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EMB DAY  - March 5, 2023   and more to follow

The 23rd  IEEE Bio-Tech Contest - 2022 will take place on February 12, 2022.   Organized as a part of Interacademic Cooperation. (check for updates)

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The 22nd  IEEE Bio-Tech Contest - 2020 took place on February 8, 2020 at UCI in Natural Sciences II, conference room 3201  (starting at 10:30 AM). This event will be held courtesy of the Biomedical Engineering Department of UC Irvine. See applicable links for details. NS-2 is building 402 on campus map; General maps and driving directions. If you take 73 south to come to campus, you will exit Bison. Turn left on Bison and go all the way to almost the end. See parking information, there's a parking lot (Lot 16) (see parking map).   Visitors can go to the electronic parking permit dispensing machine as marked on the map and purchase a parking permit. Visitors will then place the permit on their dashboards and park at any parking spot except handicapped ones. Carpooling encouraged.  (Check for additional schedule and other details). Organized as a part of Interacademic Cooperation.

The 21st  IEEE Bio-Tech Contest - 2019 took  place on February 9, 2019 at Loyola Marymount University (LMU), Pereira  Hall (PER on the map) room 140, (starting at 10:30 AM). This event was held courtesy of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. See applicable links for directions, campus map, and parking information.  Organized as a part of Interacademic Cooperation.  

The 20th BME Bio-Tech Contest – took place February 10, 2018 (Saturday) at Keck Graduate Institute (KGI), Building 517,165 Founder's Room, starting at 11:00 AM). This event was held courtesy of the KGI School of Applied Life Sciences. See applicable links for directions, campus map, and parking information. Note: All parking marked as KGI on the map is open and free.  Organized as a part of Interacademic Cooperation

The 19th BME Bio-Tech Contest – took  place February 11, 2017 (Saturday) at Caltech, Moore Building (93 on the map), Moore Lab, room B270 (starting at 11:00 AM). This event will be held courtesy of the Department of Electrical Engineering.  See applicable links for directions, campus map, and parking information. (Note: There is open parking on the west side of the building.  Visitors should avoid parking in any named spot.  There is no charge for parking on Saturday.) Organized as a part of Interacademic Cooperation. 

The 18th BME Bio-Tech -2016 took  place on the USC main campus, Salvatori Computer Science (SAL) Bldg, first floor, SAL-101 – courtesy of the USC Department of Biomedical Engineering. Starting at 11 AM.  See the map links for driving directions and location. Map A,   Map B  . Enter USC through Gate 1 (Exposition Blvd and Watt Way). The SAL Bldg. is located close to Gate 1 (B6 section on the color map). For more details go to this link. Organized as a part of Interacademic Cooperation. 

The 17th IEEE Bio-Tech Contest - 2015 took place on February 7, 2017 at Claremont Graduate University (CGU), Burkle Building, room 14, (starting at 10:30 AM). This event was held courtesy of the CGU faculty members.   See applicable links for directions, campus map, and parking information. Also, Parking on the street is free. Organized as a part of Interacademic Cooperation.

The 15th BME Bio-Tech Contest - 2013; February 9, 2013, jointly organized with the Orange County Chapter and Orange County Student Chapter of the IEEE EMB Society, took place at UC Irvine, Natural Sciences II conference room 3201 (starting at 11:00 AM). NS-2 is building 402 on the campus map. Driving directions. If you take 73 south to come to campus, you will exit Bison. Turn left on Bison and go all the way to almost the end. There's a parking lot (Lot 12A) on your right (see campus map).  Parking information  Visitors can go to the electronic parking permit dispensing machine (represented by a star symbol on the map) and purchase a parking permit. Choosing "ST Reserved" option on the machine would be $14 (all day), but it allows you to park anywhere except handicapped parking. Visitors will then place the permit on their dashboards and park at any parking spot except handicapped ones. You can park at "AR Reserved".  Other parking options and rates. The participants should save parking permit for a possible reimbursement.  Car pooling encouraged.  (Check for additional schedule and other details). Organized as a part of Interacademic Cooperation. 

The 34^th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.  The general theme of EMBC'12 is "Engineering Innovation in Global Health",  San Diego, CA; Aug.28– Sep.1, 2012
CALL FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND DESIGN PAPERS
Free registration  for EMBS undergraduate student members!
Submit a paper: http://embc2012.embs.org/program/paper-submissions  Conference website: http://embc2012.embs.org
To join IEEE/EMBS as student member, visit http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/embs/student/member.html .

The 14th BME Bio-Tech Contest - 2012 took place February 4, 2012 at Caltech, Moore Building (93 on the map), Lecture hall, room 070 (starting at 11:00 AM). This event was held courtesy of the Department of Electrical Engineering.  See applicable links for directions, campus map, and parking information. (Note: There is a parking lot in front of the Moore building that can be used.  Visitors should avoid parking in any named spot.  There is no charge for parking on Saturday.) Organized as a part of Interacademic Cooperation. 

The 13th BME Bio-Tech -2011 event took place at UCLA Kinsey Pavilion 1200B. (starting at 11:00 AM).  Parking  arrangements see email, though we request that car pooling be used if possible. (See related links.  Map . For more details go to this link.). Organized as a part of Interacademic Cooperation. 

The 12th BME Bio-Tech -2010 event took place on the USC main campus, Salvatori Computer Science (SAL) Bldg, first floor, SAL-101 – courtesy of the USC Department of Biomedical Engineering. Starting at 11 AM.  See the map links for driving directions and location. Map A,   Map B  . Enter USC through Gate 1 (Exposition Blvd and Watt Way).  When parking on campus, a parking fee will be refunded to selected presenters. The SAL Bldg. is located close to Gate 1 (B6 section on the color map). For more details go to this link. Organized as a part of Interacademic Cooperation. 

Theme: To develop and present a concept using  Biomedical, and/or Biochemical, Electrical, Electronic, or related techniques to assist a persons’ disability or to improve a persons’ ability to manage tasks that usually require assistance.
 

One of them

                                                 From an idea* to the product  (Link to details)

                                                          *See BMEBIOTECH Contest Award

                                       See "Results"  for other awards/recognitions

and other ....

IEEE LA EMB technical contributor to

Independent forums for patient care and technology support.
Health Care Engineering
(Applied biomedical and clinical eng.)
Medical Information Technologies
Medicine (patient care)

March 15 - 20, 2021
Virtual conference

March 30 - April 4, 2020
Seville, Spain

March 26 -31, 2019
Buenos Aires, Argentina

March 19 - 24, 2018
Porto, Portugal

March 20 - 25, 2017
Chiapas, Mexico

 April 4 - 9, 2016
Madrid, Spain

March 23 -28, 2015
Viña del Mar, Santiago, Chile

April 7 - 12, 2014
Brasilia, Brazil

April 29 - May 4, 2013
Medellin, Colombia

March 26-31, 2012
Miami, Florida

March 28 -April 1, 2011
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

March 15-19, 2010
Lima,  Peru

 March 16-20, 2009
 Mexico City, Mexico

January 28 - February 1, 2008
Long Beach - Los Angeles, California

 
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"Global Green Labs"

IEEE and other students who are interested in building their resumes, earning some money or looking into possible careers are invited to make inquiry about "Campus Tech Squad", a new technology program awaiting beta testing.  Questions are welcome:  vanajemian [at] careerprepadvantage [dot] org

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