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Welcome Letters

IDETC/CIE

9TH FRONTIERS IN BIOMEDICAL DEVICES CONFERENCE (BIOMED)

Welcome to the 9th Frontiers in Medical Devices (BIOMED) Conference. the BIOMED conference. Special thanks to IDETC conference chairs
The BIOMED Conference is intended to provide a cutting-edge forum for Carl Nelson and Anurag Purwar, technical program chair Xianwen Kong,
enhancing the development of the next generation of biomedical devices and ASME staff, whom without their support this event would not have
by sharing the recent innovations in analytical, computational, and been possible.
experimental techniques within the bioengineering and design community.
I hope that you enjoy the conference and look forward to your continued
We have an exciting conference program for the attendees, with 21 support in the future.
technical presentations organized into 4 sessions. The topics of BIOMED
2016 are focused on implantable and wearable devices, neural science,

digital human modeling, and smart and connected health.

The BIOMED Conference is also highlighted by a keynote lecture
focused on applications of virtual reality in biomedical science, which will
be presented by Prof. Thenkurussi Kesavadas, the Director of Health Ehsan Esfahani
Care Engineering Systems Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana– Program Chair
Champaign. University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY, United States
I would like to thank all authors, session chairs, symposium chairs, and ehsanesf@buffalo.edu
reviewers who have contributed their efforts to the overall success of

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