our Award presented at 2014 Sections/Congress on August 2014s activities to attract new minds to our Chapter. Page 2 Page 3 Outstanding Student Branch Outstanding Chapter Award Chapter or Club IEEE EMB Bangalore Chapter VIT Student Branch Chapter, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chile IEEE EMB Bangalore Chapter was established with a motive of providing The EMBS Student Branch Chapter was initiated by a small group of an exposure to biomedical engineers to collaborate and work towards undergraduate Biomedical Engineering students at the School of Bio Sciences improving global health and enhance the quality of life. It has provided a and Technology, VIT University, Vellore. Undergraduate and graduate platform for like-minded individuals to discern and find solutions to the students of Biomedical Engineering constitute the majority of the members of various problems faced in the healthcare sector especially in a developing this group. However, the students from other branches of engineering are also country like India. The Chapter has been highly appreciated for its quality of encouraged to be a part of the chapter. activities conducted and has become name to reckon with especially in South India. The Chapter aspires to ameliorate the status of Biomedical Engineering, make the Biomedical Engineering students, cognizant of the scopes of this The Chapter in its debut year has proven to be the most versatile by multidisciplinary field and effectuate a sense of professionalism in them. The organizing workshops in all the major sub-fields within the Biomedical Chapter has been actively organizing guest lectures by distinguished Engineering domain which has only encouraged others to be a part of this personalities from academia and industry who spoke on different topics related enthusiastic society. The chapter’s associate club, EMB MSRIT student to Biomedical Engineering, writing a research paper, pursuing higher chapter joined hands in organizing various events and created platform for education abroad etc. It has also been conducting technical workshops like student community to share their technical knowledge and ideas. Workshops LabVIEW for Biomedical Engineers and few competitions. These sessions and on Medical Imaging, Neural Networks, Fuzzy logic and Pattern workshops not only enlighten the students about the recent trends in Recognition, Non-linear Biomedical Signal Processing, Device development Biomedical Engineering, but also prepare them as young professionals. with Stanford India Biodesign, Biomaterials and Biomechanics, ITK-VTK open platform, National Symposium on bridging the gap between Medical & Along with the EMBS Student Club of IIT Kharagpur, the Chapter had co- Engineering Domains, Summer School on Medical Device Design & hosted 2014 IEEE Students Technology Symposium. Apart from professors Innovation and DLP by Prof Dr Metin Akay and Prof Dr. Atam P Dhawan from the premier academic institutions of India (IISc Bangalore, IIT Madras) have been the highlights of the Chapter. Another added feather to the and abroad (NJIT, USA), experienced professionals from the industries like chapter is the conduction of breast cancer awareness and free screening Robert Bosch, Texas Instruments and Think Tanks were invited as keynote camp using thermography as a part of community service activity. Around speakers. 150plus screening was done during the camp. Page 4 Page 5 Outstanding Student Branch Outstanding Chapter Award Chapter or Club IEEE EMB Bangalore Chapter VIT Student Branch Chapter, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chile IEEE EMB Bangalore Chapter was established with a motive of providing The EMBS Student Branch Chapter was initiated by a small group of an exposure to biomedical engineers to collaborate and work towards undergraduate Biomedical Engineering students at the School of Bio Sciences