About IEEE
IEEE is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through IEEE’s highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities.
IEEE, pronounced “Eye-triple-E,” stands for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The association is chartered under this name and it is the full legal name. To learn more about the association’s name, for more information please read the History of IEEE.
About IEEE EMBS
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) is the world’s largest international society of biomedical engineers.
Our members design the electrical circuits that make a pacemaker run, create the software that reads an MRI, and help develop wireless technologies that allow patients and doctors to communicate over long distances. They’re interested in bioinformatics, biotechnology, clinical engineering, information technology, instrumentation and measurement, micro and nanotechnology, radiology, and robots. They are researchers and educators, technicians and clinicians—biomedical engineers are the link between science and life science, creating innovations in healthcare technology for the benefit of all humanity.
Missions
- Advancing medicine and biology through the application of engineering sciences and technology
- Promoting the profession of biomedical engineering, fostering professional development and recognizing excellence
- Presenting conferences that bring together scientists, engineers and physicians from multiple disciplines to disseminate knowledge and solve complex problems
establishing technical standards - Providing global leadership for the profession.
About University of Moratuwa
The University of Moratuwa is Sri Lanka’s leading technological higher education institute excelling both locally and globally and is frequently ranked among the top 10 Universities in the South Asian subcontinent. It offers degree programs to over 4,500 students in the faculties of Engineering, Architecture Information Technology and Business in 18 disciplines and also offers the National Diploma in Technology (NDT)
Vison
To be the most globally recognized Knowledge Enterprise in South Asia.
Mission
To be the leading Knowledge Enterprise for technological and related disciplines in South Asia by:
- Providing transformative education in technological and related disciplines which nurtures the inquiring mind and develops knowledge and skills for facing global challenges;
- Carrying out nationally relevant and high-impact research to expand the boundaries of knowledge and to enhance the national technological capabilities;
- Providing expert services to the State, Industry and the Society as an Internationally positioned Sri Lankan University; and
- Contributing to the sustainable, scientific, technological, social and economic development of Sri Lanka.
Biomedical Engineering at UoM
The University of Moratuwa is currently the only state university to offer a BSc Degree in Biomedical Engineering discipline. Biomedical Engineering functions as a subdivision of the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. With more than 60 students currently enrolled in the degree program, BME has gained popularity as an interdisciplinary field through industrial collaborations and academic research.