HOME Officers: Officer Biographies	Alpha Eta Mu Beta Biomedical Engineering Honor Society
	President: Heather Swanson Milwaukee School of Engineering Vice-President: Terri Murray Arizona State University Secretary: Mary Coldorera Louisiana Tech University Treasurer: Vivek Mukatyar Boston University National President: Herbert F. Voigt, Ph.D. Boston University Executive Director: Patricia I. Horner Biomedical Engineering Society
	Officer Biographies Heather Swanson Biography Coming Soon Terri Murray Teresa Murray is a graduate student at Arizona State University working toward her Ph.D. in Bioengineering in the area of Neural Engineering and Biomolecular Nanotechnology as a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.  Her collaborative research project encompasses work in the Center for BioOptical Nanotechnology at ASU and the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, AZ. Terri is a student member of the Society for Neuroscience, the Biomedical Engineering Society, and IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, as well as Alpha Eta Mu Beta and Tau Beta Pi Honor Societies. Ms Murray is very actively involved in ASU chapters of AEMB (events) and TBP (fundraising and scholarship awards). She is also her department representative for her college graduate student association. Prior to returning to school, Terri had a 15-year career in marketing and manufacturing relating to food and beverage products. She has also served in organizations dedicated to helping adolescents in crisis and in general community service organizations. Mary Coldorera Biography Coming Soon  Vivek Mukatyar Vivek Mukatyar is a senior at Boston University. After graduation he plans to attend Graduate school to persue a PhD in Biomedical Engineering, with a concentration in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering. He is currently doing research in the field of Bone Tissue Engineering. Vivek is also the current Vice President for the Boston University chapter of AEMB and the treasurer for Tau Beta Pi. His hobbies include watching movies, playing cricket and spending time with his friends. Herbert Voigt, Ph.D. Dr. Herbert Voigt, a professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University, is the 2005 American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE’s) President-Elect and will assume the presidency for the 2006-2007 term. Dr. Voigt previously served as AIMBE’s Vice-President at Large in 2003-2004. He has been a member of AIMBE’s College of Fellows since 1998; elected the College’s Secretary/Treasurer in 2001. Dr. Voigt has represented the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) on AIMBE’s Council of Societies since 1999. A member of the Boston University faculty since 1981, he has served from 1999-2004 as the biomedical engineering (BME) department’s Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs. He conceived and helped implement the ENGMEDIC (Engineering and Medicine Integrated Curriculum) program that provides early acceptance of BME sophomores into Boston University’s Medical School. Since 1995, Dr. Voigt has co-directed a National Science Foundation-sponsored program, Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), at Boston University. Dr. Voigt directed the BME graduate program at Boston University from 1982 to 1992 and oversaw the introduction of both MS and Ph.D. programs. Beginning in 1992, he served a three-year term as department chairman. During that time, he was elected Secretary of the Council of Chairs of BME undergraduate programs. He received Boston University’s College of Engineering Faculty Service Award in 2000. Author of the Whitaker Foundation grant currently supporting Boston University’s BME Internship program, Dr. Voigt is the immediate past chair of the University’s Faculty Council, where he successfully led the effort to allow faculty representation on the Board of Trustees. Dr. Voigt is President of Alpha Eta Mu Beta, the National Honor Society for BME and a past-president of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). He served for three years on the BMES Board of Directors and was co-chair of the 1995 BMES Fall Meeting hosted by Boston University. Dr. Voigt received the BMES’s President’s Award in 2003 and the Distinguished Service Award in 2004, based, in part, for his efforts in writing a successful proposal to the Whitaker Foundation on behalf of the BMES. Dr. Voigt is interested in the neural circuitry of the dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN). Using a variety of techniques including cross-correlation of simultaneous recorded pairs of DCN units, intra-cellular recording and marking neurons in vivo, and computational modeling, he and his group have provided a better understanding of this complex auditory nucleus. Dr. Voigt received his B.E. in electrical engineering from the City College of New York in 1974 and his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in 1979 and spent a post-doctoral year at Hopkins before moving to Milton MA. He was elected to the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars in 2003. In addition to his professional activities, Dr. Voigt is an active member of his community. He is a Past-President of the Milton Foundation for Education, which raises and distributes money through gifts and grants to the public schools of Milton. He also serves on the Board of the Woodward School for Girls in Quincy where he has raised money to renovate the school’s science laboratories. He has recently joined the Development Board of the Milton Hospital and has been elected in 2005 to the Board of Directors of the Milton Library Foundation. He has been a Milton Town Meeting member since 1998. Dr. Voigt enjoys writing occasionally a column entitled Scientifically Speaking… for his hometown newspaper, The Milton Times. Patricia I Horner Pat is Executive Director of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and Executive Director of Alpha Eta Mu Beta, the national honor society for biomedical engineering. She has over 35 years experience in association management. The majority of the 35 years has been devoted to professional associations and societies in the biomedical engineering field. She served as Executive Director of the Alliance for Engineering in Medicine and Biology from its inception in 1968 until the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering was founded in 1992. Previous positions as Executive Director include the following organizations: Society for Advanced Medical Systems, American Association for Medical Systems & Informatics (now the American Medical Informatics Association), Society of Prospective Medicine, American Association for Continuity of Care, Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America (now RESNA, the Association for Assistive Technology), Society for Cardiovascular Management, Society of Vascular Technology (now the Society of Vascular Ultrasound) In addition, Pat served as the first Conference Director for the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society of the IEEE, as Conference Coordinator for the second international meeting of the International Society for Artificial Organs, and as conference manager for the 1988 World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering. Her conference management experience is extensive and she has lectured on meeting planning and conference management at Montgomery College. She served as Project Manager and Project Director on a series of studies performed under grants with the National Science Foundation, the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, and the National Institute for Disability Research. Pat is a Fellow of RESNA, and an Honorary Member of the American Medical Informatics Association and the Society of Vascular Technology. She received a Distinguished Service Award from the Alliance for Engineering in Medicine and Biology, a Dedicated Service Award from the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and a certificate for Excellence in Conference Planning from the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society of the IEEE. Her professional affiliations include the American Society of Association Executives, American Association of Medical Society Executives, and the Professional Convention Management Association. She holds a certificate in Convention Management from the American Society of Association Executives. She is listed in the World Who’s Who of Women.
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