The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering is an organization of biomedical engineers, which focuses on taking principles of engineering to and applying them to improve the medical and biological engineering fields. Its goals are to raise awareness about the field and how the medical and biological engineering fields are crucial to improving medical technology and food quality, and connect biomedical researchers from all around the country to share their ideas and research. Representing over 75,000 biomedical engineers from around the country, the organization serves a significant role to the biomedical engineering field.

The College of Fellows

The College of Fellows is composed of 1,000 medical and biological engineers who, by their contributions through research or education, have distinguished themselves as leaders in their respective specialties. These prominent scientists have helped improve the quality of life throughout the world by their dedication to revolutionize the engineering and medical fields. These fellows include heads of medical and engineering schools at many prestigious universities. Some fellows work for the government, acting as consultants, or directing clinical trials. Fellows are members of other prominent academic institutions, such as the National Academy of Engineering

National Academy of Engineering

The National Academy of Engineering is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States, that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences...

, Institute of Medicine

Institute of Medicine

The Institute of Medicine is a not-for-profit, non-governmental American organization founded in 1970, under the congressional charter of the National Academy of Sciences...

 and the National Academy of Sciences

United States National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...

. Others have received the National Medal of Science

National Medal of Science

The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and...

 and the National Medal of Technology

National Medal of Technology

The National Medal of Technology and Innovation is an honor granted by the President of the United States to American inventors and innovators who have made significant contributions to the development of new and important technology...

.

The Academic Council

The Academic Council consists of representative of many of the universities in the United States which offer undergraduate or graduate courses in biomedical engineering

Biomedical engineering

Biomedical Engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology. This field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine: It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to improve...

. The main focus of the council is to develop new ways of applying information from the biomedical engineering field to improve the quality of life

Quality of life

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 in the world. The members in the councils also aim to prepare students for careers in the biomedical fields, and improve the research that their specific academic institutions work on. The members of the Academic Council meet biannually, and use the time to get to know other educators in their field from around the country, and exchange ideas.

The Council of Societies

The Council of Societies are made up of sixteen smaller organizations in the biomedical field, and it exists to provide a way of communication and interaction between the different specialties. Also, the council exists to coordinate the different groups for important events, such as academic or business conferences.

Industry Council

The Industry Council consists of the corporate leaders in the biomedical engineering field. This fosters collaboration between biomedical companies, and ensures that the general public is well served through new innovations and technology developed by the businesses.

Notable members

• Raymond Damadian, was awarded the 2009 Honorary Fellow Award for discovering MRI
• Cato T. Laurencin
  Cato T. Laurencin
  Cato T. Laurencin , a professor and a surgeon, is the outgoing Dean of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and the Vice President for Health Affairs at the University of Connecticut....
  
  , was the 2009 winner of the Pierre Galletti Award, the highest honor the AIMBE awards, for his contributions to tissue engineering
• Arthur Coury, was a former president of the AIMBE, and has headed numerous other prestigious organizations

External links

• American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Site