The 1st International Online Conference on Bioengineering
Bioengineering in a Generative AI World
16–18 Oct 2024
Bionics and Biological Cybernetics, Bioelectronics, Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering and Applications, Biomolecular Cellular and Tissue Engineering and Applications, Biomedical Engineering and Applications, Biochemical Engineering and Applications, Translational Bioengineering
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Welcome from the Chairs
In celebration of its tenth anniversary, Bioengineering will host its first International Online Conference on 16-18 October 2024. It is my pleasure to announce and extend this open invitation for you to participate.
A. Biomedical Biomaterials;
C. Regenerative and Tissue Engineering;
Event Chairs
Founding Editor-in-Chief, Bioengineering,
Founding Dean of Engineering, Anderson University SC,
President and Sr. Fellow, AIIMSEI
Prof. Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie is an international medical sciences, engineering, and innovation consultant at the American International Institute of Medical Sciences, Engineering, and Innovation. A former Vice President and Chief Academic Officer at Tri-County Technical College. He has 15 years of industrial research and product development experience and 18 years of experience as a tenured, titled, and endowed full professor at universities that include Virginia Commonwealth University, Clemson University, Texas A&M University, and Anderson University, where he was the Founding Dean of the College of Engineering. He has been associated with three startup companies and is Founder, President, and Scientific Director of ABTECH Scientific, Inc. A US citizen who was born in Trinidad and Tobago, he holds the Sc.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT, the M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester (UMIST), and the B.Sc. (First Class Honors) in Applied, Analytical, and Biochemistry from the University of the West Indies (UWI). He has published over 225 peer-reviewed journal articles, holds 8 patents, and is a fellow of IEEE, AIMBE, BMES and the RSC. His research interests are in physiological monitoring during hemorrhagic trauma and allotransplantation, polymeric nanobiomaterials in drug delivery and tissue regeneration, and microanalytical systems in the service of human health and medicine.
Media and Interfaces Laboratory (LAMEIN), Bioengineering Department, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Technology (FACET), National University of Tucumán, Superior Biological Research Institute (INSIBIO), CONICET, Argentina
Rossana Madrid is EE and Ph.D. in Bioengineering. She is currently a Full Professor of Biomedical Transducers and Biosensors and Microsystems in the Biomedical Engineering Program, and also at a Doctoral degree, from the Faculty of Exact Sciences and Technology at the University of Tucumán, Argentina. She is Principal Researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina (CONICET) and she leads the Biosensors and Microsystems group. She has published R&D papers in national and international journals, two book chapters, and has developed four patents. She leads research grants and international cooperation grants with German Universities. Her main research fields include sensors and biosensors, microfluidic systems, and paper-based POC devices for biomedical and environmental applications.
Session Chairs
Dr. Elena A. Jones
Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Prof. Dr. Gary L. Bowlin
Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Memphis, Memphis, USA
Prof. Dr. Franz Konstantin Fuss
1. Chair of Biomechanics, Faculty of Engineering Science, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany 2. Division of Biomechanics, Department of Biomechatronic Systems, Fraunhofer Institute of Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Stuttgart, Germany
Dr. Gary Chinga Carrasco
RISE PFI, Høgskoleringen 6b, Trondheim, Norway
Dr. Andrea Cataldo
Department of Innovation Engineering (DII), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
Prof. Dr. Liang Luo
College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Dr. Dimitrios Kouroupis
Department of Orthopaedics, Miller School of Medicine. University of Miami, Miami, USA.
Event Committee Members
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Nanotechnology Innovation Center Kansas State (NICKS), Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA.
Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Center for Surgical Bioengineering, University of California Davis, CA, USA.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore City, Singapore.
School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA.
Faculty of Engineering, University Campus Biomedico of Rome, Rome, Italy
Department of Bioscience Research, Department of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
Biotechnology Institute for Cell and Tissue Culture Technologies, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, USA
Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX , USA.
Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging (CABI), Department of Medicine, University College London, London, UK.
Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine & Dentistry, "G. D'Annunzio" University of Chieti–Pescara, Italy.
Human Histology & Embryology Section, Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics & Gynaecology, University of Verona Medical School, Verona, Italy.
Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, USA.
Stem Cell Core, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA.
School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
Physics department, Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
The Mucosal Immunology & Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Department of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea.
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
NOVA Medical School, Faculty of Medical Sciences, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
Department of Information Engineering, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy.
Department of Information Engineering, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy.
Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKSAR, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Plenary Speakers
Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA.
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Keynote Speakers
Deparment of Chemical Engineering, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Biopolymers and bio hybrids for health and care.
Biotechnology Institute for Cell and Tissue Culture Technologies, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Registration
The registration for IOCBE 2024 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.
If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 10th October 2024.
Instructions for Authors
The 1st International Online Conference on Bioengineering will accept abstracts only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 17 June 2024.
2. Deadline for abstract acceptance notification: 17 July 2024. You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with www.sciforum.net and Submit Abstract. No physical template is necessary.
1. Your abstract should be include an introduction, methods, results and discussion, and conclusions sections. Abstracts should be 200–300 words in length. Please prepare your abstract in Microsoft Word or another word processing software and then cut and paste the text into the submission portal (see below for more details).
2. Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering [Register] with www.sciforum.net . If you are already registered then please Login to Submit Abstract.
3. All accepted abstracts will be published as part of a single dedicated volume of Proceedings (ISSN: 2504-3900) after quality check. If you wish to publish a full-length proceedings paper, please refer to the “Publication Opportunities” Section.
4. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
5. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for the oral presentation.
6. The abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals or it will not be accepted to this conference.
Detailed Requirements:
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
3. The presenting author must fill in "Biography" when adding submission authors.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
Template:
(Cut and paste the contents of your abstract into the online portal at Submit Abstract.) Abstract Title: (Total word count: 200-300 words maximum) Introduction: Methods: Results and Discussion: Conclusions: Authors and Affiliations: |
Poster:
- Should include the title, authors, contact details and main research findings, as well as tables, figures and graphs where necessary.
- File format: PDF (.pdf).
- Size in pixel: 1,080 width x 1,536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 38.1 width x 54.2 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥16.
We will reach out to you closer to the dates of the conference with more information.
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue, published in Bioengineering (ISSN 2306-5354, Impact Factor 4.6), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. Details of the special issue will be announced here later. Please note that no other discounts are applicable. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
You are welcome to submit a proceeding paper (3-6 pages) to Engineering Proceedings (indexed within Scopus, ISSN: 2673-4591) after the conference.
Publication of the proceedings will be free of charge.
Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the IOCBE2024 conference paper in their cover letter.
Proceedings submission deadline: 2 December 2024
Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
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Title.
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Full author names.
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Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses.
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Abstract.
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Keywords.
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Introduction.
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Results and Discussion.
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Conclusions.
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Acknowledgements.
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References.
It is the authors' responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide multiple awards including MDPI Bioengineering Lectureship 2024 Award, Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 1
Nominate your candidate today.
The MDPI Bioengineering Lectureship award:
1. The successful nominee will deliver the MDPI Bioengineering Lecture at the 1st International Online Conference on Bioengineering (IOCBE) on 16-18 October 2024.
2. They will also receive a two year's article processing charge (APC) discounts for any future publications in Bioengineering.
3. They will be granted a travel award of CHF 1,000 CHF with which to attend the World Congress in Bioengineering.
Number of Awards Available: 3
The Best Poster Awards are given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.
There will be three winners selected for these awards.
Terms and Conditions:
Eligible lectureship candidates meet the following criteria:
1.Must be an early-career independent researcher who earned their degree within the last 10 years (doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars in a PI’s lab are not eligible).
2.Must be actively engaged in research in the bioengineering field and have made a noteworthy contribution to the field.
How to nominate:
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A. Biomedical Biomaterials
Biomedical biomaterials play a critical role in current and future clinical devices and treatments that improve quality of life after disease or injury. These materials range from natural (i.e., collagen, alginate, silk, and chitosan) to synthetic (i.e., polymers, metals, and ceramics) as well as being bio-absorbable or non-absorbable. This session focuses on the innovations at the intersection of materials science, chemistry, biology, medicine, and engineering that will propel the field into the next generation of biomedical biomaterials and their use in developing forthcoming devices and treatments for clinical use.
Keywords
- Biomedical biomaterials;
- Materials science;
- Bioengineering;
- Clinical devices;
- Bio-absorbable and non-absorbable materials;
- Synthetic materials;
- Polymers;
- Ceramics.
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Gary L. Bowlin, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Memphis, Memphis, USA
B. Biomechanics and Sports Medicine
An interdisciplinary field that integrates principles of scientific research in biomechanics, engineering, and clinical applications aimed at understanding and optimizing human performance, preventing injuries, and promoting recovery in athletes and individuals engaged in physical activity. It includes the mechanical principles of biological systems, e.g., how forces interact with the body during movement and exercise. Contributions may involve the use of motion capture, force plates, and computer simulations to analyze human movement patterns, joint kinetics, muscle function, and the impact of sports equipment on performance. Evidence-based training protocols, injury prevention strategies, and rehabilitation techniques for athletes, workers, and geriatric patients are also welcome. Other topics of interest include the design, test, and validation of equipment and technologies that enhance athletic performance, reduce injury risk, and aid in rehabilitation; specialized equipment such as footwear, protective gear, and orthotic devices that optimize biomechanical efficiency and support injury prevention; advanced materials and technologies like wearable sensors and biomechanical modeling software used to analyze and improve athletic performance and safety; and the intersection of bioengineering with the treatment and prevention of sports-related injuries and conditions, including biomechanical assessments and rehabilitation programs.
Keywords
- Biomechanics;
- Human performance optimization;
- Biological systems;
- Clinical devices;
- Computer simulations;
- Kinetics;
- Training protocols;
- Injury prevention strategies;
- Rehabilitation techniques;
- Wearable sensors;
- Biomechanical modeling software.
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Franz Konstantin Fuss, Chair of Biomechanics, Faculty of Engineering Science, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, Division of Biomechanics, Department of Biomechatronic Systems, Fraunhofer Institute of Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Stuttgart, Germany
C. Regenerative and Tissue Engineering
Regenerative Engineering is a multidisciplinary platform aiming to facilitate the development of novel technologies towards tissue regeneration as well as de novo biofabrication of living tissues and organs. Stemming from a classical tissue engineering concept (cells, scaffolds, signaling molecules and the microenvironment), regenerative engineering advances into the areas of biomaterials including nanomaterials, drug carriers, bioinks, 3D printing, organoids, microfluidics, microfabrication, bioprocessing, sensors, and personalized medicine. Of particular interest is the application of advanced experimental tools based on machine learning and AI-based methods for disease diagnostics, including cancer, and the computational modeling of the systems’ in vitro and in vivo performance.
Keywords
- Stem cells, cell and gene therapy, and tissue engineering;
- Biomaterials, including bioinspired and biomimetic materials, materials’ functionalization and mechanical testing;
- Drug/gene delivery systems and a controlled release of bioactives;
- Nanomaterials, nanocarriers, and nanoparticle tracking;
- Bioinks, 3D printing, and additive manufacturing;
- Microfabrication, bioprocessing, automation, and scale-up;
- Bioartificial organs, organoids, and organ-on-a-chip technologies;
- Advanced experimental tools, including computational, 3D in vitro and in vivo models;
- Patient-specific therapies and clinical translation.
Session Chairs
Dr. Elena A. Jones, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Dr. Dimitrios Kouroupis, Department of Orthopaedics, Miller School of Medicine. University of Miami, Miami, USA.
D. Nano-Biotechnology
“Nanotechnology Applications in Bioengineering” provides a forum for the science of converging technologies, applied to advanced engineering approaches to use in biological processes. As part of nanotechnology, matter is manipulated at the nanoscale (dimensions between 1 and 100 nm) and includes the modification of natural biopolymers and design of synthetic nano-objects (nanoparticles, nanoplates and nanofibers). Of particular interest is the application of new nanotechnological approaches to design nano-structural materials for, e.g., three-dimensional (3D) printing, bioprinting, and tissue engineering, areas with emerging potential in, e.g., food engineering, biology, and medicine.
Keywords
- Synthesis, characterization, production, and applications of biomaterials;
- Surface modifications and their biological effects;
- Cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, immunogenic properties of nanostructured materials;
- New processing methods applied to food engineering;
- Applications in, e.g., tissue engineering, wound dressings, cell models, artificial skin, cancer models, and encapsulation for controlled release.
Session Chair
Dr. Gary Chinga Carrasco, RISE PFI, Høgskoleringen 6b, Trondheim, Norway
E. Biosignal Processing
Biosignal Processing is a multidisciplinary platform aiming to facilitate the development of novel research, methodologies, software, and hardware systems in the measurement and analysis of signals and images in bioengineering sciences. Emphasis is placed on contributions dealing with the practical, applications-led research on the use of methods, processing strategies, and devices in bioengineering, as well as the application of advanced experimental tools based on machine learning and AI for medical diagnostics and biosignal processing. Contributions may cover broader and specific aspects of biosignals, techniques of processing and analysis, instrumentation, health monitoring and wearable system, rehabilitation and clinical processes, biomedical imaging, image processing and visualization, biosensors, and AI biomedical devices.
Keywords
- Biosignals;
- Biomedical imaging;
- Biomedical engineering;
- Medical diagnosis;
- EEG;
- ECG;
- EDA;
- Speech;
- MRI;
- PET;
- Health monitoring;
- Wearable systems;
- Rehabilitation engineering and clinical engineering;
- Image processing and visualization;
- Biosensor technology;
- Bioelectrical and neural engineering;
- AI biomedical systems;
- Biosensors;
- Devices;
- Lab-on-chip and organ-on-a-chip instrumentation;
- Smart sensing and predictive modelling;
- 4.0-ehanced biomedical systems.
Session Chair
Dr. Andrea Cataldo, Department of Innovation Engineering (DII), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
F. Biochemical Engineering
Biochemical engineering integrates principles of biology, chemistry, and engineering to develop processes and equipment for the production of materials from biological agents. It focuses on the design and construction of unit processes that involve biological organisms or molecules. The biochemical engineering section also encourages submissions focusing on a wide range of applications, from producing pharmaceuticals and biofuels to treating waste and purifying water, which aim to make these processes more efficient, sustainable, and cost-effective.
Keywords
- Biological systems;
- Cellular processes, enzymatic reactions, and metabolic pathways;
- Genetic engineering;
- Biofuels;
- Chemical process engineering ;
- Bio-based products;
- Bioreactors;
- Process optimization;
- Quality control.
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Liang Luo, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China