Increasing Student Participation at AIMBE's 19th Annual Event, held in Washington, DC

1007526 Ayers 2010年AIMBE年会是医学和生物工程界唯一的一次会议，其具体目标是将科学和工程领域的良好趋势与公共政策相结合。由于AIMBE由最高级别的工程师和组织组成，该成员具有通过影响医学和生物工程创新的方向，通过工程和科学改善社会的巨大潜力。虽然一年一度的活动吸引了高水平的专业人士和工程师，但学生的出席人数往往很少。AIMBE的领导层希望看到这一趋势的逆转。INTELLECTUAL MERIT根据国家科学基金会改善科学和教育倡议的目标，AIMBE的年度活动具有大量的智力优势，因为演讲者和编程处于研究的前沿，并就推动教育和未来研究活动的创新和工程概念进行高级别讨论。有了足够的资金，学生将能够与工程领导者互动，并向他们学习创新的未来，以及如何管理他们在从学生到研究人员和创新者的过程中需要考虑的伦理考虑。此外，他们还将接触到当今影响医学和生物工程研究的领先组织和一些最具活力的个人。BROADER IMPACT参加这次活动的更广泛的影响是，学生们将更好地了解工程和科学职业生涯带来的可能性，并有望受到启发，成为该领域的未来领导者。他们将了解政策如何影响研究，以及所有工程师都应该解决的伦理问题。学生将深入了解现代研究的方向，以及医疗和生物工程通过医疗保健、食品和水安全、技术和无数其他领域影响社会的许多方式。

1007526AyersThe 2010 AIMBE Annual Event is the only meeting in the medical and biological engineering community with the specific goal to unite promising trends in science and engineering with public policy. Because AIMBE is comprised of the highest level of engineers and organizations, the membership has an enormous potential to improve society through engineering and science by influencing the direction of medical and biological engineering innovation. While the Annual Event attracts high-level professionals and engineers, attendance by students is often minimal. AIMBE's leadership would like to see a reversal of this trend.INTELLECTUAL MERITIn accordance with the National Science Foundation's goals to improve science and education initiatives, AIMBE's Annual Event holds a great amount of intellectual merit, as the speakers and programming are at the cutting edge of research and feature high-level discussions on the innovation and engineering concepts that are driving education and future research initiatives. With sufficient funding, students will be able to interact with and learn from engineering leaders about the future of innovation and how to manage the ethical considerations they need to take into account as they progress from students to researchers and innovators. Further, they will be exposed to leading organizations and some of the most dynamic individuals influencing medical and biological engineering research today.BROADER IMPACTThe broader impact of attending this event is that students will gain a greater view of the possibilities that come with a career in engineering and science, and hopefully be inspired to become future leaders in the field. They will gain an understanding of how policy impacts research and the ethical questions that all engineers should address. Students will have an intensive look at the direction of modern research and the many ways medical and biological engineering impacts society, through healthcare, food and water safety, technology, and a myriad of other areas.