26th Annual Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, April 30 - May 2, 2010

1004421 Herold该项目将支持将于2010年4月30日至5月2日在马里兰大学费舍尔大学生物工程系举行的第26届南方生物医学工程会议(SBEC)。来自国家科学基金会的资金将用于为学生注册和奖励提供部分支持，以及会议出版物的部分费用。SBEC系列会议在刺激工程和科学内容方面有着杰出的历史。这次会议吸引了学生和知名研究人员的混合，导致了广泛的互动，经常让双方都充满活力。生物医学工程迅速发展的本质是这次会议的背景，吸引了来自学术界、工业界和医疗实践的学生、研究人员和临床医生。广泛的参与者背景有助于营造一种轻松的氛围，通常比大型会议更具互动性，这可能是非个人化的。SBEC通过强调学生的参与来发挥特殊的作用。与全国性会议不同的是，强烈鼓励学生(本科生、研究生和专业人士)参加。学生作者的作品，在他们的导师的观察下，帮助他们发展公开演讲的技能，并在他们的演讲中建立自信。知名调查人员在与学生的同一会议上提交论文，从而鼓励将高水平的专业精神作为学生的标准，并允许学生听取该领域的知名权威人士的意见。为了与学生参与保持一致，SBEC根据本科生、研究生和专业学生在会议上的会议论文和演讲向他们颁发最佳论文奖。SBEC会议预计将吸引100多名学生。这是一个重大的教育影响，因为这些学生将被视为会议计划，由大约100篇(预期)技术论文组成的四个平行会议。SBEC会议委员会致力于吸引科学和工程领域代表性不足的社区的成员，包括妇女和少数群体。会议组织者将通过有针对性地向服务于这些人群的组织和机构宣传会议来解决这一问题。这种有针对性的广告将包括邮件和个人跟进，以确保邮件得到适当的分发。

1004421HeroldThis project will support the 26th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference (SBEC), to be held April 30 - May 2, 2010, at The University Maryland Fischell Department of Bioengineering. Funds from the NSF will be used to provide partial support for student registration and awards; and partial cost of conference publications.The SBEC conference series has a distinguished history of stimulating engineering and scientific content. The conference attracts a mix of students and established researchers leading to a wide range of interactions that often energize both sides. The rapidly evolving nature of Biomedical Engineering is the backdrop for this conference that attracts students, researchers, and clinicians, from academia, industry and medical practice. The broad range of participant backgrounds contributes to a casual atmosphere with often more interaction than is seen in larger meetings that can be impersonal.The SBEC serves a special purpose by emphasizing student participation. Unlike national meetings, the participation of students (undergraduate, graduate, and professional) is strongly encouraged. Work presented by student authors, while their mentors observe, helps them develop public speaking skills and establish self-confidence in their presentations. Established investigators present papers in the same sessions with the students, thus encouraging a high level of professionalism as a standard for the students, and allowing students to hear well-known authorities in the field as well. In keeping with the emphasis on student participation, the SBEC presents best paper awards to undergraduate, graduate and professional students based on both their proceedings papers and presentations at the conference.The SBEC conference is expected to attract over 100 students. This is a substantial educational impact as these students will be treated to conference program with four parallel sessions consisting of approximately 100 (expected) technical papers. The SBEC conference committee is dedicated to attracting members from under represented communities in science and engineering, including women and minority populations. The conference organizers will address this by targeted advertising of the conference to organizations and institutions that service these populations. This targeted advertising will include mailings and personal follow-up to ensure that the mailings get distributed appropriately.