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Call for Nominations: IEEE EMBS Student Representative 2011 - 2012 Click here to download ad
A new EMBS Student Representative will be elected by EMBS student members in the spring of 2010. To self-nominate, or suggest a nomination, send a 200 word biographical sketch and a 200 word position statement from the candidate in text documents to the EMB Executive Office at emb-exec@ieee.org before March 1st, 2010. Both of these paragraphs will be distributed to students when they vote. The student representative will be elected for a term starting January 1, 2011 and ending December 31, 2012.
You already are a student leader. Why not consider representing all the students in the society? It is a great opportunity to meet the leaders in the field form academia, private sector and govenrment, meet and correspond with a lot of your EMBS colleagues, and gain leadership experience through organizing conference events and participating in society meetings.
The main responsibilities are:
Organize events, such as Lunch with Leaders, at the annual conference;
Maintain the EMBS Student Website, http://embstudents.org, as you wish;
Attend the two Administrative Committee (AdCom) meetings held in March/April and August/September; Write the Student’s Corner column in EMB Magazine every 2 months;
Communicate with students through email (on-going).
Some of the benefits include:
Meeting and interacting with other AdCom members from all over the world;
Meeting and corresponding with students all over the world;
Flexibility to write about any topic of interest in the EMB Magazine Student's Corner column;
If you need additional information about the position or if you consider submitting a nomination, please contact the IEEE EMBS Student Representative - Cristian A. Linte.
EMBS Events around the World
Check out these two events coming up in Latin America: BIO-INNOVA 2009 and the International Seminar on Biomechanics and Enginnering Rehabilitation. Click on the image to visit see their website.
EMBC'09 Pictures
Check out a few of the pictures taken at EMBC'09 in Minneapolis during the Lunch with Leaders, Poster Sessions, Awards Banquet and Student Activities Minisymposia.
2009 IEEE EMBS Chapter and Student Club/Chapter Awards
2009 IEEE EMBS Outstanding Performance Award for Student Branch Chapter/Club
Take a look at the University of Connecticut EMBS Student Chapter website.
2009 IEEE EMBS Best New Student Chapter/Club Award
Take a look at the University of Western Australia EMBS Student Club website.
2009 IEEE EMBS Oustanding Chapter Award
Take a look at the Hong Kong EMBS Chapter website.
2009 IEEE EMBS Best New Chapter Award
Take a look at the Swiss EMBS Chapter website.
EMBC'09 Student Paper Competition Winners
First Place
Paper Title: Automated Detection of Gastric Slow Wave Events and Estimation of Propagation Velocity Vector Fields from Serosal High-Resolution Mapping
Second Place
Paper Title: A Flexible Pressure Monitoring System for Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Third Place
Paper Title: Multi-Scale Recordings for Neuroprosthetic Control of Finger Movements
Third Place
Paper Title: Exploiting the 1/f Structure of Neural Signals for the Design of Integrated Neural Amplifiers
Congratulations to all the winnder and finalists for their great achievements and good luck with all your future endeavours.
2008-2009 Student Club Renewal
All student clubs must be renewed for 2008-2009 as of November 1st, 2008. Thank you to all who have already done this, and especially to the new clubs launched this year. If your club has not yet been renewed for the new year, please do so as soon as possible. Also, note that all clubs established after September 1st, 2008 do not have to petition for renewal.
Now, all clubs must be established or renewed on-line! It’s easy. If you don’t already have a club or chapter at your school, this is the perfect time to start one! More information is available here.
New for all 2009 Club Renewal Petitions: In order to renew your EMBS Student Club, you must provide a list of your club membership, including all members' names, email addresses and the date they joined your club. Please compile this list and send it via email to Lynn Bowlby at the EMBS Executive office prior to submitting your online petition for club renewal.
NEW: 2009 EMBS Student Branch Chapter & Club Award
The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) offers awards for EMBS Student Branch Chapters and Clubs demonstrating outstanding performance in promoting interest and involvement in biomedical engineering.
Nominations for the Outstanding Performance Award and Best New Student Chapter or Club Award can now be submitted until the deadline of March 1st, 2010!
For more information, visit the .pdf or .doc 2009 EMBS Club-Chapter Awards Brochure!
What do you get? Up to $500 in a honorarium and up to $1000 to send a representative to the EMBC 2010 annual conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Read more here. In addition, any Student Club or Branch Chapter to recruit 10 new members will receive $100. The chapter with the highest number of recruitments will get one free registration and up to $1,000 travel stipend to attend EMBC 2010.
New: EMBS Student Resource Center
Check out the new addition on the EMBS Student Website - the EMBS Student Resource Center . Here you can download material from previous workshops and career development sessions organized at EMBC, as well as other useful materials.
Professional and Career Development
According to the results of our last survery conducted, students want more information and resources for professional develpoment and access to student opportunities. Look for a series of articles (May 2007 onwards) in EMB Magazine about how to get a job in industry, how to climb the ladder in academia and skills you need in any field. Download the survey here.
Events Database for Student Activities
Are you having a hard time decidong on what events or student activities to plan at your EMBS student club or chapter? Want to learn from your peers? Check out the all new EVENTS DATABASE to get ideas for student activities planned and executed by fellow EMBS students.
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