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

该项目将支持第26届南方生物医学工程会议（SBEC），该会议将于2010年4月30日至5月2日在马里兰大学Fischell生物工程系举行。国家科学基金会的资金将用于部分支持学生的注册和奖励；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。会议吸引了学生和知名研究人员的混合，导致广泛的互动，往往激励双方。生物医学工程快速发展的本质是本次会议的背景，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，通常比大型会议中看到的互动更多，而大型会议可能没有人情味。SBEC考试强调学生的参与，有其特殊的目的。与全国会议不同，强烈鼓励学生（本科生、研究生和专业人士）参与。在导师的观察下，学生作者展示的作品有助于他们培养公开演讲技巧，并在演讲中建立自信。知名的研究人员与学生在同一会议上发表论文，从而鼓励学生以高水平的专业精神为标准，并允许学生听取该领域的知名权威。为了保持对学生参与的重视，SBEC根据他们在会议上的论文和演讲，为本科生、研究生和专业学生颁发了最佳论文奖。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的四个平行会议，包括大约100篇（预计）技术论文。SBEC会议委员会致力于吸引来自科学和工程领域代表性不足的社区的成员，包括妇女和少数民族。会议组织者将通过有针对性地向为这些人群服务的组织和机构宣传会议来解决这个问题。这种有针对性的广告将包括邮件和个人跟踪，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.