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IEEE EMBSUCF Chapter

Membership

How to join

Come to a general body meeting and you're part of the chapter. Here's what people usually ask, and what IEEE EMBS membership adds on top.

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Getting started

How to get involved

  1. Come to a meeting

    Find the next one on the calendar and show up. There's no form to fill in, and nobody asks you for dues at the door.

  2. Find what interests you

    Workshops, speakers, outreach, or a build team. Take what you want and skip the rest — most members do.

  3. Join IEEE EMBS

    Society membership opens up scholarships, conference rates, and the journals. Student rates are the lowest you'll ever be offered.

What a first meeting looks like

Chapter updates, whatever the project teams have working, and usually a speaker or a hands-on segment. People stick around afterward — that's the part worth staying for.

IEEE EMBS

What society membership gets you

The chapter is your local branch of a society with tens of thousands of biomedical engineers. Joining as a student member opens up what the society runs directly.

  • Scholarships, awards, and travel grants

    EMBS runs student awards and travel grants, and IEEE runs scholarships across all its societies. Members apply, and the pools are smaller than you'd expect.

  • Conferences at member rates

    EMBC is the society's flagship conference and one of the largest biomedical engineering meetings anywhere. Members register at reduced rates, students lower still.

  • The journals

    Membership carries IEEE Xplore access to EMBS publications — Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, the Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, and the rest of the catalog.

  • Speakers and lecturers

    EMBS runs a Distinguished Lecturer program that chapters can draw on, plus member webinars and technical committees you can actually join.

Student rates are set by IEEE and change each year. Check the current figure before signing up.

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Questions

What people usually ask

What major do I need?
Any engineering or science major. UCF doesn't offer an undergraduate biomedical engineering degree, so nobody here is one — our members come from electrical, mechanical, computer science, photonics, and elsewhere. The work is interdisciplinary because it has to be.
Do I need experience to be useful?
No. Meetings and workshops are pitched at people seeing the material for the first time, and most of the learning happens next to someone a year or two ahead of you.
What does IEEE EMBS membership cost?
IEEE student membership plus the EMBS society add-on, both set by IEEE and revised each year. It's the lowest rate you'll ever be offered, and it's what makes the scholarships, conference rates, and journals available to you.
Can I start mid-semester?
Yes. Meetings run all term, and there's no point in the calendar where showing up stops making sense.
How much time does it take?
A general body meeting runs about an hour. Workshops are one-offs. A build team is a couple of hours a week if you want it to be.
I'd like to sponsor or collaborate with the chapter.
Email the chapter and it'll reach the officers. We're interested in speakers, equipment, and lab collaborations.

Not covered here? Email the chapter and an officer will answer.