Members
| Members of Alpha Eta Mu Beta are expexted to have achieved distinguished scholastic rank and in addition :
- must have a continuous record of intellectual activity and attainment in Biomedical Engineering.
- must be of exemplary and unimpeachable character.
- must possess qualities of high integrity.
- must possess breadth of interest both inside and outside of Biomedical Engineering.
- unselfish service to the community and the profession.
Membership
is open to individuals who are at an institution that has a
Biomedical Engineering or Bioengineering program that has been
accredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology
(ABET)
Junior Undergraduate Students :
- Must be a full time student in a Biomedical Engineering or Bioenginering program.
- Must have maintained an average scholastic grade in the upper one-fifth.
- Must have completed at least 6 semester credit hours (or the equivalent) of Biomedical Engineering courses.
- To
be considered juniors, students shall be in the next-to-last year of
their curriculum or shall have completed the institution's requirements
for junior standing.
Senior Undergraduate Students :
- Must be a full time student in a Biomedical Engineering or Bioengineering program.
- Must have maintained an average scholastic grade in the upper one-third.
- Must have completed at least 6 semester credit hours (or the equivalent) of Biomedical Engineering courses.
- Tto
be considered seniors, students shall be in the last year of
their curriculum or shall have completed the institution's requirements
for senior standing.
Graduate Students :
- Must be a full time student in a Biomedical Engineering or Bioengienering program.
- Must be a candidate for a degree in Biomedical Engineering or Bioengineering from a university with an ABET accredited program.
- Must
have completed at least 12 semester hours of graduate courses for
students in a Ph.D. program, or nine semester hours of courses in a
Master’s degree program, six of which are Biomedical Engineering or
Bioengineering courses towards the degree.
- Must have a grade-point-average of at least 3.75 on a 4.0 scale and rank in the upper one-third of eligible graduate students.
- Must have, at minimum, 1 first author professional publication (conference abstract,proceeding, journal paper etc.).
Alumni Membership :
- Any
graduate Biomedical Engineer from a school now having a chapter of
AEMB, who during his or her scholastic career fulfilled the
requirements for membership,may be eligible for alumni membership
providing that the degree was received during
i. period when the school was accredited by the ABET.
ii. any active member, upon completion of his/her studies, shall become an alumni member.
- A member
having received a degree at one institution and pursuing an advanced
degree at a second institution may apply to the AEMB chapter at the
second institution to have his/her alumni membership reverted to active
membership,
pursuant to that chapter's by-laws, if so desired.
Faculty Membership :
- Faculty
membership may be granted to a faculty member of an ABET-accredited
Department of Biomedical Engineering or Bioengineering who has made an
outstanding contribution to education in the field of Biomedical
Engineering or Bioengineering.
- Tthe candidate shall hold rank above instructor in the program in Biomedical Engineering.
- Tthe
candidate shall have at least three years of full-time teaching and/or
research experience as a faculty member in Biomedical Engineering
program at that particular university.
- Tthe candidate shall be clearly identified with the Biomedical Engineering courses and research of the department.
- Faculty
memberships may be extended to outstanding faculty in Biomedical
Engineering programs which have no active student chapter of AEMB.
Eminent Membership :
- Induction
as an Eminent Member is reserved for those individuals who, by their
technical achievements and contributions to the field of Biomedical
Engineering, have shown themselves to be worthy of the honor.
- Eligibility for Eminent membership is limited to those members who graduated at least 10 years prior.
For question on membership criteria or requirements, please feel free to contact us directly at aemb@alphaetamubeta.org
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