Mission

2. The Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society of the IEEE 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. Mission

3. World’s largest bioengineering society ~8,400 members

4. IEEE EMBS is strong in its foundation and is the leading bioengineering society with a wide array of quality products and services for the benefit of its members and humanity EMBS fosters inter-disciplinary activities within and without IEEE creating opportunities to collaborate on projects (journals, conferences, etc) spanning engineering and the life sciences community Many volunteer opportunities are available. Good volunteers & leaders needed to make IEEE EMBS stronger By working together, we can transform and revolutionize future medicine and healthcare

5. EMBS Members by Employment • Academic 52% • Members in Medical Curricula 15% • Industry 46% • Members in Medical Industry (Hospital, MD, etc) 12% • Government 2% Reports run on AC members from WEBI on 1 November 2005

6. Life Sciences Biology 1% Chemistry, Bio Chem 1% Medical 2% Non-technical 2% Physics 5% Science 1% Unknown 5% Reports run on AC members from WEBI on 1 November 2005 Engineering Biomedical Engineering 16% Chemical 3% Communications 2% Computer 7% Informatics/Info Science 1% Industrial 18% EE/ECE 34% Mechanical 2% EMBS Members by Degree Program

7. Diagnostic Systems Conventional systems Point-of-care diagnostics Imaging and other tests Therapeutic Systems Neuromuscular devices Cardiovascular devices Cancer treatment Drug delivery Artificial tissues & organs: Silicon retina, cochlear, tactile sensors, nose, heart, … Healthcare and Bioinformation Systems MIS E-medicine D2H2 Genomics, Proteomics, and Physiome Tools in drug discoveries Technologies & Methodologies Biosignal Processing Biomedical Imaging: Molecular, X-rays, CT, MRI, PET, ultrasound and optical imaging Medical Instrumentation & Sensors MEMS and Nanotechnology Neural Engineering Rehabilitation Engineering Biorobotics Biosystems Modeling Computational bioengineering and bioinformatics EMBS Areas of Technical Interest

8. Member Activities Local - a system of chapters worldwide for all types of networking opportunities and activities 117 chapters 42 student chapters/ 26 student clubs Chapter Activities Matching Fund Program: up to $1,000 available Distinguished Lecturer Matching Fund Program: up to $1,000 available

9. EMBS Chapter Locations

10. EMBS California Chaptersserving members locally 2-28 Engineering a Better Cancer 3-8 - Professor Francis J. Doyle III, Associate Director, ArmyInstitute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, Duncan and Suzanne MellichampChair in Process Control, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCSB 3-28 Epilepsy and Brain Mapping 4-19 - Professor John M. Boone, Department of Radiology, School ofMedicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering,University of California, Davis. 4-25 Planetary Protection of Biology Samples returning to Earth 5-2 - Professor Miguel A. L. Nicolelis, Departments of Neurobiology,Biomedical Engineering, and Psychological and Brain Sciences, Co-Director,Center for Neuroengineering, Medical Center, Duke University 5-30 Strategic Partnering and Start up Funding for Biomedical Industry 6-27 Toward Wearable Kidney 7-25 Medtone Insulin Inhaler 9-26 Biomolecular Manipulations with nanopulse electrical fields 10-24 Non invasive optical imaging and spectroscopic technologies 11-14 Tissue Engineering 12-12 Biologically inspired Computational Intelligence SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND SAN JOSE SACRAMENTO FRESNO SANTA BARBARA THOUSAND OAKS VALENCIA LOS ANGELES IRVINE SAN DIEGO

11. Student ChaptersIEEE Student Branch EMBS Chapter

12. Student Clubs

13. Member Recognition Awards Career Achievement For outstanding contribution and achievement in the field of Biomedical Engineering, Career Achievement Award for advancing biomedical engineering and its practices, Service Achievement and Early Career Achievement Awards Best Chapter and Best New Chapter Awards Outstanding Performance Awards (OPA) for the best student chapter/club and the best new student chapter/club Student Paper Competition Award Student Summer School Travel Grants Journal “Best Paper” Awards Promotion to IEEE Fellows and Senior Members

14. IEEE Bio – Content Growing since 1953 • Biomedical Engineering 19,470+ documents • Neural Networks 78,000+ documents • Artificial Intelligence 47,300+ documents • Physiologic 1,640+ documents • Magnetic Resonance Imaging 6,240+ documents • Fuzzy Control 11,300+ documents • Biocompatibility 780+ documents • Tissue Engineering 920+ documents • Biomolecular / Electronics 292,500+ documents • Microtechnology 1,270+ documents • Cellular Systems 9,770+ documents • Nanobioscience 400+ documents • Bioinformatics 4,840+ documents • DNA 7,700+ documents • Biotechnology 3,100+ documents • Clinical Engineering 570+ documents • Imaging 261,500+ documents • Radiology 6,740+ documents • Rehabilitation / Engineering 587,180+ documents • Robotics / Surgery 61,750+ documents • Telemedicine 2,690+ documents • Biomimetic 1,140+ documents 1.5m documents in IEEEXplore Over 42,000 documents with Bio content

15. EMBSSponsored Publications • IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME) • IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMB) Magazine • IEEE Transactions on Information Technology In Biomedicine (TITB) • IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE) • IEEE Reviews on Biomedical Engineering

16. EMBS Co-Sponsored Publications • IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging Co-sponsored with EMBS by the IEEE Nuclear Plasma Sciences Society, IEEE Signal Processing Society, IEEE Ultrasound • IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience Co-sponsored with EMBS by IEEE Computer Society, IEEE CIS, IEEE Nanotechnology Council • IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Co-sponsored with EMBS by ACM, IEEE Computer Society, EMBS, CIS • IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems Co-sponsored with EMBS by the IEEE Circuits & Systems Society

17. IEEE Transactions in Medical Imaging The #1 most highly cited journal in Imaging Science and the #3 most-cited journal in Biomedical Engineering*

18. EMBS Sponsored Conferences • Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) • 2007: Lyon, France • 2008: Vancouver, Canada • 2009: Minneapolis, USA • 2010: Buenos Aires, Argentina • 2011: Boston, MA • 2012: San Diego, CA EMBC Proceedings are now indexed in Medline/PUBmed • IEEE EMBS STC on Neural Engineering • 2009, Antalya, Turkey

19. EMBS Co-Sponsored Conferences • International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) co-sponsored by IEEE Signal Processing Society • 2009: Boston, USA • 2010: Rotterdam, Netherlands • 2011: Chicago, IL • International Conference on Biomedical Robotics • 2008: Scottsdale, AZ co-sponsored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society • International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics • 2009 Kyoto, Japan co-sponsored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

20. EMBS SUMMER SCHOOLS One week immersion course for students in an educational environment reviewing a particular technology with one-on-one access to an expert panel of instructors • International Summer School on Biomedical Imaging • International Summer School on Biomedical Signal Processing • International Summer School on Biocomplexity • International Summer School & Symposia on Medical Devices and Biosensors • International Summer School on Information Technology in Biomedicine

21. EMBS an International Organization

22. 2008 EMBS LEADERSHIP • Administrative Committee (16 members) elected by members representing the Geographic units of the World and the number of representatives based on membership in each area • North America Paolo Bonato Robert Butera Carole Carey Stephen Davies Nathalie Gosset Nicolas Chbat Elliot Sloane • Latin America Emilio Sacristan, Mexico • Europe Christian Roux, France Claudio Cobelli, Italy Gudrun Zahlmann, Germany • Middle East & Africa Ahmed Morsy, Egypt • Asia Pacific Kenji Sunagawa, Japan Young Ro Yoon, S. Jyh-Horng Chen, Taiwan Korea • Student Representative Christian Linte • Gold Representative Lisa Lazareck

23. 2008 EMBS Leadership • Executive Committee elected by the AdCom to serve as senior officers • President: Donna Hudson (2007-2008) • President Elect: Bin He (2008) • VP Publications: Andrew Laine (2008) • VP Conferences: Zhi-Pei Liang (2008-2009) • VP Member and Student Activities: Jorge Monzon (2008-2009) • VP Finances: Craig Hartley (2007-2008)

24. EMBS “we like what we do”

25. The Future of EMBS • Developing International Model Curricula for BME programs collaboration efforts with IEEE Educational Activities Board • Standards Activities collaboration efforts with IEEE Standards Association • Continued collaborative efforts with other Societies/Organizations to develop synergy, promote networking opportunities for members and visibility to the Biomedical/Bioengineering Community AIMBE, CORAL, EAMBES, IFMBE • Next generation of EMBS mentoring students as future members and volunteers

26. Local Chapter – “Model Activities” • Speaker events • Networking events • Senior Membership Drive • Job events (companies meeting professionals) • Development of corporate sponsors • Booth at school fairs • Mentor Program for students to meet professionals • Support of local EMBS student Branch, club, or chapter

27. Local Chapter - Structure • 4 officers min: Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary • Under the umbrella of the IEEE Sections • Requirement to maintain chapter status: 2 technical meetings per year filed through L31 form http://ewh.ieee.org/cgi-bin/l31/ReportForm.pl • Tips to run a successful chapter available at: www.thewisesource.org/chapterwisdom

28. EMBS Executive Office 445 Hoes Lane Piscataway, NJ USA 08854 emb-exec@ieee.org http://www.embs.org