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Medicine & Biology Society
Advancing Technology
for Humanity
WORKSHOPS
LabVIEW Workshop
8th February, 2020
A discussion on the basics of LabVIEW was conducted by the student body of SSN IEEE EMBS for the students of the Department of Biomedical Engineering. A resource person from HCL Technologies who was as well the proud alumni of the Department of Biomedical Engineering taught students about the basics of LabVIEW software. Programs of threshold detector, traffic lights operation and signal processing using ECG simulator were demonstrated.
3D Modelling & Designing
Speaker: Mr. Vishnu TU, Founder of Machenn Innovations
27th August, 2020
Workshop on the basics of 3D-Designing and Modeling was conducted by the student body of IEEE-EMBS for the second and third-year students of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, SSN College of Engineering. It was a half-day workshop with Mr.Vishnu TU the founder of Machenn Innovations, Coimbatore addressing the students. Students were taught the basics tools in the 3D- Designing software Autodesk Fusion 360 by our third-year student, Lokesh Kumar followed by the advanced tool usage and question-answer session with our speaker Mr.Vishnu TU.
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Biomechanics in Sports & Rehabilitation
Speaker: Dr.Sugan
Director of Today's Physiotherapy
30th October, 2020
Dr. Sugan. M, a Neuro-physiotherapist and practices at Today’s Physiotherapy Clinic. Heis involved in research concerning EMG analysis in neuropathic individuals. He explained to the students about the basics of EMG signals and went through the basics of the human musculoskeletal system. He spoke about the significance of studying EMG signals in the field of sports as well as diagnosis of pathological conditions of muscles. He neatly correlated biomechanics with EMG Signals and went through the entire process of EMG Signal Acquisition.
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Space Biology Workshop
Speaker: Mr. Aviseka Acharya, Stem Cell Biologist.
University of Cologne
Date: 23rd January, 2021
The Workshop on Space Biology was organized by the student body of SSN IEEE EMBS in association with the Association of Biomedical Engineers of SSN for Invente 5.0, SSN’s intercollegiate tech fest. Mr. Aviseka has worked as a molecular biologist and has biotechnology research experience in the field of molecular cell biology. The session started with an introduction to stem-cells and gene-editing followed by genetic engineering and it’s applications in space. The workshop came to an end with a hands-on session on genetic engineering through online tools. The participants enthusiastically interacted with the speaker throughout the workshop.
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SQL Workshop
Speaker: Ansar Ahmed, IEEE EMBS Chair
8th March, 2021
SQL is a standard language for storing, manipulating and retrieving data in databases. There are different types of databases, but the type most commonly used in healthcare is the OLTP (online transaction processing) database. Our EMBS chair Ansar Ahamed gave a brief introduction about how SQL can be used in healthcare.
The basic syntax, commands or statements used in SQL were discussed. The second year biomedical engineering students participated in this 1 hour long SQL training session organized by SSN-IEEE-EMBS. This was a hands-on session, and the participants were very interactive throughout
TALK WITH THE TECHIES, A Webinar Series
Radiology Workshop
Speakers:
Rudhra Prasaath, Biomedical Engineer, Apollo Hospitals
10th October, 2021
This webinar series is planned to bridge the gap between what we study conceptually and the actual scenario of what exactly happens at the workplace. We had Mr. Rudhra Prasaath, a passionate young biomedical engineer working in the RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT. He explained about the complete role of a Biomedical engineer in hospitals and made the session interactive. A brief description and the right amount of knowledge on the content was delivered aptly for the students. Dr. Arun Jamkar, Professor of Surgery, Consultant in Healthcare - was a participant of the event. He mentioned a course that can be pursued after Engineering called CLINICAL SPECIALIST. He mentioned the meet as a good forum and was willing to share the details about the course.
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Autodesk Fusion 360 Workshop
Speaker: B. Harsha, final year IEEE member
10th November, 2021
Fusion 360 is a happening design software used across various platforms to design and engineer products and manufacturing. Learning Fusion 360 is very useful to us biomedical engineers, as we can design a plethora of medical devices and products that can aid healthcare. Harsha took over the session with her presentation and started off with an introduction to the Autodesk environment and the basic commands available. This was followed by a hands-on demonstration on designing of two different medical devices – thermometer and inhaler (solid modelling).
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Hackathon & Technical Events
Healthware 1.O
14th, 15th February 2020
Judging panel:
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Mr J. Kiruthi Vasan, Research Engineer, HTIC-IITM Research park;
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Mr PraveenKumar and Mr Om Prakash, Research Analyst, HCL Technologies, Life Science Department;
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Mr Lokesh, Nexgen Technologies.
A two-day hackathon was conducted by the student body of
SSN-IEEE-EMBS.
Round 1: The teams had to choose a Problem Statement, which can be from the given list of ten Problem Statements or be of their own choice under the domain of Healthcare. The teams have to submit a PPT elaborating the solution that they propose.
Round 2: Teams that get through Round 1 will have to participate in the two-day hackathon, where they have to create a prototype of the final product and present it to the judging panel.
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EMBS collaborated with Healthcare Technology and Innovation Center, IIT Madras Research Park for pre-incubation to the winning teams. They extended their support by sending Mr.Kiruthi Vasan, Chief Research Engineer as the judge for deciding upon the best ideas and taking them further for the pre incubation process at HTIC.
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On the first day of the hackathon, 7 teams appeared from various colleges; SRM, KCG, AGNI and SSN of several departments. We had Mr.Lokesh from Nexgen Technologies as a mentor for the teams. They were motivated for their efforts and they were given inputs by Mr Lokesh for enhancing their ideas.
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By the end of the hackathon, we had two teams selected; THUNDERBOLTZ from the Mechanical Department of SSN selected as the winner for the problem statement “Measurement of blood flow for heart-lung machine” and CHIPMUNKS from the ECE Department of KCG selected as the runner up for the problem statement “Health app for a region”.
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Cash prize of Rs. 3000 was awarded to the winning team and Rs. 1500 was awarded to the runner up team.
Biomedical Quiz
Topics: Anatomy, Biomechanics, Analog and Digital Electronics, Electrical Circuits, Medical Imaging System
"Bio-Pedia 1.0" & "Bio-Pedia 2.0" are biomedical quiz events organized by the student body of SSN IEEE EMBS. The topics for the quiz covered biomedical gate syllabus namely- anatomy, electrical circuits, analog and digital electronics, biomechanics and medical imaging. Second year and third year biomedical students from different colleges participated. There were a total of 25 questions involving both theory type and calculation type questions. All the questions were time bound and the winners were chosen based on the time taken and the number of right answers.
BioPedia 1.0
30th November 2020
BioPedia 2.0
19th September 2021
CONFERENCES
International Conference on Biosignals, Images and Instrumentation (ICBSII 2021)
CHIEF GUEST
Dr. Hasan Ayaz, Cognitive and Quantitative Experimental Research Drexel University
GUEST OF HONOUR
Dr. Sriram Balasubramanian, Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Drexel University, USA
Dr. Catherine Von Reyn, Neural Circuit Engineering Drexel University, USA
Dr. N. Kumarappan, Chairman, IEEE Madras section
Dr. G. S. Bhuvaneshwar, Consultant Medical Devices, Former Head, BMT, SCTIMST
Mr. R. Balamurugan, Sr Vice President, HCL Technologies, Chennai
SPEAKERS
Dr. Jan G. Svec, Associate Professor, Department of Biophysics, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic; Associate Research Scientist, Voice and Hearing Centre, Prague, Czech Republic
Dr. Barbara Zitova, HOD, Department of Image Processing, ÚTIA AV ÄŒR, Prague, Czech Republic
Dr. Sudhir Ganesan, Ortho Spine Surgeon, SRIHER, Chennai
Dr. M. Murugappan, Associate Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Doha, Kuwait
Dr. S. Kailash, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute
Dr. Hugo Gamboa, Associate Professor, Physics Department of the Sciences and Technology Faculty of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Dr. Deepak Joshi, Assistant Professor, Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Ms. Jesin James, Lecturer, Department of Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering at the University of Auckland, New Zealand
Dr. Justin Dauwels, Associate Professor, Circuits and Systems (CAS), Department of Microelectronics, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Biomedical Department annual extravaganza! The IEEE Seventh International Conference of Bio signal, Images and Instrumentation 2021 (ICBSII 21) organized on March 25 – 27, 2021, brought together chief guest, guests of honour, speakers and participants from various parts of the world. ICBSII 21 was held virtually, organized by Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering. The conference had its own positive vibes and enthusiasm, also spreading the same to the guests, speakers and the participants and it was possible only by our Head of the Department Dr. A. Kavitha, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering.
The keynote address was delivered by the expert members in various topics on Human Voice Analysis, Mental Health – Brain Stimulation, Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Engineering, Development of Medical Devices, and Clinical Engineering.
Dr. Jan G. Svec gave talk on “Physiology and Acoustics of Human Voice”.
Dr. Barbara Zitova delivered a talk on the topic “Medical imaging in computer aided diagnosis, focused on voice therapy”.
Dr. Sudhir Ganesan delivered a talk titled “The Prospects of Engineering in Medicine –A Spine Surgeon's Perspective”.
Dr. M. Murugappan gave an effective talk on “Affective Computing Applications in Healthcare”.
Dr. S. Kailash delivered a talk on “Brain stimulation methods in psychiatry”.
Dr. Hugo Gamboa gave a talk on “Making Sense of Bio signals”.
Dr. Deepak Joshi gave an insightful talk on “Biomechanics and Rehabilitation”.
Ms. Jesin James delivered a talk on “Languages and emotions: Towards speech technology development for under-resourced languages and secondary emotions”.
Dr. Justin Dauwels gave a talk on the topic “Artificial Intelligence for Applications in Neurology”. Participants from other institution presented their research work in the paper presentation forum.
CONFERENCE DAY 1:
One chief guest, five guests of honour on inauguration session
Paper presentation
Two keynote speakers from Czech Republic
CONFERENCE DAY 2:
Four keynote speakers from various field and university, with Paper presentations
CONFERENCE DAY 3:
Three keynote speakers from different universities
Paper Presentation
Valedictory session handled to two guests holding senior positions in various memberships and organizations
ICBSII 21 stays unique by receiving more than 200 papers and about one third were accepted for publication. ICBSII 21 had proud moments by arranging abroad university speakers, and wonderful presentations by abroad participants.
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International Conference on Biosignals, Images and Instrumentation (ICBSII 2022)
The Department of Biomedical Engineering, SSNCE is organizing the Eighth International Virtual Conference on Biosignals, Images, and Instrumentation (ICBSII 2022) during March 16 - 18, 2022. This invitation is open for all academicians, research scholars, Post-Docs, PG and UG students working in the field of Biomedical Engineering and related areas. This conference would be an excellent platform for researchers, academicians, and industry practitioners across the globe to showcase their novel ideas in the field of biomedical engineering with a specific focus on topics like biosignals, medical images, medical data analytics, and medical instrumentation.
ICBSII 2022 is an opportunity for medical engineering professionals from around the world who are involved in the field of healthcare to submit their original research papers which has not been submitted elsewhere in other conferences / journals.
ICBSII 2022
Eighth International Conference on Biosignals, Images, and Instrumentation (ICBSII)
Hosted By The Department of Biomedical Engineering, SSNCE
March 16-18, 2022
DEADLINES
Full Paper Submission December 31, 2021
Acceptance Intimation Feburary 25, 2022
Submission of Camera ready paper March 1, 2022
Deadline for Registration March 3, 2022
REGISTRATION
Demand Draft (DD) / Cheque in favor of The Principal, SSN College of Engineering” payable at Chennai
Direct Payment: https://bit.ly/3IikcYm
PAPER SUBMISSION
CONTACT
icbsii@bme.ssn.edu.in
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
25th February, 2021
A meet with the juniors of the biomedical department to introduce them to the EMBS club and the activities conducted. They were excited and awed at the fact that there is the world’s largest international society solely for biomedical engineers. This was followed by a brief discussion about the membership benefits and the juniors were briefed through the EMBS subscription process.
25th July, 2021
IEEE MEMBERS presented to the students about what IEEE and EMBS are, global reach, significance, areas of technical interest, conferences, awards and publications, benefits, technical communities, sponsoring, volunteering parts of IEEE EMBS. The pros of being a member of the IEEE EMBS society was explained and a small video clip of the past chapter activities was played. The Office Bearers and the technical teams for the 2021-22 were introduced.
IEEE INDUCTION MEET-1st OCTOBER, 2021
Dr. Sree Sharmila delivered a welcome note to the audience. A general idea and a brief description about the three associations under IEEE SSN Student Branch -IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Communication Society, IEEE EMBS was given. Benefits of being a member of IEEE was explained in detail. Small video of previous events that happened under IEEE and other associations were presented. Future events and timeline of events under IEEE as well as each association were discussed.
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NEWSLETTER
“The Bionik Times”- EDITION 1
Introducing EMBS Newsletter "The Bionik Times"
Bionics (Bionik in German) essentially refers to biologically inspired engineering which is the application of biological methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology.
The ultimate goal of the newsletter is to inspire and instigate the readers to create and provide solutions that improve the quality of human life. Moreover, it integrates the different views and ideas of the students onto a single platform.
SSN IEEE EMBS Podcast
With the world going back to it's pre-COVID pace, bus rides are back to bore us.
But we all know keeps us company, Spotify! New on Spotify, is our podcast. Ever feel like you're missing out on something happening in the world?
Well, tune in every week to explore more!!
INTRODUCING US!
CLIMATE CHAOS
A CORAL CALAMITY
THE GREAT GREEN WALL
BIODIVERSITY x COVID-19
THE IMPOSTER PHENOMENON
NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST
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