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Technical Program

SMBE (SA) has a technical meeting almost every month
All guests are most welcome to come along

The Joint Technical Program is provided by SMBE (SA) in conjunction with our close partners

EngAust CBmE - Engineers Australia's College of Biomedical Engineers, and
ACPSEM - Australasian College of Physical Scientists & Engineers in Medicine

Technical Program

2013	________________________________________________
Thursday 9 May 2013	Operating Theatre Technology, Stryker i-Suite Richard Denton, SA BME.



2012	________________________________________________
Wed 11th April 2012	IET Retired Engineers Lasers in Ophthalmology Speaker:Dr Stewart Lake
Wed 15th Feb 2012	Site visit: Ellex Medical The use of Ellex lasers in eye surgery Speaker:David Harhoff
Wed 7th Mar 2012	Site visit: Hexapod Robot with 6 degrees of freedom, Flinders University Speakers: John Cost, Richard Stanley, Ben Cazzolato, Boyin Ding (RSVP to address on flier)

2011	________________________________________________
Tues 12th April 2011	Rehabilitation robotics: can technology assist the recovery of motor function? Speaker: Dr Ben Patritti, South Australian Movement Analysis Centre
Tues 3rd May 2011	Muscle and Joint Function in Human Locomotion Speaker: Prof Marcus Pandy University of Melbourne
Tues 7th Jun 2011	Robotic Surgey: The intuitive Da Vinci surgical system Site visit: RAH Speaker: Dominic Breuker, Device Technologies RSVP numbers limited
Mon 22nd August 2011	AGM with Guest eminent speaker, direct from EPSM-ABEC 2011 Dr Joe SmithMedicine & Engineering: A difficult marriage with beautiful children Waverly House, St Andrews Hospital, South Terrace RSVP http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/eminentspeaker/
14-18 August 2011	EPSM-ABEC 2011, Darwin (website) Have you booked your accomodation yet?

2010	________________________________________________
Tues 16 Feb 2010	Andrew Tonkin, Terumo technical update
Tues 11 May 2010	Got something to say about AS3003? Stuart Clifton will be discussing AS/NZS3003 - Electrical Installations – Patient Areas
Wed 12 May 2010	The evolution of improved pulse oximetry and the impact on clinical performance and opportunities. Speaker: Paul Mannheimer, Nellcor/Covidien
Tues 22 Jun 2010	Patently Obvious? Biomedical Engineering Excursions into the Intellectual Property Maze Speaker: John Brydon
Tues 3rd Aug 2010	The biomechanical evaluation of surgical and conservative interventions for osteoarthritis Speaker: Dr Dominic Thewlis, UniSA
21st Sept 2010	EEG Signal Processing - Epilepsy and the Brain Speaker: A/Prof Kenneth Pope
Mon 8th Nov 2010	The 2010 Student Papers Night A Public Speaking Competition for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics Students
5-9th Dec 2010	EPSM-ABEC 2010, Melbourne Its all about the coffee (website)

2009	________________________________________________

29Mar-1Apr 2009	NSW Country Biomedical Engineering Training Seminar and Conference Canberra, ACT (Details see NSW website)
Wed 29 Apr 2009	Fullbright Scholarship: Investigaing the use of FES to improve function and movement in children with Cerebral Palsy. Speaker: David Hobbs
Tues12 May	Site visit: Signostics & Signos personal ultrasound at the new BioIncubatorSA Speaker CEO Stewart Bartlett
Tues 19 May	T-rays for Biosensors, Uni Adl (IET Joint Electrical Program)
Wed 27 May	Karen Reynolds & the MDPP, Medical Device Partnering Program
Tues 21 July	Site visit: Key Tubing and Electrical Industries tour by Terry Rogers
Wed 9 Sept	Jeremy Austin, Adl Uni talking about:"Reconstructing the past to inform the present: ancient DNA analysis of extinct and threatened species" followed by SMBE AGM
Wed 7 Oct	Dr Hala Zreiqat (UniSyd) will be speaking about “Addressing the need to improve and engineer better biomaterials?”
Fri 6 Nov	Expo: Flinders Uni final year projects including biomedical projects
8-12 Nov 2009	EPSM-ABEC 2009 incorporating Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference: Back to the future in Health Care Technology. Canberra, ACT (Details on Conferences page)
Wed 18 Nov	2009 David Dewhurst Award presentation to Prof Andrew Downing Jim Keller, ECRI: Real Time Locating Systems - Finding your way to the best solution. Eng Aust Eminent Speaker Presentation.
Tues 8th Dec	Xmas Dinner at The Earl
Thurs 10th Dec	2009 Student Papers Night A Public Speaking Competition for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics Students (Honours level and above)
2008	________________________________________________
Wed 9 Apr 2008	Will you be wearing your computer soon? Prof Bruce H. Thomas, Dir Wearable Computer Lab, UniSA RSVP: David Hobbs
31Mar-2Apr 2008	NSW Country Biomedical Engineering Training Seminar and Conference Dubbo, NSW (Details see NSW website)
Mon 21 April	Special dinner in recognition of contribution of retiring members Knut Gassmanis & Kevin O"Brien RSVP Anne-Louise Smith
Tues 13&20 May	Site Visit: Krix Loudspeakers
Wed 11 Jun 2008	Sports Engineering at Uni Adl Prof Colin Hansen, Head Sch Mech Eng & A/Prof Richard Kelso, Coord Sports Eng program Contact Tam Nguyen
Tues 26 Aug 2008	The Australian Synchrotron - Opportunites in Biomedical Research Hugh Harris, Chair of SA Synchrotron Committee RSVP Wendy Tuckwell
Tues 16 Sept 2008	Site visit: SA Ambulance Emergency Operations Centre
Tues 21 Oct 2008	Site visit: Whole body 3D scanner at FMC
Wed 5 Nov 2008	2008 Student Papers Night A Public Speaking Competition for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics Students (Honours level and above)
Fri 7 Nov 2008	Engineering Honours Project EXPO 2008, Engineering Building, Flinders Uni. See work being conducted by engineering students, including biomedical projects. 11am to 4:30pm
16-20 Nov 2008	EPSM-ABEC 2008 incorporating Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference: Innovations in Patient Care Christchurch, New Zealand Website
Wed 26 Nov 2008	Todd Cooper, straight from NZ EPSM-ABEC 2008 (supported by Eng Aust & GE Healthcare) SMBE AGM Presentation on Hot Topics page
TBA Dec	Xmas Dinner at a mystery location and a mystery date

2007	________________________________________________
TBA 2007	Networking event: BelairBBQ RSVP Robin Woolford- see flier (Pdf xxkb)
26-28 Mar 2007	NSW Country Biomedical Engineering Training Seminar and Conference Gosford, NSW (Details see NSW website)
19 Jun 2007	Low dose radiation: A cancer risk? Guest speaker: Peter Collins What is the risk of low-level ionising radiation? What defences does the body have against it? Royal Adelaide Hospital, RSVP wtuckwel@mail.rah.sa.gov.au
31 Jul 2007	Keith Baldry, Director EPA: Experiences with radiation protection in the nuclear, non-medical field. Experiences from fifteen years decommissioning reactors, reprocessing fuel, cleaning up a nuclear weapons test sites, and stabilising the Chernobyl shelter
Wed 15 August 2007	AGM: Guest speaker Prof Guy Maddern: "Surgery 2027: Star trek or unemployment?" Queen Elizabeth Hospital, RSVP: anne-louise.smith@fmc.sa.gov.au
Wed 21 Aug 2007	Engineering Week: Andrew Botros a Biomedical Engineer awarded National Young Professional Engineer of the Year 2006. Origins in engineering musical instruments, professional life in the cochlear implant industry, and today's importance and influence of the young engineer. Engineering House, Bagot St.
14-18 Oct 2007	epsm-abec 2007 incorporating Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference Fremantle, Perth
Mon 22 Oct 2007	Guest speaker direct from epsm-abec 2007: Elliot Sloane: When does clinical equipment become an IT system and who manages it? Engineering House, Bagot St. RSVP: anne-louise.smith@fmc.sa.gov.au
Tues 30 Oct 2007	Dr John Costi, Department of Orthopaedics, Repatriation General Hospital: A novel technique to measure internal strains in the intevertebral disc in-vitro.
Fri 2nd Nov 2007	Engineering Honours Project EXPO 2007, Engineering Building, Flinders Uni. See work being conducted by engineering students, including biomedical projects. 11am to 4:30pm. Contact Ruth Mitchell 8201 3600 for more info.
Mon 12 Nov 2007	2007 Student Papers Night: A Public Speaking Competition for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics Students (Honours level and above)
Wed 14 Nov 2007	Site visit: Motion Analysis Service, Gait Lab Clinic at the Repat Hospital Visit this newly acquired purpose-built Lab with VICON MX system with eight MX3 camera, 4x AMTI force plates, and EMG RSVP: ojpallotta@theiet.org
Wed 12 Dec 2007	Xmas dinner: The British Hotel, 58 Finniss St, North Adelaide RSVP: anne-louise.smith@fmc.sa.gov.au

2006	________________________________________________
Sun 19th Mar 2006	Networking event: Winery BBQ Seppeltsfield Winery RSVP Michael Ledgard
Tues 21st Mar 2006	Site visit: State-of-the-Art Endoscopic Reference Suite Speaker: Chris Dry, Stenning Numbers limited RSVP Michael Ledgard
Thur 18th May 2006	Amazing Human Body Exhibition Human bodiespreserved with plastination touring Australia RSVP Anne-Louise Smith
18th July 2006	Site visit: Royal Society of the Blind Visit the adaptive technology centre for the vision impaired RSVP ojpallotta@iee.org
Tues 29th August 2006	AGM: Guest speaker Prof Richard Hillis Hot Rock Geothermal Energy: Towards a Clean, Green South Australian Energy Source Einsteins Cafe RSVP Robin Woolford
17-21 Sept 2006	EPSM 2006 incorporating ABEC (Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference) Noosa, QLD
Mon 25th Sept 2006	Guest speaker: Tim Ritter, Senior Project Engineer, ECRI, Philadelphia, USA Preventive Maintenance: Why? Tim will give a selection of the plenary talks he gave toABEC 2006
Wed 18 Oct 2006	Basics of MRI imaging Quantitation in structural (T1 & T2 weighted) MRI scans of brain Speakers: Leighton Bardeen & Daniel Badger, Dept Nuc Med, QEH RSVP Paul Reich 8222 5658 preich@mail.rah.sa.gov.au
Thurs 9 Nov 2006	2006 Student Papers Night: A Public Speaking Competition for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics Students (Honours level and above)
Tues 28 Nov 2006	Xmas dinner
TBA Dec 2006	Neil Piller Developments in Lymphoedema Assessment and Treatment

2005	________________________________________________
Tues 22nd Feb	Site Visit: Repatriation Sleep Studies Unit The RGH Sleep Studies Unit is equipped to diagnose and manage sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, sleep hypoventilation and insomnia. Peter Catcheside, Senior Medical Scientist, will talk about the equipment used and research projects currently underway within the unit. Register by email: olivia.pallotta@fmc.sa.gov.au
Tues 22nd Mar	Site Visit: Anatomy Museum at Flinders Medical Centre The Dept of Anatomy & Histology is proud to have one of the best museums in australia for the teaching of anatomy, featuring dissections from the human body (kindly donated by South Australians). Register by email: anne-louise.smith@fmc.sa.gov.au
Tues 26th April	Work as an Accident Investigation Engineer, Chris Hall Accident reconstruction, occupant kinematics, seating locations related to injury patterns, forces in low level impacts, and injury prediction. Also design criteria adopted for changes to racing safety items at the Albert Park F1 circuit and the research being undertaken, in conjunction with Motorcycling Australia, into energy absorbing barriers and safe circuit design for motorcycle racing. Contact David Hobbs: david.hobbs@novita.org.au or phone 8243 8338 Chapman Hall, Engineering House, 11 Bagot Street, North Adelaide
Tues 26th July	Site Visit: CSIRO Manufacturing & Infrastructure Technology (CMIT) Biomedical Applications being developed at CSIRO Dr Mike Painter - Stress shielding in orthopedic implantation & implant design Dr Richard Morgans - Self repairing structures - fact or fiction Dr Joe Cavallaro - Modifying Titanium surfaces for biomedical applications RSVP Robin Woolford: robin.woolford@fmc.sa.gov.au or phone 8204 5242
Tues 9th Aug	AGM featuring the hybrid car Toyota Prius Guest speaker Craig Stewart
23-27th Oct	Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference Town Hall, Adelaide www.epsm.org.au
Mon 14th Nov	Postgraduate Student Papers
Tues 6th Dec	Xmas dinner

2004	________________________________________________

Tues 24th Feb	Biomedical Experiences in PNG & Cambodia Noel Kitto: Medical Equipment Management Project in the Pacific – PNG, and David Hobbs: The Development and Teaching of Mechanics and Biomechanics in Cambodia
Tues 30th March	Marion Megaplex Projection Room & Museum Tour Behind the scenes tour of world's largest projection room (225m long). Learn about modern cinema technology & antique projection equipment. RSVP 19 Mar - Meet at top of escalators to cinema complex
Tues 25th May	Rehabilitation Engineering at Regency Park CCA Visit of the newly renovated site where wheel chairs are tested till they drop and orthotic legs are put through their paces. See some of the latest electronic devices for communicating and controlling your home
Tues 22nd June	Entech Electronic Manufacturing Site visit RSVP by email Anne-Louise.Smith@fmc.sa.gov.au (Limited to 20 members)
Thurs 24th June	Gel Dosimetry Mahdava Bhat
Thurs 12th Aug	Whats new with radiation and where are we being dragged to? News from IRPA-11 Conference. Dr Giovanni Bibbo reviews conventional wisdom and presents new evidence from the May 2004 IRPA Conference
Tues 17th Aug	Clinical Simulation Unit, Flinders School of Medicine Learn how medical students and health professionals are trained with the skills to save your life before they must apply it to a life-threatening situation. Register by email. Sa@ieaust.org.au
Tues 21st Sept	The Sense of Smell and Artificial Nose Technology Mr Richard Gawal, Recognose, will look at the sense of smell. It is a system that rivals the best in terms of sensitivity and range, and as much, designing artificial systems to mimic it is a hotbed of research.
Wed 6th Oct	Biomedical Technology in Papua New Guinea Hear Dr David Mills talking about his experiences in a remote PNG hospital and from medical students, Andrew Perry and Jan-Paul Kwasik, who trained under him in their holidays.
Wed 27th Oct	Post Graduate Student Papers Night A public speaking competition for Post Grad Students
Thurs 25th Nov	Low Doserate Prostate Brachytherapy Ralph Nicholls
2003	________________________________________________

25 Mar	Brain SPECT. Has it come of age? Optimised Processing, Statistical Mapping and a Proof of the Pudding Leighton Barnden, PhD., The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
15 Apr	ISim - An Intubation Simulator Greg Ruthenbeck, Sydac - Engineering Honours Project presentation An Introduction to Sydac Adrian Smith, Chief Executive, Sydac
27 May	A Vision for Rehabilitation Engineering in Australia Dr Lloyd Walker, PhD., Director, Regency Park Rehabilitation Engineering
17 June	Biomedical Engineering experiences in Malaysia and Brunei Tony Carlisle & Anne-Louise Smith, Biomedical Engineering Department, Flinders Medical Centre
22 July
Aug	World Congress 2004, Sydney
23 Sep	Networking night and de-brief from the World Congress in Sydney
21 Oct	Post Graduate Student Papers Night - a public speaking competition for Post Grad Students
Nov

2002	________________________________________________

2001	________________________________________________
6 February	What will Digital TV offer South Australians? Bob McCullough, Technical Services Manager, ABC
27 March	Craniofacial Imaging and Models Dr. David J. Netherway, Apex Research Fellow, The Australian Craniofacial Unit

2000	________________________________________________
7 March	Monitoring Volatile Anaethetic agents Dr John Russell Dept of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal Adelaide Hospital
16 August	The Planetarium UniSA, Mawson Lakes
Sept	The Cosmetic use of lasers - Medicine, Myth or Moneymaker?? Dr Sue McCoy
21 November	Doctors, Devices and Disasters Dr Joe Dyro, President, Biomedical Resource Group, Setauket, NY

1999	________________________________________________
	Manufacturing Intelligence David Powers, School of Informatics, Flinders University of South Australia
	Dr Colin Carati, School of Medicine, Flinders University of SA
27 May	EDS MARKETSPACES TOUR Peter Mathews
9 Nov	Out of the Ivory Tower: examining the clay feet of science Dr Wendy Rogers, Departments of General Practice and Philosophy Flinders University

1998	________________________________________________
16 February 15 March 28 April June 18 August 10 November 15-19 November 24 November 1 December	Regency Park Centre for Young Disabled Family picnic day Visit to Cooper's Brewery Aircraft Maintenance Facility, ANSETT Aust Annual General Meeting AS3003 Seminar Conference , Tasmania John Hughes, EPSM98 guest speaker Christmas Dinner

1997	________________________________________________
11 Feb	Ventricular Assist Devices Dr John Woodard
5 Mar	The Practical Application of Ergonomics Theory to the Medical Workplace Mr Michael Patkin
9 Jul	Telemedicine Dr Bruce Swanson, South Australian Health Commission

1996	________________________________________________
18 September	An evening of Forensic Science Dr James Wallman, Forensic Entomologist, University of Adelaide Dr Sara Jones, Forensic Podiatrist, University of South Australia Dr Lindsay Richards, Forensic Odontologist, University of Adelaide
9 October	Equipment Design and Application Issues in Medical Retrieval Dr Gilligan, Director of Retrieval and Resusitation, RAH
4 November	Workshop on AS3551 Dr Joel Nobel, President and Founder, ECRI Mr Alex Watson, Director of Biomedical Engineering, Prince Henry/Prince of Wales, NSW Mr Rob Wilkins, Director of Biomedical Engineering, Nth Sydney Area Health Svce, NSW
4 November	Improving Medical Device Safety: Lessons from the past Dr Joel Nobel, President and Founder, ECRI

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