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Technical
Program
- SMBE (SA) has a technical meeting almost every month
- All guests are most welcome to come along
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The Joint Technical Program is provided by SMBE (SA) in conjunction with our close partners
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Technical Program
2009 |
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| 29Mar-1Apr 2009 | NSW Country Biomedical Engineering Training Seminar and Conference Canberra, ACT (Details see NSW website) |
| Wed 29 Apr 2009 | Fullbright Scholarship: Investigaing the use of FES to improve function and movement in children with Cerebral Palsy. David Hobbs (flier 39 kb) |
| Tues12 May | Site visit: Signostics & Signos personal ultrasound at the new BioIncubatorSA Speaker CEO Stewart Bartlett (flier 72kb) |
| Tues 19 May | T-rays for Biosensors, Uni Adl (IET Joint Electrical Program) (flier 48 kb) |
| Wed 27 May | Karen Reynolds & the MDPP, Medical Device Partnering Program |
| Tues 21 July | Site visit: Key Tubing and Electrical Industries tour by Terry Rogers (flier) |
| Wed 9 Sept | Jeremy Austin, Adl Uni talking about:"Reconstructing the past to inform the present: ancient DNA analysis of extinct and threatened species" (flier) followed by SMBE AGM |
| Wed 7 Oct | Dr Hala Zreiqat (UniSyd) will be speaking about “Addressing the need to improve and engineer better biomaterials?” (flier) |
| Fri 6 Nov | Expo: Flinders Uni final year projects including biomedical projects |
| 8-12 Nov 2009 | EPSM-ABEC 2009 incorporating Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference: Back to the future in Health Care Technology. Canberra, ACT (Details on Conferences page) |
| Wed 18 Nov | 2009 David Dewhurst Award presentation to Prof Andrew Downing Jim Keller, ECRI: Real Time Locating Systems - Finding your way to the best solution. Eng Aust Eminent Speaker Presentation. (flier) |
| Tues 8th Dec | Xmas Dinner at The Earl (flier) |
| Thurs 10th Dec | 2009 Student Papers Night A Public Speaking Competition for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics Students (Honours level and above) (flier 192KB) |
2008 |
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| Wed 9 Apr 2008 | Will you be wearing your computer soon? Prof Bruce H. Thomas, Dir Wearable Computer
Lab, UniSA RSVP: David Hobbs (flier pdf 76 KB) |
| 31Mar-2Apr 2008 | NSW Country Biomedical Engineering Training Seminar and Conference Dubbo, NSW (Details see NSW website) |
| Mon 21 April | Special dinner in recognition of contribution of retiring members Knut Gassmanis & Kevin O"Brien (flier pdf 79 KB) RSVP Anne-Louise Smith |
| Tues 13&20 May | Site Visit: Krix Loudspeakers (flier pdf 45 KB) |
| Wed 11 Jun 2008 | Sports Engineering at Uni Adl Prof Colin Hansen, Head Sch Mech Eng & A/Prof Richard Kelso, Coord Sports Eng program |
| Tues 26 Aug 2008 | The Australian Synchrotron - Opportunites in Biomedical Research Hugh Harris, Chair of SA Synchrotron Committee RSVP Wendy Tuckwell (flier pdf 60 KB) |
| Tues 16 Sept 2008 | Site visit: SA Ambulance Emergency Operations Centre (flier pdf 53KB) |
| Tues 21 Oct 2008 | Site visit: Whole body 3D scanner at FMC (flier 104 KB) |
| Wed 5 Nov 2008 | 2008 Student Papers Night A Public Speaking Competition for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics Students (Honours level and above) (flier 192KB) |
| Fri 7 Nov 2008 | Engineering Honours Project EXPO 2008, Engineering Building, Flinders Uni. See work being conducted by engineering students, including biomedical projects. 11am to 4:30pm (flier 948KB) |
| 16-20 Nov 2008 | EPSM-ABEC 2008 incorporating Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference: Innovations in Patient Care Christchurch, New Zealand Website |
| Wed 26 Nov 2008 | Todd Cooper, straight from NZ EPSM-ABEC 2008 (supported by Eng Aust & GE Healthcare) |
| TBA Dec | Xmas Dinner at a mystery location and a mystery date |
2007 |
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| TBA 2007 | Networking event: BelairBBQ |
| 26-28 Mar 2007 | NSW Country Biomedical Engineering Training Seminar and Conference |
| 19 Jun 2007 | Low dose radiation: A cancer risk? Guest speaker: Peter Collins |
| 31 Jul 2007 | Keith Baldry, Director EPA: Experiences with radiation protection in the nuclear, non-medical field. Experiences from fifteen years decommissioning reactors, reprocessing fuel, cleaning up a nuclear weapons test sites, and stabilising the Chernobyl shelter (flier pdf 75KB) |
| Wed 15 August 2007 | AGM: Guest speaker Prof Guy Maddern: "Surgery 2027: Star trek or unemployment?" |
| Wed 21 Aug 2007 | Engineering Week: Andrew Botros a Biomedical Engineer awarded National Young Professional Engineer of the Year 2006. Origins in engineering musical instruments, professional life in the cochlear implant industry, and today's importance and influence of the young engineer. Engineering House, Bagot St. (flier link) |
| 14-18 Oct 2007 | epsm-abec 2007 incorporating Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference |
| Mon 22 Oct 2007 | Guest speaker direct from epsm-abec 2007: Elliot Sloane: When does clinical equipment become an IT system and who manages it? Engineering House, Bagot St. (flier pdf 182kb) RSVP: anne-louise.smith@fmc.sa.gov.au |
| Tues 30 Oct 2007 | Dr John Costi, Department of Orthopaedics, Repatriation General Hospital: A novel technique to measure internal strains in the intevertebral disc in-vitro. Flier & online registration (free) |
| Fri 2nd Nov 2007 | Engineering Honours Project EXPO 2007, Engineering Building, Flinders Uni. See work being conducted by engineering students, including biomedical projects. 11am to 4:30pm. Flier (pdf 638 kb) Contact Ruth Mitchell 8201 3600 for more info. Map: car park 15. |
| Mon 12 Nov 2007 | 2007 Student Papers Night: A Public Speaking Competition for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics Students (Honours level and above) Flier |
| Wed 14 Nov 2007 | Site visit: Motion Analysis Service, Gait Lab Clinic at the Repat Hospital |
| Wed 12 Dec 2007 | Xmas dinner: The British Hotel, 58 Finniss St, North Adelaide RSVP: anne-louise.smith@fmc.sa.gov.au |
2006 |
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| Sun 19th Mar 2006 | Networking event: Winery BBQ |
| Tues 21st Mar 2006 | Site visit: State-of-the-Art Endoscopic Reference Suite |
| Thur 18th May 2006 | Amazing Human Body Exhibition |
| 18th July 2006 | Site visit: Royal Society of the Blind |
| Tues 29th August 2006 | AGM: Guest speaker Prof Richard Hillis |
| 17-21 Sept 2006 | EPSM 2006 incorporating ABEC (Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference) |
| Mon 25th Sept 2006 | Guest speaker: Tim Ritter, Senior Project Engineer, ECRI, Philadelphia, USA Preventive Maintenance: Why? Tim will give a selection of the plenary talks he gave toABEC 2006 - see flier (Pdf 40kb) |
| Wed 18 Oct 2006 | Basics of MRI imaging Quantitation in structural (T1 & T2 weighted) MRI scans of brain |
| Thurs 9 Nov 2006 | 2006 Student Papers Night: A Public Speaking Competition for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics Students (Honours level and above) - see flier (Pdf 35kb) |
| Tues 28 Nov 2006 | Xmas dinner |
| TBA Dec 2006 | Neil Piller Developments in Lymphoedema Assessment and Treatment |
2005 |
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2004 |
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| Joint Technical Program 2004 ver1 (Pdf
142KB) Joint Technical Program 2004 ver3 (Pdf 141KB) |
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Biomedical Experiences in PNG & Cambodia Noel Kitto: Medical Equipment Management Project in the Pacific – PNG, and David Hobbs: The Development and Teaching of Mechanics and Biomechanics in Cambodia |
| Tues 30th March | Marion Megaplex Projection Room & Museum Tour Behind the scenes tour of world's largest projection room (225m long). Learn about modern cinema technology & antique projection equipment. RSVP 19 Mar - Meet at top of escalators to cinema complex |
| Tues 25th May | Rehabilitation Engineering at Regency Park CCA Visit of the newly renovated site where wheel chairs are tested till they drop and orthotic legs are put through their paces. See some of the latest electronic devices for communicating and controlling your home |
| Tues 22nd June | Entech Electronic Manufacturing Site visit RSVP by email Anne-Louise.Smith@fmc.sa.gov.au (Limited to 20 members) |
| Thurs 24th June | Gel Dosimetry Mahdava Bhat |
| Thurs 12th Aug | Whats new with radiation and where are we being dragged
to? |
| Tues 17th Aug | Clinical Simulation Unit, Flinders School of Medicine Learn how medical students and health professionals are trained with the skills to save your life before they must apply it to a life-threatening situation. Register by email. Sa@ieaust.org.au |
| Tues 21st Sept | The Sense of Smell and Artificial Nose Technology Mr Richard Gawal, Recognose, will look at the sense of smell. It is a system that rivals the best in terms of sensitivity and range, and as much, designing artificial systems to mimic it is a hotbed of research. |
| Wed 6th Oct | Biomedical Technology in Papua New Guinea Hear Dr David Mills talking about his experiences in a remote PNG hospital and from medical students, Andrew Perry and Jan-Paul Kwasik, who trained under him in their holidays. |
| Wed 27th Oct | Post Graduate Student Papers Night A public speaking competition for Post Grad Students |
| Thurs 25th Nov | Low Doserate Prostate Brachytherapy Ralph Nicholls |
2003 |
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| Joint Technical Program 2003 (Pdf 139kb) | |
| 25 Mar | Brain SPECT. Has it come of age? Optimised Processing, Statistical
Mapping and a Proof of the Pudding Leighton Barnden, PhD., The Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
| 15 Apr | ISim - An Intubation Simulator Greg Ruthenbeck,
Sydac - Engineering Honours Project presentation An Introduction to Sydac Adrian Smith, Chief Executive, Sydac |
| 27 May | A Vision for Rehabilitation Engineering in Australia Dr Lloyd Walker, PhD., Director, Regency Park Rehabilitation Engineering |
| 17 June | Biomedical Engineering experiences in Malaysia and Brunei Tony Carlisle & Anne-Louise Smith, Biomedical Engineering Department, Flinders Medical Centre |
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| Aug | World Congress 2004, Sydney |
| 23 Sep | Networking night and de-brief from the World Congress in Sydney |
| 21 Oct | Post Graduate Student Papers Night - a public speaking competition for Post Grad Students |
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2002 |
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2001 |
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| 6 February | What will Digital TV offer South Australians? Bob McCullough, Technical Services Manager, ABC |
| 27 March | Craniofacial Imaging and Models Dr. David J. Netherway, Apex Research Fellow, The Australian Craniofacial Unit |
2000 |
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| 7 March | Monitoring Volatile Anaethetic agents Dr John Russell Dept of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal Adelaide Hospital |
| 16 August | The Planetarium UniSA, Mawson Lakes |
| Sept | The Cosmetic use of lasers - Medicine, Myth or Moneymaker?? Dr Sue McCoy |
| 21 November | Doctors, Devices and Disasters Dr Joe Dyro, President, Biomedical Resource Group, Setauket, NY |
1999 |
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| Manufacturing Intelligence David Powers, School of Informatics, Flinders University of South Australia |
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| Dr Colin Carati, School of Medicine, Flinders University of SA | |
| 27 May | EDS MARKETSPACES TOUR Peter Mathews |
| 9 Nov | Out of the Ivory Tower: examining the clay feet of science Dr Wendy Rogers, Departments of General Practice and Philosophy Flinders University |
1998 |
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| 16 February 15 March 28 April June 18 August 10 November 15-19 November 24 November 1 December |
Regency Park Centre for Young Disabled Family picnic day Visit to Cooper's Brewery Aircraft Maintenance Facility, ANSETT Aust Annual General Meeting AS3003 Seminar Conference , Tasmania John Hughes, EPSM98 guest speaker Christmas Dinner |
1997 |
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| 11 Feb | Ventricular Assist Devices Dr John Woodard |
| 5 Mar | The Practical Application of Ergonomics Theory to the Medical
Workplace Mr Michael Patkin |
| 9 Jul | Telemedicine |
1996 |
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| 18 September | An evening of Forensic Science
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| 9 October | Equipment Design and Application Issues in Medical Retrieval Dr Gilligan, Director of Retrieval and Resusitation, RAH |
| 4 November | Workshop on AS3551
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| 4 November | Improving Medical Device Safety: Lessons from the past Dr Joel Nobel, President and Founder, ECRI |
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Updated December 8, 2009 |