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Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University Selected to Host the IEEE BioCAS 2018 Conference
The Steering Committee of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Biomedical Circuits and Systems (BioCAS) Conference selected Case Western Reserve University, CWRU, and the city of Cleveland to host the 2018 conference. Dr. Pedram Mohseni from CWRU’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department along with Dr. Dustin Tyler from CWRU’s Biomedical Engineering Department, who both are in leadership roles with the VA’s APT Center, will serve as General co-Chairs of the conference in 2018!
The proposal was a joint effort submitted by Dr. Pedram Mohseni with participation from the APT Center and Destination Cleveland, Cuyahoga County’s convention and visitor’s bureau. It is a private non-profit organization whose mission is to drive economic impact and stimulate community vitality for Greater Cleveland through leisure and business travel.
Pedram Mohseni, Ph.D., leads the wireless health research program for the APT Center and is a tenured Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Case Western Reserve University, with a secondary appointment in the Biomedical Engineering Department.
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 its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities.
About the APT Center: The APT Center is one of 17 designated Centers of Excellence in the Rehabilitation Research and Development (RR&D) Service of the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Established in 2005 as a collaboration between the LSCDVAMC and CWRU, the APT Center focuses on applying the most recent advancements in microelectronics, material science, microfabrication, wireless communication and mechanical design to the pressing medical needs of disabled veterans, and translating them into viable clinical options. Investigators, project staff and support specialists associated with the Center concentrate their professional effort on translational research in the areas of: Prosthetics and Orthotics, Health Monitoring and Maintenance, Neural Interfacing, and Emerging Enabling Technologies. Clinician-researchers associated with the Center include some of the “Best Doctors in America” as named by Cleveland Magazine and Best Doctors, Inc. as well as multiple recipients of prestigious Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the NIH Director’s Innovation Award, and VA Career or Senior Career Research Scientist Awards. APT Center related activities have resulted in more than 60 invention disclosures and 15 patented or patent-pending concepts and prototypes that will serve the clinical needs of veterans with sensory, motor and cognitive deficits or limb loss.
