August TBD September 20th - Deadline for award nominations submitted to Ms. Priti Das            (priti.das@gmail.com) October 8th – AEMB Mentor/Shadow Program Orientation Meeting EVENT TIME : Stating at 8:00am LOCATION : Room 309- David Lawrence Convention Center Pittsburgh SESSION CHAIR : Terri Murray SESSION CO-CHAIR : Shawn Carey CONTACT : bioengineer1@hotmail.com For first-time attendees of the BMES Fall Meeting. In order to ease the transition and maximize the experience of a first-time BMES attendee, we would like to invite you to the Mentor/Shadowing Program Orientation sponsored by Alpha Eta Mu Beta. Volunteers will serve as mentors for first-time attendees. The attendees will shadow the mentor as they attend talks, poster sessions and will also discuss the implications of the research. During the orientation we will provide guidelines and information on BMES and how to choose sessions. PROGRAM SUMMARY – AEMB Faculty-Student Discussion on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Devices EVENT TIME : 9:30am - 10:30am LOCATION : Room 309 - David Lawrence Convention Center Pittsburgh SESSION CHAIR : Terri Murray CONTACT : bioengineer1@hotmail.com Would you like to know more about biomedical devices and biomedical engineering? If so, you are encouraged to attend this informative session sponsored by Alpha Eta Mu Beta (AEMB), the National Biomedical Engineering Honor Society. We will have a panel of graduate students, faculty, and biomedical engineers describe a few representative devices, list some of their benefits, and explain what roles biomedical engineers play in their design, testing, manufacturing and use. After the series of brief presentations, you will have an opportunity to speak with the panelists and ask questions. PROGRAM SUMMARY – AEMB 2009 Annual Grand Meeting and Luncheon EVENT TIME : Noon – 2.00pm LOCATION : 923 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Map SESSION CHAIR : Dominic Nathan CONTACT : dominic.nathan@mu.edu PROGRAM NOTE : MANDATORY FOR ALL AEMB MEMBERS. PROGRAM 9th - AEMB 2009 Ethics Session : What is Professional Ethics and Why is it Important ? EVENT TIME : 10:30am - noon LOCATION : Room 321 - David Lawrence Convention Center Pittsburgh KEY PRESENTER : Rosa Lynn Pinkus, PhD. SESSION CHAIR : Dominic Nathan CONTACT : dominic.nathan@mu.edu PROGRAM SUMMARY Biomedical engineering is a versatile profession that educates students to pursue diverse options post graduation. These options include jobs in industry, academia, as well as the pursuit of higher education in graduate or medical school. All of these options present the opportunity for an engineer to influence another person’s life. The positive outcome of such a responsibility is heavily dependent on how a student uses the core ethical principles that underlie the profession of bioengineering. How does one “hold the safety of the public above all else” when one also must balance the cost, risk or deadlines associated with a key project? Both expert technical and ethical knowledge must be taken into consideration in answering this question. This session is aimed to stimulate the minds of engineering students regarding the importance of ethics with an emphasis on current engineering practices. The presentation will provide students with a framework for identifying, analyzing and resolving ethical issues that occur in the workplace. Case studies and interactive discussions will be used. A summary report of this session will be disseminated through Alpha Eta Mu Beta, the National Biomedical Engineering Honor Society and BMES newsletters. This report will encourage AEMB members to develop bioengineering ethics sessions at their respective institutions and, to inculcate and encourage continued awareness towards the importance of ethics and Biomedical Engineering at their AEMB chapter meetings. PROGRAM 8th - 10th Annual BMES meeting, Pittsburgh Penn. AEMB CONTACT PERSON : Dominic Nathan CONTACT : dominic.nathan@mu.edu November TBD December TBD

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