Alpha Eta Mu Beta

Alpha Eta Mu Beta
ΑΗΜΒ
Founded1979 (1979)
Louisiana Tech University
TypeHonor
AffiliationACHS
StatusActive
EmphasisBiomedical Engineering
ScopeNational (US)
Colors  Red and   Gold
PublicationAEMB Newsletter
Chapters40
Headquarters2602 CR 600 East
Mahomet, Illinois 61853
United States
Websitealphaetamubeta.org

Alpha Eta Mu Beta (ΑΗΜΒ or AEMB) is an American biomedical engineering honor society. It was founded at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana in 1979 and has expanded to include forty chapters. It is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies.

History

Daniel Reneau, head of the biomedical engineering department of Louisiana Tech University, founded Alpha Eta Mu Beta in 1979.[1][2] It is an honor society for students studying biomedical engineering.[1]

A second chapter was established at Tulane University in 1980.[3] It became a national society in 1988 with the establishment of a chapter at the University of Iowa.[3] It has since chartered 40 chapters across the United States.[3] It became a member of the Association of College Honor Societies in 2013.[1]

Alpha Eta Mu Beta's national headquarters is at 2602 CR 600 East in Mahomet, Illinois.[4]

Symbols

The society's colors are red and gold.[5] Its publication is the AEMB Newsletter.[1]

Membership

Membership in Alpha Eta Mu Beta is open to juniors, seniors, and graduate students.[6] Membership of AEMB is offered to the top fifth of juniors and top third of seniors in biomedical engineering, who have completed at least six semester credit hours (or the equivalent) of biomedical engineering courses.[5][1] Graduate students must be in the top third of their class and have authored a professional publication.[6]

Chapters

Following is a list of the chapters of Alpha Eta Mu.[3][7]

Charter date Institution City State Status References
1979 Louisiana Tech University Ruston Louisiana Active
1980 Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana Active
1988 University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa Active
1993 Marquette University Milwaukee Wisconsin Active
1994 Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee Wisconsin Active
1994 Arizona State University Phoenix Arizona Active
1994 Boston University Boston Massachusetts Active
1996 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland Active [8]
1998 Vanderbilt University Nashville Tennessee Active
1998 Texas A&M University College Station Texas Active [9]
2002 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy New York Active
2002 University of Miami Coral Gables Florida Active
2003 Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis Missouri Active
2003 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Active
2003 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Active
2005 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Virginia Active
2005 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Georgia Active
2005 University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison Wisconsin Active
2005 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Ohio Active [10]
2005 University of Rochester Rochester New York Active
2006 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania Active
2007 Florida International University University Park Florida Active [2]
2007 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester Massachusetts Active [11]
2010 University of Connecticut Storrs Connecticut Active
2010 Pennsylvania State University University Park Pennsylvania Active
2010 North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina Active
2010 New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark New Jersey Active
2010 Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana Active
2011 Clemson University Clemson South Carolina Active [6]
2011 Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey Active [12]
2011 Drexel University Philadelphia Pennsylvania Active
2012 Lawrence Technological University Southfield Michigan Active
2012 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken New Jersey Active
2012 Florida Gulf Coast University Lee County Florida Active
2013 University of California, Irvine Irvine California Active
2013 University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee Active
2013 Ohio State University Columbus Ohio Active
2014 St. Louis University St. Louis Missouri Active
2014 University of Hartford West Hartford Connecticut Active
2014 University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas Active
2015 Binghamton University Binghamton New York Active
2015 University of Maryland, College Park College Park Maryland Active [13]
2015 Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. Active
2015 University of Memphis Memphis Tennessee Active
2015 University of Illinois Champaign and Urbana Illinois Active
2015 Indiana Institute of Technology Fort Wayne Indiana Active
2015 Stony Brook University Stony Brook New York Active [14]
2017 University of South Carolina Columbia South Carolina Active
2017 East Carolina University Greenville North Carolina Active
2018 Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne Florida Active
2018 University of Arkansas Fayetteville Arkansas Active

Notable members

  • Dan Reneau, president of Louisiana Tech University

See also

  • Honor society
  • Professional fraternities and sororities

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Alpha Eta Mu Beta Honor Society - Biomedical Engineering". Association of College Honor Societies. July 1, 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2025-02-02 – via web.archive.org.
  2. ^ a b "Alpha Eta Mu Beta | Career and Talent Development". Florida International University. 2024-07-03. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  3. ^ a b c d "Chapters". Alpha Eta Mu Beta. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  4. ^ "Contact". Alpha Eta Mu Beta, National Biomedical Engineering Honor Society. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  5. ^ a b Fall 2015 AEMB newsletter, accessed 19 Sept 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "Alpha Eta Mu Beta | College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences". Clemson University. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  7. ^ "Alpha Eta Mu Beta Chapters". Association of College Honor Societies. November 22, 2014. Archived from the original on 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  8. ^ "Alpha Eta Mu Beta | Imagine". Johns Hopkins University. 2024-05-10. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  9. ^ "Alpha Eta Mu Beta | Get Involved". Texas A&M University. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  10. ^ "Alpha Eta Mu Beta". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  11. ^ "WPI AEMB Chapter wins Outstanding Chapter Activity Award". Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  12. ^ "Alpha Eta Mu Beta | Rutgers getInvolved". Rutgers University. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  13. ^ "About". Alpha Eta Mu Beta University of Maryland. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  14. ^ "Alpha Eta Mu Beta | SB Engaged". Stonybrook University. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
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