BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING
BREAKS ALL-TIME ATTENDANCE RECORD
2600+ Attended Pittsburgh Event 

Pittsburgh, PA....The Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting for 2009 had 2602 attendees this year, announced Conference Chair Harvey Borovetz and Program Chair David Vorp, both members of the faculty at host University of Pittsburgh.  The meeting October 7-10 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, was the largest ever hosted by the Society.
 
According to Edward Schilling, Executive Director of the Biomedical Engineering Society, "It is a credit to the hard work of our Chairs and BMES staff that we had such a large meeting this year," Schilling said.  "Changes in our meeting format and a content laden program attracted a large diversified group of attendees."
 
Over 1200 poster presentations filled the exhibit hall, resulting in crowded aisles for the universities and companies hosting exhibit booths.  The shift to a convention center based meeting with posters and exhibits in the same hall enhanced the appeal of the meeting to BMES members from industry, research, and academe.
 
Career Day, which kicked off the meeting, attracted hundreds of undergraduates, graduate students, and early career professionals on Wednesday, October 7.  "Career Day presented a unique opportunity for young members in or about to enter our profession to get valuable job search advice, make contacts, and network with the top researchers and employers in the country," Schilling said.  Other highlights included a large number of alumni receptions hosted by participating universities.
 
Next year's Annual Meeting will be held in Austin, Texas October 6-9, 2010, hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. According to Jack D. Hart, Assistant Chairman of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, "We are expecting that more than 3,000 participants will attend the 2010 meeting.  We look forward to building on Pittsburgh's success."  

BMES 
ANNOUCES NEW CARDIOVASCULAR 
JOURNAL

The first issue of the newest BMES journal, Cardiovascular Engineering & Technology (CVET), will appear in March 2010. Dr. Ajit Yoganathan (Georgia Tech) is Editor-in-Chief of CVET, which will be published quarterly by Springer. The scope of the journal appears below. The attached flyer provides additional information about CVET.

Manuscripts can now be submitted to http://www.editorialmanager.com/cvet/.

Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology is a journal publishing the spectrum of basic to translational research in all aspects of cardiovascular physiology and medical treatment.  It is the forum for academic and industrial investigators to disseminate research that utilizes engineering principles and methods to advance fundamental knowledge and technological solutions related to the cardiovascular system.  

Manuscripts spanning from subcellular to systems level topics are invited, including but not limited to implantable medical devices, hemodynamics and tissue biomechanics, functional imaging, surgical devices, electrophysiology, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, diagnostic instruments, transport and delivery of biologics, and sensors.  

In addition to manuscripts describing the original publication of research, manuscripts reviewing developments in these topics or their state-of-art are also invited.

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