THE 5th BME BIO-TECH COMPETITION

SPONSORED BY: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology.  Special thanks to the IEEE LAC (Coastal LA IEEE Section)  for their support and sponsorship.

The 5th IEEE Bio-Tech Applications Contest will take place on February 8, 2003.
Place and time: CSULB, ECS 105, 10:00. 

Eligibility: College students enrolled in six or more units whose campus is located in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, or Kern counties.

Theme: To develop and present a concept using Electrical, Electronic, Biomedical, and/or Electro-Optics to assist a persons' disability - or to improve a persons' ability to manage tasks that usually require assistance.

Requirements: Abstract of 50 to 500 words submitted for judging before January 30, 2003. All abstracts should be typed, using no smaller than size 10 font, and must not exceed four pages in length including any attached diagrams, schematic,
and/or pictures. The concept submitted shall be that of the students, and shall note all references. Students shall present their concept during the contest.

Contacts: Please contact one of the members of the Contest Panel (Dr. Willis Downing, CSUN; Dr. Bogdan Kuszta, Caltech; Mr. Jack Iverson, IEEE/EMBS; Dr. David Braun, Calpoly SLO; Dr. Richard Cockrum, CSUP; Dr. Ernesto Suaste, CINVESTAV-IPN; Dr. Fleur Tehrani, CSUF; Dr. Maryam Moussavi, CSULB; Dr. David Whitmoyer, IEEE; Dr. Dennis M. (Mike) Briggs, IEEE; or contest coordinators: Larry Dalton, IEEE/LAC or Dr.Chris Druzgalski, CSULB. Please, check the Web page for updates.

Prospective participants are strongly encouraged to submit early a letter indicating their anticipated participation. Mail the following information: Name and address of the participant, tentative area or anticipated title of the entry.
Please mail to Dr. Chris Druzgalski, Department of Electrical Eng., CSULB, Long Beach, CA 90840.

The students who are authors of winning papers will attend  National Engineers Week Awards Banquet, were they will receive their awards and recognition! More details and information about the Second as well as the First IEEE Bio-Tech Applications Contest, which was sponsored by IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, and Circuits and Systems/Electron Devices Los Angeles Council Chapters, and organized by Larry Dalton, Dr. Maryam Moussavi, Dr. Chris Druzgalski, and others, you can find at www.engr.csulb.edu/~bme (see announcements). Industrial reps, companies, or sections that would like to get involved please contact Dr. Chris Druzgalski at  druz@csulb.edu, or call 562-985-8054.