Special Session @ BMES 2025
The Georgia Institute of Technology’s NSF NRT SUSMED Program will be attending
The BMES Annual Meeting in San Diego this October!
We invite you to join us for a special session, the NRT Workshop on the Sustainable Development of Smart Biomedical Devices, supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
*Date: Friday, October 10, 2025
*Time: 8:30 – 10:00 AM
*Location: Room 22, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA, USA
**Session Chairs**
– Dr. W. Hong Yeo and Dr. Karam Kim at Georgia Institute of Technology
**Featured Speakers**
– Dr. Youngjae Chun at University of Pittsburgh
– Dr. Yiyue Luo at University of Washington
– Dr. Hyunjoo Oh at Georgia Institute of Technology
– Dr. Yun Soung Kim at Mount Sinai Health System
– Dr. Young Bin Choy at Seoul National University Hospital
We hope you can join us for this exciting session, which promises engaging discussions on new biomedical devices focused on sustainability, accompanied by complimentary coffee and refreshments.
NSF – Sustainable Development of Smart Medical Devices
The theme of this proposed initiative addresses two critical topics of the grand challenges in Engineering: ‘enhancing human healthcare via better medicines’ and ‘reverse-engineering the brain,’ which still have many unresolved and ongoing challenges in medicine and healthcare, especially in available medical devices.
Faculty and Staff
Our core participants for this NRT program exhibit diversity in terms of their origins, career progression, gender, ethnic background, and expertise. Their track record of successful communication and teamwork enhances the prospects of attaining our goals
Vision
Training a new generation of designers and engineers interested in sustainable healthcare technology requires instruction in four primary components – biocompatible materials, additive manufacturing, smart medical devices, and sustainable design principles.
Education
Our curriculum will consist of three mandatory skills courses: an interdisciplinary project immersion course, a monthly seminar series, and an annual research symposium. Each student will have multi-advisors for their thesis to ensure that their work is truly interdisciplinary.
Learn More
Learn about our NSF Traineeship in the Sustainable Development of Smart Medical Devices
View our recent event, designed to solve the ongoing challenges in medicine and healthcare
Explore our members who are committed to discipline endeavors in the various fields related to healthcare technology