Biomedical engineering: Professional Societies
Biomedical engineering: Professional Societies
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
- The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) was created in 1992.
- The primary goal of AIMBE is to serve as an umbrella organization in the United States for the purpose of unifying the bioengineering community, addressing public policy issues, and promoting engineering approach in society’s effort to enhance health and quality of life though the judicious use of technology.
- Contact: AIMBE, 1901 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Suite 401, Washington, D.C. 20006.
- Website: http://www.aimbe.org Email: info [at] aimbe.org
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)
- The major interest of the EMBS encompasses the application of concepts and methods from the physical and engineering sciences to biology and medicine.
- Contact: IEEE EMBS Executive Office, IEEE, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ, 08855-1331 USA
- Website: http://www.embs.org Email: emb-exec [at] ieee.org
Biomedical Engineering Society
- BMES was established in 1968 to address a need for a society that afforded equal status to representatives of both biomedical and engineering interests.
- The primary goal of BMES is “to promote the increase of biomedical engineering knowledge and its utilization.”
- Publications of BMES include: Annals of Biomedical Engineering, BMES Bulletin, and the BMES Membership Directory.
- Contact: BMES, 8401 Corporate Drive, Suite 225, Landover, MD 20785-2224, USA.
- Website: http://www.bmes.org/default.asp Email: info [at] bmes.org
Related pages:
- Biomedical Engineering: A definition
- What is Biomedical Engineering?
- Roles played by biomedical engineers
