The IEEE Medal on Innovations in Healthcare Technology was awarded to Ron Nutt and David Townsend at the IEEE Awards Ceremony,
June 2010, Montreal Canada

Left to right: Donna Hudson, EMB Past President 2007-2008, Ron Nutt, Joe Lillie, David Townsend, Emily Sopensky

Congratulations to our newly elected Officers
The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Administrative Committee (ADCOM), which establishes the policy for the Society's activities, has vacancies each year as the terms of elected members expire in rotation. The results for this year's elections (terms to begin 1 January 2011) are listed below and will represent members from the following geographic areas:

North American Representatives

The Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Letters announces a Request for Papers on Emerging Technologies in Point-of-Care Health Care.

Please join us in congratulating the Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society award recipients for 2010.

The awards presentation will be held during the EMBC 2010 Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina this fall.

You are invited to attend a Beyond Brain Machine Interface:
From Senses to Cognition Workshop

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Long Beach Convention Ctr, Long Beach, CA.

The one day workshop is planned to push the frontiers of Brain Machine Interface (BMI), from sensory and motor interfaces to enhancing cognitive and physical performance. Distinguished leaders in the field will present reviews and lead discussions, while junior scientists are invited to apply for travel fellowships and present posters on their work. The workshop will have three major sub-themes: (1) To review the latest developments at the frontiers of BMI technology, in terms of neural interfaces, signal modality and neural decoding, (2) To inspire the development of completely new technologies aimed at assisting and augmenting human functionality, and (3) To provide visionary, "next frontier" ideas, that go beyond BMI for computer interface or prosthesis into other fields of extension of motor performance, sensory feedback, speech, and cognitive enhancements.

Investigator Registration fee: $100
Student / Postdoc Fellow Registration fee: $50
Advanced students and postdoctoral fellows interested in presenting posters may apply for $300 travel fellowships by submitting an abstract and a CV.

For registration and program, visit http://tnsre.bme.jhu.edu

Download the Registration Form

A new award recognizing undergraduate excellence in biomedical innovation. The NCIIA and IEEE-EMBS welcome submissions from undergraduate students at all NCIIA member colleges and universities for the new BMEStart competition. Applications close 14 May 2010.

Teams may register for the competition and submit their materials here.