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2015 EMBS Fellows 150 150 IEEE EMBS

2015 EMBS Fellows

Please join us in congratulating the newly elevated IEEE Fellows for the Class of 2015! We are especially proud of…

Helmsley Type 1 Diabetes Program Announces $5M Request for Proposals 150 150 IEEE EMBS

Helmsley Type 1 Diabetes Program Announces $5M Request for Proposals

The Type 1 Diabetes Program of The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust today announced the launch of…

EMBS 2015 Election Results 150 150 IEEE EMBS

EMBS 2015 Election Results

Please join us in congratulating the newly elected members of the EMBS Administrative Committee! Asia Pacific Masaru Sugimachi National Cerebral…

Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) Call for Nominations 150 150 IEEE EMBS

Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) Call for Nominations

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) are now accepting nominations…

CIMIT Announces 2015 Student Technology Prize 150 150 IEEE EMBS

CIMIT Announces 2015 Student Technology Prize

The 5th Annual Student Technology Prize in Primary Healthcare is a $400,000 competition for engineering student to help advance their…

Announcing a new standard for evaluating wearable, cuffless blood pressure devices 150 150 IEEE EMBS

Announcing a new standard for evaluating wearable, cuffless blood pressure devices

IEEE 1708™ proposes guidelines for emergent technology that is designed to enable innovative services such as beat-to-beat monitoring of blood pressure.…

2015 EMBS Summer Schools 150 150 IEEE EMBS

2015 EMBS Summer Schools

EMBS organizes and hosts Summer Schools on a range of topics. Each summer school typically lasts for one week, bringing…

Obituary: Robert Plonsey 150 150 IEEE EMBS

Obituary: Robert Plonsey

Robert “Bob” Plonsey died on March 14, 2015 at the age of 90 in Chapel Hill, NC. Bob will be…

Are You Up to the Challenge? $300,000 in Prizes for National Competition to Design a Wearable Alcohol Biosensor 150 150 IEEE EMBS

Are You Up to the Challenge? $300,000 in Prizes for National Competition to Design a Wearable Alcohol Biosensor

Wearable health trackers are quickly moving into the mainstream. But what if you could monitor your drinking across the week…