38th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference 2022 August 25-28, 2022 New Orleans, LA Hotel: HILTON NEW ORLEANS AIRPORT 901 AIRLINE DRIVE KENNER, LA 70062 t: +1 504 465 1153 Booking Link: https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?ctyhocn=MSYAHHH&arrivaldate=2022-08-25&departuredate=2022-08-28&srpCodes=SBEC Deadline to book your room: August 4, 2022 Program and Conference Committee Members Program Chair: Dr. Narayan Bhattarai North Carolina A&T State University nbhattar@ncat.ed Program Vice Chairs: Dr. Alan Eberhardt University of Alabama at Birmingham aeberhar@uab.edu Dr. Lir-Wan Fan University of Mississippi Medical Center lwfan@umc.edu Past Program Chair Dr. Kenneth Butler University of Mississippi Medical Center kbutler@umc.edu Conference Co-Chairs: Dr. Ham Benghuzzi, Mississippi Academy of Sciences benghuzzi@bellsouth.net, (601) 209-1147 Dr. Shelly Tucci, Journal Editor, University of Mississippi Medical Center mtucci@umc.edu Phone: (601) 815-1043 Call for Abstracts Deadline: May 15, 2022 EXTENDED!!! EXTENDED!!! Extended Deadline: May 30, 2022 38th SBEC 2022 Call for Abstracts -May 15-2022 (3) 250-word short abstract. (Make sure to include in your abstract email contact for corresponding author). Please submit abstract at https://www.dropbox.com/request/Ou7IruHT8D2WABIbvOWi If you are having difficulty submitting the abstract please submit directly to mtucci@umc.edu Submission and Notifications Deadlines Abstract Submission is now open January 1, 2022: Submission opens for 250-word short abstract. May 15, 2022: Submission closes (11pm CST USA) May 30, 2022: Notification of abstract acceptance & invitation to submit a full length paper (optional). A limited number of abstracts will be invited by SBEC program committee to submit full-length manuscripts for publication in the peer-reviewed Journal of Biomedical Science Instrumentation (IAE Publisher). June 30, 2022: Submission of manuscripts closes (11pm CST USA) June 15, 2022: Last day for Pre-Registration closes (11pm CST USA) http://register.sbec18.org/ July 10, 2022: Notification of acceptance of full-length manuscripts August 4, 2022: Deadline for Hotel Room Block reservations PROGRAM Topics for Podium and Poster Presentations (Not all-inclusive) Biocompatibility of Devices Bioinformatics Bioinstrumentation Biomaterials Biomechanics Biomedical Commercialization Biomedical Education Biomedical Ethics Bioceramics Biosensors Biotechnology Biomaterials for Cancer Computational Bioengineering Drug Delivery Delivery of Therapeutic Nucleic Acids Medical Textiles Tissue Engineering Lab on a chip /Organ on a chip Dental Materials Dental Mechanics Devices and Implants Electrical Engineering Histopathology Implantable Devices Lasers in Medicine Medical Imaging Medical Robots Microfluidics Mechanical Engineering Nanotechnology Neural Engineering Neuromechanics Prosthetic Devices Rehabilitation Engineering Science Education Soft Tissue Mechanics Synthetic Biology Tissue Regeneration Rehabilitation Optical Biosensing Orthopedics 3D Cell Culture Techniques Cardiovascular Cell Membrane Transport Cell Mechanics Quantitative 3D Modeling of Tissues Peer Review Process: Abstracts and manuscripts submitted to the SBEC are subject to a series of steps, which lead to the acceptance for presentation or rejection. The abstracts submitted to SBEC are sorted into different categories by the organizing committee. The conference and program chairs appoint appropriate reviewers for the abstracts from the program committee as well as experts in the specified disciplines. Abstracts will be accepted for either a poster or an oral presentation, or declined. The senior authors of the accepted abstracts may also be invited to submit a full-length manuscript (submission of manuscripts is optional), as well as to present the findings at the annual meeting. Upon receipt of the optional, full-length manuscript, the conference chair will assign at least three reviewers for each paper to evaluate the originality and novelty of the research (Scores: 1 = Rejection, 2 = Accept after minor revisions, 3 = Acceptable, 4 = Very good paper, and 5 = Excellent work). Accepted manuscripts are considered refereed papers under the umbrella of “accept or reject”, meaning there is no communications with the authors for major revisions (minor revisions are allowed at the conference chairs discretion). All the accepted abstracts and papers will be published proceeding book entitled BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS that will be available at the meeting. A limited number of abstracts will be invited by SBEC program committee to submit full-length manuscripts for publication in the peer-reviewed prestigious journal: Biomedical Science Instrumentation (IAE Publisher). Upload papers for SBEC 2022 https://www.dropbox.com/request/8mgxNXTLhtS6AFXu2J2g Student Awards: Top undergraduate and graduate students for podium and poster presentations will be recognized with awards (cash prizes and certificates) at the awards ceremony. In addition, overall Subrata Saha Excellence in Research Award (cash and certificate) will be given to a student who will receives the highest score regardless of category. Registration: Registration Fee includes access to all conference events, program copy, manuscript proceeding fee, lunches, coffee breaks, snacks, and more. http://register.sbec18.org/ Registration Fees Before June 15 After June 15 Investigators/Staff $350 $475 Students $250 $375 Companion $150 $180 Publication Fee $90 $ 90 Hotel Information: Hilton New Orleans Airport, 901 Airline Drive Kenner, LA 70062 Rate: $119 +TAX, includes: Complimentary continental breakfast for two (2) guests per sleeping room, Complimentary Parking, Complimentary WIFI in Meeting Room and Guest Rooms Deadline to book your room: August 4, 2022 through Booking Link: https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?ctyhocn=MSYAHHH&arrivaldate=2022-08-25&departuredate=2022-08-28&srpCodes=SBEC or t: +1-800-Hiltons (Mention SBEC group)