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AWARDS 2008

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

21 August 2008 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Please join us in congratulating EMBS Members

elected for the IEEE Fellow for 2008

Emery Brown, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, USA for contributions to state-space algorithms for point processes and applications to neuroscience data

Frank Doyle, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA for contributions to nonlinear process control and analysis for biological systems

Robert Galloway, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, USA for leadership in the field of image-guided therapy

Aura Ganz, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA for contributions to architectures, algorithms, and protocols for high speed communications networks

William Joines, Duke University, North Carolina, USA for contributions to frequency-selective structures in microwave circuits, biology, and medicine

Christian Jutten, University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France for contributions in source separation and independent component analysis

Gianluca Lazzi, NC State University, North Carolina, USA for contributions to bioelectromagnetics and implantable devices

Pai-Chi Li, National Taiwan University, Taiwan for contributions to ultrasonic imaging technologies

Benoit Macq, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium for contributions to visual communication technologies

Roger Mark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, USA for development of physiologic signal databases and automated arrhythmia analysis

Max Meng, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong for contributions to medical robotics

Ken Shepard, Columbia University, New York, USA for contributions to computer-aided design of digital integrated circuits

Michael Simpson, University of Tennessee, Tennessee, USA for contributions to nanotechnology in engineered devices and biology

Peter Tarjan, University of Miami, College of Engineering, Florida, USA for leadership in the development of cardiovascular devices

Bruce Wheeler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA for contributions to the neuroengineering of in vitro experimental systems

John Wikswo, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, USA for contributions to understanding electromagnetic effects on materials and biological tissues

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A General-Purpose, Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) System (T-BME, vol.51, no.6, pp.1034-1043, June 2004)

Authors:

Gerwin Schalk, Dennis J. McFarland, Thilo Hinterberger Niels Birbaumer, Jonathan R. Wolpaw

This paper describes the substantial progress made in engineering what is perhaps the world's leading practical EEG driven brain computer interface for use with locked in and other patients with severe communications difficulties. The authors’ affiliations at time of publication:

G. Schalk, Laboratory of Nervous System Disorders, Wadsworth Center New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY D. J. McFarland, Laboratory of Nervous System Disorders, Wadsworth Center New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY T. Hinterberger, Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany N. Birbaumer, Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany J. R. Wolpaw, Laboratory of Nervous System Disorders, Wadsworth Center New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY

A monetary award of $500 will be given to the author group and individual certificates of merit will be given to each author.

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, (T-BME)

2008 Outstanding Paper Award is Presented to:


IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, (T-ITB)

2008 Outstanding Paper Award is Presented to:

AMON: A Wearable Multiparameter Medical Monitoring and Alert System (T-ITB, vol.8, no. 4, pp.415-427, Dec 2004)

Primary Authors:

Urs Anliker, Jamie A. Ward, Paul Lukowicz

This paper describes an advanced care and alert portable telemedical monitor (AMON), a wearable medical monitoring and alert system targeting high-risk cardiac/respiratory patients. The primary authors’ affiliations at time of publication:

U. Anliker, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Wearable Computing Laboratory Zurich, Switzerland J.A. Ward, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Wearable Computing Laboratory Zurich, Switzerland P. Lukowicz, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Wearable Computing Laboratory Zurich, Switzerland

Additional Authors: Gerhard Tröster, François Dolveck, Michel Baer, Fatou Keita, Eran B. Schenker,

Fabrizio Catarsi, Luca Coluccini, Andrea Belardinelli, Dror Shklarski, Menachem Alon, Etienne Hirt, Rolf Schmid, Milica Vuskovic

A monetary award of $500 will be given to the author group and individual certificates of merit will be given to each author.


IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and

Rehabilitation Engineering (T-NSRE)

2008 Outstanding Paper Award

There are joint recipients to represent the technical areas of Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. The Neural Systems technical area best paper is:

Comparison of Linear, Nonlinear, and Feature Selection Methods for EEG Signal Classification (T-NSRE, vol. 11, no.2, pp.141-144, June 2003)

Authors:

Deon Garrett, David A. Peterson, Charles W. Anderson, Michael H. Thaut This paper describes the development of linear and non-linear classifiers of mental tasks in the field of brain-computer interfaces (BCI). The authors’ affiliations at time of publication:

D.A. Peterson, C.W. Anderson, M.H. Thaut Dept of Computer Science & the Molecular, Cellular, & Integrative Neuroscience Program Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

The Rehabilitation Engineering technical area best paper is:

Web-Based Telerehabilitation for the Upper Extremity After Stroke (T-NSRE, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 102-108, June 2002)

Authors:

David J. Reinkensmeyer, Clifton T. Pang, Jeff A. Nessler, Christopher C. Painter

This paper describes developing technology for arm and hand rehabilitation therapy after stroke in the field of telerehabilitation. The authors’ affiliations at time of publication:

D.J. Reinkensmeyer, Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Center for Biomedical Eng University of California, Irvine, CA C.T. Pang, KLA-Tencor San Jose, CA J.A. Nessler, Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Center for Biomedical Engineering University of California, Irvine, CA C.C. Painter, Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Center for Biomedical Engineering University of California, Irvine, CA

A monetary award of $250 will be given to the author group of each paper and individual certificates of merit will be given to the authors of each paper.


2007 EMBS Student Paper Competition Award Winners

1st

Place

Yan Tat Wong University of New South Wales, Australia Optical Imaging of Electrically Evoked Visual Signals in Cats: I. Responses to Corneal and Intravitreal Electrical Stimulation

2nd

Place

Valentina Corino Politecnico di Milano, Italy A Gaussian Mixture Model for Time-Frequency Analysis of Atrial Fibrillation Electrocardiograms

3rd

Place

Javier Escudero University of Valladolid, Spain Magnetoencephalogram Blind Source Separation and Component Selection Procedure to Improve the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease

DESCRIPTION: For outstanding student achievement on a level of international competition in the field of Biomedical Engineering.

CRITERIA: The three most outstanding student competitors at the Annual International Conference of the EMBS will be recognized based on the quality and presentation of their research at that Conference.

NOMINATION: Student EMBS members who have submitted their papers to the student paper competition at the Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, and who have already been recognized as an EMBS Whitaker Foundation Student Open Competition Finalist or as an EMBS Whitaker Foundation Student Region Finalist, are automatically considered for this award.

RECOGNITION: Cash awards of $300, $200, and $100 respectively for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.


2008 Student Paper Competition Geographic Finalists

Asia Pacific

Bahman Tahayori, University of Melbourne, Australia Magnetic Resonance Described in the Excitation Dependent Rotating Frame of Reference

Europe

Steffen Schumann, MEM Research Center, University of Bern, Switzerland Calibration of X-ray Radiographs and its Feasible Application for 2D/3D Reconstruction of the Proximal Femur

Latin America

Jose David Diaz, Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda, Venezuela Nonlinear Analysis of the ECG During Atrial Fibrillation in Patients for Low Energy Internal Cardioversion

Middle East/Africa

Dima Litvak, Tel-Aviv University, Israel Fall Detection of Elderly Through Floor Vibrations and Sound

North America

Diego Hernando, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA A Network Flow Method for Improved MR Field Map Estimation in the Presence of Water and Fat


2008 Student Paper Competition Open Finalists

Trent Bradberry, University of Maryland, USA Decoding of Hand and Cursor Kinematics from Magnetoencephalographic Signals During Tool Use

Jeroen Corthout, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Automatic Screening of Obstructive Sleep Apnea from the ECG Based on Empirical Mode Decomposition and Wavelet Analysis

Abdelhamid Kadiallah, Imperial College London, United Kingdom The CNS Learns Multiple Impedance Models

Srinivas Kota, Southern Illinois University, USA Spatio-Temporal Modeling for Dense Array ERP Classification

Mande Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada A Novel Method to Estimate the Aortic Pressure Waveform Using B-Mode Ultrasound Images Acquired from a Suprasternal View

Kayan Ma, Robarts Research Institute, Canada A New Lateral Guidance Device for Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Using an Add-on Unit to an Upright Mammography System

Raz Miri, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Comparison of the Electrophysiologically Based Optimization Methods with Different Pacing Parameters in Patient Undergoing Resynchronization Treatment

Olivier Noterdaeme, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Correction of Inhomogeneities in Magnetic Resonance Images

Suvimol Sangkatumvong, University of Southern California, USA Abnormal Cardiac Autonomic Control in Sickle Cell Disease following Transient Hypoxia

Debra Strick, University of California Los Angeles, USA Towards a Microcoil for Intracranial and Intraductal MR Microscopy


The 2008 EMBS Outstanding Performance Award for Student Branch Chapter or Club is Presented to:

CAIRO UNIVERSITY sTUDENT CHAPTER

Cairo University

Although newly established, the IEEE-EMBS Cairo

University Students’ Chapter believes they have made

satisfactory progress throughout the previous year. The

Chapter’s aim is to link the local community of biomedical

engineers in Egypt, and promote IEEE through such linking.

Since this is an initiative in their region, the Chapter started

by releasing their first issue of the “BioLink” magazine in

June 2007 under the slogan, Linking the Local Community of

Biomedical Engineers. To coincide with this slogan, many

aspects were covered in this issue. Interviews with market

leaders and prominent names in research were done by the

students. This was to encourage students to know more

about what’s waiting for them in the market after graduation.

Other articles were written and compiled by students. These

were dedicated to the undergraduate student, how to

improve skills and how to choose graduation projects.

The magazine was funded by three entities (local and

international), and it was distributed free for students, alumni,

and anyone related to the career of biomedical engineering

in Egypt, and mainly Cairo. The aim of the magazine, and

specifically the first issue, was reached to a great extent.

Now the Chapter will be releasing the second issue of the

magazine with a wider scope and more confidence.

In accordance with the magazine objective, the Chapter is

working on implementing an alumni database for the

graduates of the systems and biomedical engineering

department (SBME), through which they can provide a

linkage between all of them and promote IEEE activities.

Moreover, events are considered another window

through which the Cairo Chapter widens their circle of

influence and recruit more active members. An

environmental awareness session was held at the

beginning of April 2008. It’s well known that inadequate

hygiene practices in different parts of the world led to the

development of many diseases not even heard of two or

three decades ago. The Chapter’s aim was to begin an

awareness campaign toward environment, especially

solid waste management as a start.

PRIOR AWARDEES

2007: EMBS Bombay Student Branch Chapter at TSEC

2006: UConn EMBS Student Branch Chapter

2005: IEEE EMBS Student Branch Chapter at BUPT

2004: North Dakota State University EMBS Student Club

DESCRIPTION: For achievement in demonstrating outstanding performance

in promoting student interest and involvement in biomedical engineering

during the previous calendar year.

CRITERIA: A single EMBS Student Club or Branch Chapter will be selected

each year, based on the following:

- activities demonstrating initiative, innovation and creativity

- areas of progress and improvement

- significant impact in biomedical engineering education, and

- contributions to the profession

Among the documentation considered in selecting the winning Student Club

or Branch Chapter will be website, meeting reports and newsletters. The

award is presented to the Student Club or Branch Chapter, whose Executive

Committee determines which individual member of the Student Club or

Branch Chapter will travel to the Society's Annual International Conference

to receive the award on behalf of the Student Club or Branch Chapter.

NOMINATION: The awardee will be selected by the Member and Chapter

Activities Committee of the EMB Society, from submitted applicants.

RECOGNITION: The awardee will receive an Honorarium of $500 and

reimbursement of up to $1,000 for transportation and hotel accommodations

at the EMBS Annual International Conference. The Student Club or Branch

Chapter will be recognized at the conference's awards presentation

ceremony.

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The 2008 EMBS Best New Chapter Award is Presented to:

ROMANIA CHAPTER

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Romania Chapter Event

The Romanian IEEE-EMBS Chapter traces its roots

throughout a decades long continuous evolution, emerging

from the confluence of traditional engineering areas –

mechanical, electrical, materials sciences – with Biology,

Medicine and Pharmacology. The progress was stimulated

by the worldwide contemporary impetus in the field of

biomedical engineering.

In response to social and economic requests, the industry

had to focus on the specific needs in medicine and biology.

Consequently, the school had to diversify its offering and

introduced educational programs – at undergraduate and

graduate levels. Initially, either complementing classical

electrical, mechanical and materials sciences curricula, or

emerging as final, diploma projects, MS. PhD theses, inter-

and multidisciplinary areas of research and instruction

progressively bridged the gap between technical sciences,

on one hand, and biology and medicine, on the other.

For instance, bioelectromagnetism, medical imaging,

information technology, biomedical instrumentation, artificial

intelligence for multidimensional signal processing,

monitoring of physiological parameters (cardiovascular,

neuromuscular and respiratory) of interest in medical

diagnosis and therapy systems, electric and magnetic

stimulation, biomaterials and tissue engineering, e-Health,

rehabilitation engineering are some of the areas of interest.

Academic communities in major university centers – e.g.,

Bucharest, Brasov, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iasi, Pitesti,

Timisoara – were the first to show interest in permeating and

contributing to the technical progress, in defining

educational curricula for engineers, biologists and

physicians able to cope with engineering problems and

challenges in Medicine and Biology.

Keeping pace with the epoch and the demands,

undergraduate studies in engineering for Biology and

Medicine are currently offered by medical and technical

universities. More recently, graduate studies in

biomedical and biomaterials engineering are of interest

to graduates of medical and biology schools too. In

response, MS studies are provided by major technical

universities.

A key role in the professional culture is to recommend

the individuals to professional associations from early

stages of their education, and the EMB community

makes no exception. Therefore attracting student

members to the Chapter it is a matter of major concern,

and our Chapter has to devote efforts and means to this

end.

Another important component of the biomedical

community in this country are the companies concerned

with activities in support to or of biomedical nature. This

sector is growing fast, and its role is more and more

important.

As direct consequence to all these facts, the “critical

mass” has finally reached the level where the Romanian

IEEE community is capable and willing to morph its

professional interests into an EMBS Chapter, in joining

the vast and remarkable international current.

Now, as the Chapter exists, we feel and behave more

and more as a professional body that shares – besides

professional objectives – common goals, and it is with

renewed impetus that we consider cooperating and

tightening ties.

PRIOR AWARDEES

2007: EMBS Greece Chapter

DESCRIPTION: For outstanding activities performed by a new EMBS

Chapter within the first 12 months of Chapter formation.

CRITERIA: A single EMBS Chapter will be selected each year based on

activities, community outreach and promotion of EMB (website and

newsletters)



RECOGNITION: The awardee will receive an Honorarium of $500 and

reimbursement of up to $1,000 for transportation and hotel accommodations

at the EMBS Annual International Conference. The Chapter will be

recognized at the conference's awards presentation ceremony.


The 2008 EMBS Outstanding Chapter Award is Presented to:

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Middle School Outreach Program

The Buenaventura IEEE EMBS Chapter is happy to provide

a range of outreach and support activities for practicing

engineers and the community. This includes a well-regarded

speaker program, mentoring and career transition support,

and an IEEE-sponsored educational program for middle-

school students.

The Chapter currently provides a number of services to the

IEEE-EMBS community:

Monthly Speaker Program

Middle School Outreach Program

Mentor and Job Transition Program

Help in job transition

Participation in local conferences

In addition to support from IEEE, EMBS, and the

membership, local companies and their host university

sponsor the Chapter and its activities through direct

donations or matching grants.

Buenaventura has a great team of officers working diligently

to make 2008 a great year. All are well connected in

industry, academia and medicine, and add great value to the

Chapter. They tailor assignments to align with the

volunteer’s interest, skills, and availability, and professional

interests to make the experience pleasant and fulfilling.

Buenaventura’s speaker series features high -caliber

clinicians, researchers, and engineers from Southern

California, with a calendar filled 12-18 months in advance.

These events regularly draw attendees from as far away as

CalTech, USC, UC Santa Barbara, and beyond. Senior

university investigators and company executives in the

speakers’ fields attend and enliven the presentations

with their perspectives. These provide a unique

opportunity for student and community attendees to learn

about the topics under discussion.

The Chapter makes effective use of a number of

techniques to attract attendees and speakers, including

local media, announcement distribution at events, via

Section and Region newsletters, IEEE listserv, a

published RSS feed, and Chapter web site.

Buenaventura continues its sponsorship and

participation in the Middle School Outreach for

Biomedical Engineering, which was developed in 2006

with a generous $10,000 grant from the IEEE

Foundation. Chapter funding and individual donations

have sustained the outreach program. To date, this

program has reached 7,000+ seventh-graders in area

schools. Positive feedback has been received from

teachers and administrators, enthusiastic reception from

the middle-school students, and public recognition from

the Amgen Foundation for this effort. The Outreach

program provides a great opportunity for Chapter officers

to work with CLU Bioengineering Student colleagues to

help foster their career interests in biomedical

engineering. Thus far, four teams of three or more

bioengineering students have presented the program;

participating in it is seen as an honor by the student

presenters.

PRIOR AWARDEES

2007: EMBS Columbia Chapter

2006: No Nominations

2005: Buenaventura EMBS Chapter

2004-2000: No Nominations

1999: Twin Cities

1998: Baltimore Chapter

1997: Houston Chapter

1994: Dayton Chapter

1993: Mexico Chapter

1992: Santa Clara Valley (California) Chapter

DESCRIPTION: For achievement in member development and delivering

services to members of an EMBS chapter during the previous calendar year.

CRITERIA: A single EMBS Chapter will be selected each year based on

activities, community outreach and promotion of EMB (website and

newsletters)



RECOGNITION: The awardee will receive an Honorarium of $1,000 and

reimbursement of up to $1,000 for transportation to attend the EMBS Annual

International Conference. The Chapter will be recognized at the conference's

awards presentation ceremony.

BUENAVENTURA CHAPTER


EMBS Chapter/Student Chapter Member Incentive Program

EMBS instituted a Member Incentive Program for Chapters and Student Branch Chapters to assist them in strengthening their membership and raise funds for future activities. For every 10 new members recruited over the past year, the Chapter receives $100 in funding from EMBS. The Chapter and Student Branch Chapter with the highest number of new members recruited over the past year will also receive one complimentary registration for EMBC08 as well as $1,000 funding toward travel expenses to attend EMBC08. Please join us in congratulating the following:

United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Chapter Chapter Chair: Christopher James

44 new members

and

Madras Student Branch Chapter Chapter Chair: P. Suresh Chander Pal

94 new members


The 2008 EMBS Early Career Achievement Award is Presented to:

ALI KHADEMHOSSEINI

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“For contributions at the interface between engineering,

biomaterials, and biological sciences. In particular, the

application of micro– and nanoengineered biomaterials and

surface modification approaches for biomedicine.”

Ali Khademhosseini is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and

Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard-MIT's Division of

Health Sciences and Technology and the Harvard Medical

School. His research is based on developing micro- and

nanoscale technologies to control cellular behavior with

particular emphasis in developing microscale biomaterials and

engineering systems for tissue engineering. His laboratory is

currently pioneering technologies to control the formation of

vascularized tissues with appropriate microarchitectures as

well as regulating stem cell differentiation within

microengineered systems.

He has published one edited book, 60+ peer reviewed papers,

90 abstracts, 19 book chapters, and 14 issued or pending

patents. His work has been highlighted in places such as

Nature and Technology Review Magazine. Furthermore, he

has published extensively in outstanding journals such as

PNAS, JACS, Advanced Materials, Biomaterials, Lab on a

chip, Langmuir and Tissue Engineering.

He currently leads a laboratory (web.mit.edu/aliklab)

composed of 25 researchers at Partners 65 Landsdowne

Street facility in Cambridge within walking distance of Harvard

University and MIT. He has been principal investigator (PI) of

CRITERIA: The award is presented annually to an individual who has made significant contributions, technologically or theoretically, to the field of Biomedical Engineering within ten years of completion of his or her highest degree. These contributions must represent meritorious achievement, exemplary technical contribution, or educational contribution to the field as evidenced by innovative research, design, product development, patents or publications.

multiple projects, both funded by public and private

bodies. In particular he is currently PI or co-PI on

multiple NIH grants and multiple other grants (Coulter

Foundation, DOD, etc.).

He has chaired and organized numerous symposia and

sessions in the area of BioMEMS, micro and

nanofabricated biomaterials, and micro/nanoscale drug

delivery/tissue engineering. Also, he has been invited to

give greater than 80 seminars at various academic and

industrial institutions. His other interests in academia

involve multi-national educational efforts with countries

such as Portugal, Turkey, Finland and Korea.

Dr. Khademhosseini’s research efforts have earned him

numerous awards. In 2007, he was recognized by

Technology Review Magazine as one of the nation's

"Top Young Innovators” (TR35). In the same year he

received the BMW Group Scientific Award (2007), one of

richest and most prestigious awards for young scientists

from across the world. More recently he has received

the American Chemical Society Victor K. LaMer Award

(2008). He has also received the Coulter Foundation

Early Career Award for biomedical engineering (2006).

Khademhosseini's teaching efforts were recognized

when he won the MIT’s Outstanding Undergraduate

Mentoring Award (2004).

He received his Ph.D. in bioengineering from MIT (2005),

and MASc (2001) and BASc (1999) degrees from

University of Toronto both in chemical engineering. At

MIT, he worked in the laboratory of Prof. Robert Langer,

one of the pioneers in the area of tissue engineering and

drug delivery. After graduation from MIT, he continued

to work in Prof. Langer’s laboratory prior to accepting his

current position.

PRIOR AWARDEES

2007: Tejal Desai 1996: Joan E. Sanders

2006: Alejandro Frangi 1995: Atam P. Dhawan

2005: Stephen Boppart 1993: Rory A. Cooper

2004: Susan Hagness 1992: Yitzhak Mendelson

2003: Paolo Vicini 1991: Blake Hannaford

2002: Dorin Panescu 1990: Janie M. Fouke

2001: David Beebe 1988: Yongmin Kim

2000: James Collins 1986: George V. Kondraske

1999: Zhi-Pei Liang 1985: K. Kirk Shung

1997: Metin Akay


The 2008 EMBS Service Award is Presented to:

HENRIETTA GALIANA

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“For visionary leadership of the Engineering in Medicine &

Biology Society and broadening of its mandate to include all

areas of biomedical and biological sciences.”

Dr. Henrietta Galiana received her Bachelor’s in Electrical

Engineering (Honours) from McGill University in 1966,

followed by a Master’s Elect. Eng. (Biomedical) in 1968.

After a few years working with Larry Young at MIT’s Man-

Vehicle Lab, and a 7 year sabbatical to raise two kids, she

returned to doctoral studies and received her PhD in

Biomedical Eng. in 1981. In 1983, she accepted a staff

position in the then new Department of Biomedical

Engineering in McGill’s Faculty of Medicine, where she now

holds the position of Professor and Chair.

Her research in Biomedical Engineering began with an

exploration of the role of neural circuit topography in defining

movement control dynamics and optional movement

strategies. The initial focus was on ocular nystagmus in the

vestibule-ocular reflex, which required innovation in data

segment classification and transient system identification in

switched systems (hybrid). The concepts are now finding

relevance in the interpretation and analysis of spinal circuits

for segmented limb control, with implications for the design

of man-machine interfaces in prosthetic limb control. Related

issues of platform coordination and sensory fusion generate

theogretical predictions that are applied in the vestibular

clinic for patient evaluation, and are ported to biomimetic

robot systems to test novel control approaches.

Dr. Galiana is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of

Canada (2007), a Fellow of the IEEE (2002), a past

President (2002) of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine

and Biology Society, a member of the executive

committee of the Neural Control of Movement Society,

and an Associate Editor for Trans on Neural Systems

and Rehabilitation Engineering. As VP Publications and

Technical Activities (1999-2001), she was instrumental in

organizing the transition to Manuscript Central for EMBS

publications early in the IEEE process. During her

presidential years (PE-P-PP, 2001-2003), the

membership pool of EMBS members was extended to

include medical/bio-researchers and clinical engineers

through joint meetings and new publications (e.g. T-NB,

T-CBB). Biomedical Research in IEEE now enjoys a high

profile with increasing collaborations between Societies

and Councils. At the Institute level, Dr. Galiana has

been involved in the activities of the IEEE Technical

Activities Board through the TAB Strategic Planning

Committee (2004-2006) and as Chair of the ad-hoc

Committee on Governance (2005). She is a current

member of the TAB Society Review Committee helping

to streamline the review process and support from IEEE

staff. Current activities for EMBS now focus on

conference Co-Chair activities for our International

Annual Meetings (Vancouver, Shanghai) and Chairman

of the Nominating Committee.

PRIOR AWARDEES 2007: Nathalie Gosset 1999: Jean–Louis Coatrieux

2006: Yuan-Ting Zhang 1998: Susan M. Blanchard

2005: Jose Principe 1996: Michael R. Neuman

2004: John Enderle 1995: Charles Robinson

2003: Christian Roux 1994: Barry Feinberg

2002: Swamy Laxminarayan 1983: Eli Fromme

2001: Metin Akay 1992: Swamy Laxminarayan

2000: Jack Iverson 1990: Alvin Wald

CRITERIA: The award is presented only to individuals who have made significant service contributions to the EMB Society. These contributions must represent uncommon dedication, and a record of exemplary service to the EMB society. The work cited could have appeared in the form of service as an EMBS Officer, AdCom member, editor, associate editor or society member.


The 2008 EMBS Career Achievement Award is Presented to:

ROGER BARR

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“For outstanding pioneering contributions to the field of

bioelectricity and leadership in biomedical engineering.”

Roger Coke Barr is Anderson-Rupp Professor of Biomedical

Engineering and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Duke

University, where he has been a member of the faculty since

the organization of the program in the early 1970s, serving

as Department Chair from 1995-2000. He gains particular

satisfaction from the multitude of ongoing professional

accomplishments of several generations of undergraduate

and graduate students whose early contact with bioelectricity

was in his classes or under his mentorship.

His research career began as a collaborator of Madison

Spach, on projects about the experimental study of body

surface potentials and the experimental measurement of

their origin from potentials in the heart. These projects that

have continued at ever smaller size scales throughout his

career.

To support the original experimental program he wrote,

together with G. Scott Herman-Giddens, the first multi-

tasking real-time computer operating system to acquire and

manage multiple channels of data acquisition, display,

control of stimuli, and data analysis. He provided the first

spatial analysis of the numbers of leads required to measure

all of the electrocardiographic information on the body

surface of humbans, and developed the or ig inal

mathematical strategy and computer programs for

computing body surface potentials from those on the cardiac

epicardium, taking into account the irregular shapes of

both, a computational plan now known as the boundary-

element method. He originated the method of inverse

calculation of cardiac epicardial potentials from body

surface potentials using statistical constraints.

With Robert Plonsey he exploited the introduction of the

cardiac bidomain model of Tung to show the looping

current flow patterns that must exist in cardiac muscle

and the unexpected propagation sequences that can

result. This work formed the basis for the solution of

several problems in field stimulation, threshold variability,

and defibrillation mechanisms. Together they also wrote

the text Bioelectricity, A Quantitative Approach, now in its

3rd edition.

He worked with Fan Yuan and Brian Mossop to

determine the tiny electric fields within individual

spherical cells subjected to strong external fields. Most

recently he has worked with Andrew Pollard (UAB) on

the challenging problem of measuring the intracellular

resistances between cardiac cells as well as interstitial

resistances along and across cardiac fibers using closely

spaced sets of extracellular electrodes, and again with

Madison Spach to understand the re-entrant excitation

sequences seen in cardiac muscle with premature

stimulation.

In past years he has served EMBS on its Administrative

Committee, as VP for Financial Planning, and as

President. At present he is Chair of the EMB Fellow

Committee.

PRIOR AWARDEES

2007: Jose Principe 1991: Walter Welkowitz

2006: Jean-Louis Coatrieux 1990: Richard J. Johns

2005: Ewart Carson 1988: R. Stuart Mackay

2004: Michael R. Neuman 1987: Otto Schmitt

2003: Ante Šantic 1986: Leslie A. Geddes

2002: Willis J. Tompkins 1985: David B. Geselowitz

2001: John G. Webster 1979: Robert Plonsey*

2000: Max Schaldach 1974: Dean L. Franklin*

1999: Fernand A. Roberge 1973: Donald F. Childers*

1997: J. Lawrence Katz 1968: Wilson Greatbatch*

1996: Max E. Valentinuzzi 1967: Herman Schwan*

1995: Floyd Dunn 1963: Otto Schmitt*

1994: Wilson Greatbatch 1961: Britton Chance*

1993: John M. Reid 1956: Edward F. MacNichol*

1992: Edwin L. Carstensen

*Recipient of the William J. Morlock Memorial Award

CRITERIA: The award is presented annually to an individual who has made significant contributions through a distinguished career of twenty years or more In the field of Biomedical Engineering, as an educator, researcher, developer or administrator. These contributions must represent meritorious achievement and exemplary technical, educational, or administrative accomplishments in the field. Any past or present member of the IEEE and EMBS who has not been a voting member of AdCom in the past two years is eligible. Before 1980, the award was designated as the William J. Morlock Memorial Award.

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Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Transactions on Medical Imaging

Transactions on NanoBioscience

Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Reviews on Biomedical Engineering

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Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in

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IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Neural Engineering (NER)

International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)

International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BIOROB)

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International Summer School on Biocomplexity

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