Alpha Eta Mu Beta ( or AEMB) is an American

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. It was founded at

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in 1979 and has expanded to include forty chapters. It is a member of the

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History

Daniel Reneau, head of the biomedical engineering department of

, founded Alpha Eta Mu Beta in 1979. It is an honor society for students studying biomedical engineering. A second chapter was established at

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in 1980. It became a national society in 1988 with the establishment of a chapter at the

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. It has since chartered 40 chapters across the United States. It became a member of the

in 2013. Alpha Eta Mu Beta's national headquarters is at 2602 CR 600 East in

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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.

Notable members

Dan Reneau Daniel Dugan Reneau Jr. (born June 11, 1940) is the former president of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana, a position which he filled from July 1, 1987, until his retirement effective June 30, 2013. He was succeeded by Dr. Les Guic ...

, president of

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