Biomedical Engineering Society

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Biomedical Engineering Society

• UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

Thursday September 6, 2007, 6pm EH B106-1
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Officers

• President Ryan Steinberg
• Vice President Pratik Randeria
• Treasurer Frank Luo
• Secretary Patrick Lee
• EOH Chair Luke Edelman
• Social Chair Giuseppe Toia
• Publicity Erum Ahmed
• Webmaster Jie Chou

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What is BMES?

• Formerly known as EMBS
• Introduction
• The full service professional society for
  Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering
• Aims to provide environment for interaction
  between students, faculty, and industry
  representatives
• Serves to introduce students to the profession of
  biomedical engineering
• Events include general meetings, speakers,
  social and volunteering events, Engineering Open
  House project

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Membership

• Local Membership (15)
• Engineering Open House project
• Speakers (From Industry and Campus)
• Social and Outreach events
• Kaplan 100 discount
• Chance to bid on Kaplan Auction
• National Membership (35)
• Reduced fees at bioengineering conferences
• Online access to company, faculty, internship
  directories at BMES website
• Check for other national membership benefits
  http//www.bmes.org/membership.asp
• HOW TO JOIN
• Membership form (to come)

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Corporate

• PROFESSIONAL
• Abbott Laboratories
• Medela, Inc.
• Medtronic, Inc.
• GE Healthcare
• Cardinal Health
• CAREER
• Engineering Career Services
• Business Career Services
• Career Center

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Academic

• U OF I PROFESSORS
• Dr. Bruce Wheeler
• Neuronal Pattern Analysis
• Dr. Michael Insana
• Ultrasonic Elasticity Imaging
• PREP COURSES
• Kaplan

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Social Cookout City

• Cook Mayor Giuseppe Toia
• This Sunday, Sept. 9 , 100-300pm
• Illini Grove (Lincoln and Pennsylvania, near
  PAR/ALLEN)

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Social

• Goal
• Bring BMES members together in a non-work setting
  encouraging each person to get to know one
  another
• Past Events
• Broomball
• Ice Skating
• Movie Night
• Barcrawl
• (with other societies HKN, IEEE, EC)

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Social

• POSSIBLE FUTURE EVENTS
• Food Outings
• Sport gatherings
• (ie paintball, softball, frisbee)
• Bar Crawls
• Community Fund raising walks
• Ice Cream Social
•  Med school/University visits
• Give us your ideas and well make it happen!
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Engineering Open House 2008

• Biggest annual event to share what bioengineering
  is all about to outsiders
• Audience includes potential students and parents
• Great opportunity to build excitement about the
  major
• What weve done in the past
• Posters, lab tours, demos, displays about
  research
• New this year
• Senior Design (general theme bioengineering in
  action)
• Other possibilities
• Project-specific sponsorship, interactive
  displays
• Give us your input!!
• CONTACT LUKE EDELMAN FOR MORE INFO
• edelman2_at_uiuc.edu

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Something Cool!

• SEM (Society for Experimental Mechanics) is
  hosting Boston Scientific representatives.  They
  want to get to know students on campus.  In
  addition to a brief overview of the company they
  will be giving advice on talking to recruiters at
  Engineering Expo and interviewing tips.  SEM
  would encourage members of Biomedical Engineering
  Society to come and join us! The event will be
  held on Sunday, September 9th from 6-8PM in Rm
  103 Talbot.

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Sponsors
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NEXT GENERAL MEETING TBA Look out for an email
or newsletter with an update in the near future
QUESTIONS? THANKS FOR COMING!!!