Alpha Eta Mu Beta ( 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. It is an honor society for students studying biomedical engineering.
A second chapter was established at Tulane University in 1980. It became a national society in 1988 with the establishment of a chapter at the University of Iowa. It has since chartered 40 chapters across the United States. It became a member of the Association of College Honor Societies in 2013.
Alpha Eta Mu Beta's national headquarters is at 2602 CR 600 East in Mahomet, Illinois.
Symbols The society's colors are red and gold.Fall 2015 AEMB newsletter, accessed 19 Sept 2021. Its publication is the AEMB Newsletter.
Membership Membership in Alpha Eta Mu Beta is open to juniors, seniors, and graduate students. 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. Graduate students must be in the top third of their class and have authored a professional publication.
Chapters Following is a list of the chapters of Alpha Eta Mu. Charter date Institution City State Status Louisiana Tech University Ruston Louisiana Active Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana Active University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa Active Marquette University Milwaukee Wisconsin Active Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee Wisconsin Active Arizona State University Phoenix Arizona Active Boston University Boston Massachusetts Active Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland Active Vanderbilt University Nashville Tennessee Active Texas A&M University College Station Texas Active Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy New York Active University of Miami Coral Gables Florida Active Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis Missouri Active University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Active University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Active Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Virginia Active Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Georgia Active University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison Wisconsin Active Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Ohio Active University of Rochester Rochester New York Active University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania Active Florida International University University Park Florida Active Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester Massachusetts Active University of Connecticut Storrs Connecticut Active Pennsylvania State University University Park Pennsylvania Active North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina Active New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark New Jersey Active Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana Active Clemson University Clemson South Carolina Active Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey Active Drexel University Philadelphia Pennsylvania Active Lawrence Technological University Southfield Michigan Active Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken New Jersey Active Florida Gulf Coast University Lee County Florida Active University of California, Irvine Irvine California Active University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee Active Ohio State University Columbus Ohio Active St. Louis University St. Louis Missouri Active University of Hartford West Hartford Connecticut Active University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas Active Binghamton University Binghamton New York Active University of Maryland, College Park College Park Maryland Active Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. Active University of Memphis Memphis Tennessee Active University of Illinois Champaign and Urbana Illinois Active Indiana Institute of Technology Fort Wayne Indiana Active Stony Brook University Stony Brook New York Active University of South Carolina Columbia South Carolina Active East Carolina University Greenville North Carolina Active Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne Florida Active University of Arkansas Fayetteville Arkansas Active
Notable members
Dan Reneau, president of Louisiana Tech University
See also
Honor society Professional fraternities and sororities
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