Joint EMB and LMAG monthly meeting and technical talk

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Joint meeting of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapter and the Life Members Affinity Group of the Lone Star Section, followed by a technical talk by Wendell Peters.

Please note: There is a $15.00 charge for each registrant.  Guests and non-members charge is $20.00 and Students are $5.00. Over the years the costs have gone up; we regret to have to make these adjustments.

Remainder of the tab will be picked up by the EMB and Life Members Chapters, respectively.   


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  • Date: 18 Jan 2024
  • Time: 11:30 AM to 01:30 PM
  • All times are (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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  • La Fonda Alamo Heights
  • 8633 Crownhill Blvd
  • San Antonio, Texas
  • United States 78209
  • Building: Restaurant
  • Room Number: Private Meeting Room
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  • Starts 31 December 2023 08:00 AM
  • Ends 16 January 2024 05:00 PM
  • All times are (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
  • 9 in-person spaces left!
  • No Admission Charge

  Speakers

Wendell Peters Wendell Peters

Topic:

Echoes of Innovation: Medical Musings From the 1960's

We invite you to a bit of history of biomedical engineering. Wendell, who worked for the USAF School of Aerspace Medicine at Brooks AFB from 1964 to 1972, will share his insights on the evolutin of biomedical engineering during a time when technology was transitioning from vacuum tube to semiconductors.

During this period, NASA was preparing to send a man to the moon, and the USAF had its own aerospace program (MOL). However, there were no personal computers or hand calculators, and medicine knew much about sick people, but wasn't sure how to select healthy individuals for the space program. The USAF School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks AFB was instrumental in working on this. This talk will be an interesting snapshot of where medical instrumentation was in the 60s.

Biography:

Wendell's first two years in San Antonio were as an engineer for Petty Geophysical. From 1954 to 1972 he was at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB. From 1972 to 2002 he was at Southwest Research Institute. He has been a member of IEEE since its beginning in January, 1963.

He received a BS in physics from Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kansas, in 1960 and an MS in Engineerng from Trinity Universtiy, San Antonio, in1972.  His last office wtih LMAG has been treasurer for the organization.

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Agenda

11:30 am: Business meeting: Call to order, minutes of last meeting, treasurer's report, new business,

12:00 pm: Lunch

12:30 pm: Technical talk and discussion

1::00pm:  adjourn