On April 18th, together with Philips Research North America, EMBS organized a field trip to Philips Research at Briarcliff Manor, NY. Researchers at Philips introduced several on-going research projects in biomedical engineering and healthcare in Philips.
On March 28th, 2008, EMBS held a seminar regarding BME Entrepreneurship at the BME lounge in Mudd building. Prof. Sam Sia was invited to talk about his company and about entrepreneurship in BME.
In his talk, he described how academic work in biomedical engineering led to the spinoff of a startup company, Claros Diagnostics, now based in Woburn MA. He also discussed how the incentives of startup companies can be aligned to serve the goals of international development and global health.
An executive board meeting was held from 8pm to 9pm on March 24th, 2008, at ET373. The main topic was to plan for the seminar. Henry will make sure the room reservation. Srinivas will draft the flyer. And Qi will order the food.
An executive board meeting was held from 7pm to 8pm on February 28th, 2008, at ET373. The main topic was to plan for the next general event as well as clarify the focus of the society in this semester. The minutes is available at the event section.
So far 12 members have filled up the membership survey. All of them have been updated in the google group as well in order to receive group emails in the future. For all members who have not filled the survey, please register your information and preferences for activities at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=xPDE_2fKjx6hQPIHehnSXDuQ_3d_3d
Thank you very much.
Qi Duan
The first general meeting was held on 2-3 pm, Feb. 8th, 2008.
The faculty advisor, Prof. Andrew Laine, introduced the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology society to the general audience.
Then the president, Qi Duan, introduced the planned activies in general. The Treasurer, Srinivas Chivukula, explained the details for the BME business plan competition and the online magazine.
Finally, group photos was taken.
Dear Students,
Please join us for the first meeting of the IEEE EMBS Columbia Student
Chapter, to be held his Friday, 2pm - 3pm, in the student lounge.
Flyer
Please fill out the survey below to have your voice heard.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=xPDE_2fKjx6hQPIHehnSXDuQ_3d_3d
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Andrew Laine
Faculty Advisor, IEEE EMB Society Student Chapter
The third Executive Board Meeting was taken place at ET373 on 6:00pm Feb. 5th, 2008. The main topic was to prepare for the first general body meeting as well as potential activities for this year. The minutes is available at the event section.
Every two years, an EMBS-sponsored summer school on biomedical imaging is held in gorgeous Brittany, France. The school objective is to contribute without any exclusion to advances in a rapidly evolving field, and to foster participation in the adventure of research. It provides up-to-date, state-of-art knowledge on emerging areas and addresses important issues dealing with complex, multivariate systems, going from basic to applied research. The summer school is open to graduate students (Masters and PhD), post doctoral scientists, radiologists, biologists, researchers and engineers in industry and the composition is typically very international. For more information, visit their website.
The second Executive Board Meeting was taken place at ET373 on 6:00pm Jan. 28th, 2008. The minutes is available at the event section. The main topic was to plan the first general body meeting as well as potential activities for this year.
The minutes is available at the event section.
