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Parents hands injecting diabetes boy, insulin kit pen, pump, blood sugar meter doodle style drawing. Diabetic patient line icons" srcset="https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/09/designing-a-closed-loop-automated-insulin-delivery-system-768x584.jpg 768w, https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/09/designing-a-closed-loop-automated-insulin-delivery-system-300x228.jpg 300w, https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/09/designing-a-closed-loop-automated-insulin-delivery-system-1024x778.jpg 1024w, https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/09/designing-a-closed-loop-automated-insulin-delivery-system-150x114.jpg 150w, https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/09/designing-a-closed-loop-automated-insulin-delivery-system-1536x1168.jpg 1536w, https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/09/designing-a-closed-loop-automated-insulin-delivery-system-1920x1460.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /><div class="grve-bg-black grve-hover-overlay grve-opacity-10"></div></div><div class="grve-post-content-wrapper"><div class="grve-post-content"><div class="grve-post-header"> <span class="grve-hidden"> <span class="grve-structured-data entry-title">Designing a Closed-Loop Automated Insulin Delivery System: Simplifying Life for People, Including Children, Living With Type 1 Diabetes</span> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <span itemprop='url' >https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/09/designing-a-closed-loop-automated-insulin-delivery-system.jpg</span> <span itemprop='height' >1985</span> <span itemprop='width' >1509</span> </span> <span class="grve-structured-data vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <span itemprop="name" class="fn">IEEE Pulse</span> </span> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <span itemprop='name'>IEEE Pulse</span> <span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ImageObject'> <span itemprop='url'>//www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/03/ieee-pulse-logo-dsktp2x.png</span> </span> </span> <time class="grve-structured-data date published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-09-26T14:21:54-04:00">September 26, 2024</time> <time class="grve-structured-data date updated" itemprop="dateModified" datetime="2024-09-26T14:58:06-04:00">September 26, 2024</time> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/designing-a-closed-loop-automated-insulin-delivery-system-simplifying-life-for-people-including-children-living-with-type-1-diabetes/"></span> </span><ul class="grve-post-meta"><li class="grve-post-date"> <time class="" datetime="2024-09-26T14:21:54-04:00"> September 26, 2024 </time></li></ul> <a href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/designing-a-closed-loop-automated-insulin-delivery-system-simplifying-life-for-people-including-children-living-with-type-1-diabetes/" rel="bookmark"><h2 class="grve-post-title grve-post-title-hover grve-h3" itemprop="headline">Designing a Closed-Loop Automated Insulin Delivery System: Simplifying Life for People, Including Children, Living With Type 1 Diabetes</h2></a></div><div itemprop="articleBody"><p>Living with type 1 diabetes is difficult. 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https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/09/pulse-september-3-using-ai-and-ml-to-predict-autism-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/09/pulse-september-3-using-ai-and-ml-to-predict-autism.jpg 789w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /><div class="grve-bg-black grve-hover-overlay grve-opacity-10"></div></div><div class="grve-post-content-wrapper"><div class="grve-post-content"><div class="grve-post-header"> <span class="grve-hidden"> <span class="grve-structured-data entry-title">Using AI and ML to Predict Autism Spectrum Disorder</span> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <span itemprop='url' >https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/09/pulse-september-3-using-ai-and-ml-to-predict-autism.jpg</span> <span itemprop='height' >789</span> <span itemprop='width' >444</span> </span> <span class="grve-structured-data vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <span itemprop="name" class="fn">IEEE Pulse</span> </span> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <span itemprop='name'>IEEE Pulse</span> <span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ImageObject'> <span itemprop='url'>//www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/03/ieee-pulse-logo-dsktp2x.png</span> </span> </span> <time class="grve-structured-data date published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-09-26T14:00:29-04:00">September 26, 2024</time> <time class="grve-structured-data date updated" itemprop="dateModified" datetime="2024-09-26T14:56:09-04:00">September 26, 2024</time> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/using-ai-and-ml-to-predict-autism-spectrum-disorder/"></span> </span><ul class="grve-post-meta"><li class="grve-post-date"> <time class="" datetime="2024-09-26T14:00:29-04:00"> September 26, 2024 </time></li></ul> <a href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/using-ai-and-ml-to-predict-autism-spectrum-disorder/" rel="bookmark"><h3 class="grve-post-title grve-post-title-hover grve-h3" itemprop="headline">Using AI and ML to Predict Autism Spectrum Disorder</h3></a></div><div itemprop="articleBody"><p>Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are beginning to make headway into medical diagnosis, and its prospects are particularly evident among those complex health conditions that have no obvious single cause and for which conclusive medical tests remain elusive.</p> <a class="grve-read-more grve-link-text grve-heading-color grve-text-hover-primary-1" href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/using-ai-and-ml-to-predict-autism-spectrum-disorder/"><span>read more</span></a></div></div></div></div></article><article class="grve-blog-item 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Chronic mechanical circulatory support (MCS) systems supplements or replaces a patient’s failing native heart function.</p> <a class="grve-read-more grve-link-text grve-heading-color grve-text-hover-primary-1" href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/design-issues-with-pediatric-mechanical-circulatory-support-systems/"><span>read more</span></a></div></div></div></div></article><article class="grve-blog-item grve-isotope-item post-3411 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-september-october-2024" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"><div class="grve-blog-item-inner grve-isotope-item-inner"><div class="grve-media"> <a class="grve-item-url" href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/pdcs-a-vital-drop-in-the-ocean-of-funding-for-pediatric-devices/" aria-label="PDCs: A Vital Drop in the Ocean of Funding for Pediatric Devices"></a> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="768" height="432" src="https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/09/pulse-september-5-pdcs-a-vital-drop-in-the-ocean-of-funding-for-pediatric-devices-768x432.jpg" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image" alt="View of brown folders, with focus on grants label" srcset="https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/09/pulse-september-5-pdcs-a-vital-drop-in-the-ocean-of-funding-for-pediatric-devices-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/09/pulse-september-5-pdcs-a-vital-drop-in-the-ocean-of-funding-for-pediatric-devices-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/09/pulse-september-5-pdcs-a-vital-drop-in-the-ocean-of-funding-for-pediatric-devices-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/09/pulse-september-5-pdcs-a-vital-drop-in-the-ocean-of-funding-for-pediatric-devices.jpg 789w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /><div class="grve-bg-black grve-hover-overlay grve-opacity-10"></div></div><div class="grve-post-content-wrapper"><div class="grve-post-content"><div class="grve-post-header"> <span class="grve-hidden"> <span class="grve-structured-data entry-title">PDCs: A Vital Drop in the Ocean of Funding for Pediatric Devices</span> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <span itemprop='url' >https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/09/pulse-september-5-pdcs-a-vital-drop-in-the-ocean-of-funding-for-pediatric-devices.jpg</span> <span itemprop='height' >789</span> <span itemprop='width' >444</span> </span> <span class="grve-structured-data vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <span itemprop="name" class="fn">IEEE Pulse</span> </span> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <span itemprop='name'>IEEE Pulse</span> <span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ImageObject'> <span itemprop='url'>//www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/03/ieee-pulse-logo-dsktp2x.png</span> </span> </span> <time class="grve-structured-data date published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-09-26T12:00:02-04:00">September 26, 2024</time> <time class="grve-structured-data date updated" itemprop="dateModified" datetime="2024-09-26T14:57:00-04:00">September 26, 2024</time> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/pdcs-a-vital-drop-in-the-ocean-of-funding-for-pediatric-devices/"></span> </span><ul class="grve-post-meta"><li class="grve-post-date"> <time class="" datetime="2024-09-26T12:00:02-04:00"> September 26, 2024 </time></li></ul> <a href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/pdcs-a-vital-drop-in-the-ocean-of-funding-for-pediatric-devices/" rel="bookmark"><h3 class="grve-post-title grve-post-title-hover grve-h3" itemprop="headline">PDCs: A Vital Drop in the Ocean of Funding for Pediatric Devices</h3></a></div><div itemprop="articleBody"><p>Compared to new drug therapies, medical devices are costly to develop and often offer relatively poor returns. 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itemprop="headline">Medical Device Innovation for the Pediatric Population: Challenges and Opportunities</h3></a> <span class="grve-hidden"> <span class="grve-structured-data entry-title">Medical Device Innovation for the Pediatric Population: Challenges and Opportunities</span> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <span itemprop='url' >https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/09/pulse-september-6-medical-device-innovation.jpg</span> <span itemprop='height' >789</span> <span itemprop='width' >444</span> </span> <span class="grve-structured-data vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <span itemprop="name" class="fn">IEEE Pulse</span> </span> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <span itemprop='name'>IEEE Pulse</span> <span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ImageObject'> <span itemprop='url'>//www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/03/ieee-pulse-logo-dsktp2x.png</span> </span> </span> <time class="grve-structured-data date published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-09-26T14:25:45-04:00">September 26, 2024</time> <time class="grve-structured-data date updated" itemprop="dateModified" datetime="2024-09-26T15:01:00-04:00">September 26, 2024</time> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/medical-device-innovation-for-the-pediatric-population-challenges-and-opportunities/"></span> </span><ul class="grve-post-meta"><li class="grve-post-date"> <time class="" datetime="2024-09-26T14:25:45-04:00"> September 26, 2024 </time></li></ul></div><div itemprop="articleBody"><p>Medical device innovation has accelerated at an unprecedented pace over the past 50 years, leading to less invasive and more durable interventions for patients suffering from a variety of ailments.</p></div></div></div></article></div><div class="grve-post-list"><article class="grve-blog-item post-3326 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-may-august-2024" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"><div class="grve-blog-item-inner "><div class="grve-media clearfix"> <a href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/challenges-and-opportunities-for-physiologically-controlled-therapy-in-neural-systems/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="560" height="420" src="https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/08/Challenges-and-Opportunities-for-Physiologically-Controlled-Therapy-560x420.jpg" class="attachment-movedo-grve-small-rect-horizontal size-movedo-grve-small-rect-horizontal wp-post-image" alt="Challenges and Opportunities for Physiologically Controlled Therapy in Neural Systems" /></a></div><div class="grve-post-content"><div class="grve-post-header"> <a href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/challenges-and-opportunities-for-physiologically-controlled-therapy-in-neural-systems/" rel="bookmark"><h3 class="grve-post-title grve-post-title-hover grve-h5" itemprop="headline">Challenges and Opportunities for Physiologically Controlled Therapy in Neural Systems</h3></a> <span class="grve-hidden"> <span class="grve-structured-data entry-title">Challenges and Opportunities for Physiologically Controlled Therapy in Neural Systems</span> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <span itemprop='url' >https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/08/Challenges-and-Opportunities-for-Physiologically-Controlled-Therapy.jpg</span> <span itemprop='height' >789</span> <span itemprop='width' >444</span> </span> <span class="grve-structured-data vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <span itemprop="name" class="fn">IEEE Pulse</span> </span> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <span itemprop='name'>IEEE Pulse</span> <span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ImageObject'> <span itemprop='url'>//www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/03/ieee-pulse-logo-dsktp2x.png</span> </span> </span> <time class="grve-structured-data date published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-08-02T13:02:33-04:00">August 2, 2024</time> <time class="grve-structured-data date updated" itemprop="dateModified" datetime="2024-08-02T13:02:33-04:00">August 2, 2024</time> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/challenges-and-opportunities-for-physiologically-controlled-therapy-in-neural-systems/"></span> </span><ul class="grve-post-meta"><li class="grve-post-date"> <time class="" datetime="2024-08-02T13:02:33-04:00"> August 2, 2024 </time></li></ul></div><div itemprop="articleBody"><p>Brain stimulation technology for the treatment of neurological disorders is rapidly evolving. With the advent of “bidirectional” systems, such as the Medtronic Percept, which are able to sense from and stimulate the brain simultaneously, there is opportunity to modify stimulation based on changes in brain activity.</p></div></div></div></article><article class="grve-blog-item post-3325 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-may-august-2024" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"><div class="grve-blog-item-inner "><div class="grve-media clearfix"> <a href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/ultra-high-to-ultra-low-mri-goes-to-extremes/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="560" height="420" src="https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/08/Ultra-High-to-Ultra-Low-MRI-Goes-to-Extremes-560x420.jpg" class="attachment-movedo-grve-small-rect-horizontal size-movedo-grve-small-rect-horizontal wp-post-image" alt="Ultra-High to Ultra-Low: MRI Goes to Extremes" /></a></div><div class="grve-post-content"><div class="grve-post-header"> <a href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/ultra-high-to-ultra-low-mri-goes-to-extremes/" rel="bookmark"><h3 class="grve-post-title grve-post-title-hover grve-h5" itemprop="headline">Ultra-High to Ultra-Low: MRI Goes to Extremes</h3></a> <span class="grve-hidden"> <span class="grve-structured-data entry-title">Ultra-High to Ultra-Low: MRI Goes to Extremes</span> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <span itemprop='url' >https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/08/Ultra-High-to-Ultra-Low-MRI-Goes-to-Extremes.jpg</span> <span itemprop='height' >789</span> <span itemprop='width' >444</span> </span> <span class="grve-structured-data vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <span itemprop="name" class="fn">IEEE Pulse</span> </span> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <span itemprop='name'>IEEE Pulse</span> <span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ImageObject'> <span itemprop='url'>//www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/03/ieee-pulse-logo-dsktp2x.png</span> </span> </span> <time class="grve-structured-data date published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-08-02T13:02:07-04:00">August 2, 2024</time> <time class="grve-structured-data date updated" itemprop="dateModified" datetime="2024-08-02T13:02:07-04:00">August 2, 2024</time> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/ultra-high-to-ultra-low-mri-goes-to-extremes/"></span> </span><ul class="grve-post-meta"><li class="grve-post-date"> <time class="" datetime="2024-08-02T13:02:07-04:00"> August 2, 2024 </time></li></ul></div><div itemprop="articleBody"><p>At one end of the spectrum, research teams are working on huge, ultra-high-resolution MRI machines capable of performing precision brain imaging well beyond that available with the traditional 3 Tesla (3T) scanners typically used in large hospitals. These promise to provide new and wide-ranging detail that will advance neuroscience research, and potentially lead to clinical applications.</p></div></div></div></article><article class="grve-blog-item post-3324 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-may-august-2024" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"><div class="grve-blog-item-inner "><div class="grve-media clearfix"> <a href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/mapping-the-impossible-europes-human-brain-project-comes-of-age/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="560" height="420" src="https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/08/mpuls-banks-3405749-560x420.jpg" class="attachment-movedo-grve-small-rect-horizontal size-movedo-grve-small-rect-horizontal wp-post-image" alt="Mapping the Impossible: Europe’s Human Brain Project Comes of Age" /></a></div><div class="grve-post-content"><div class="grve-post-header"> <a 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itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <span itemprop='name'>IEEE Pulse</span> <span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ImageObject'> <span itemprop='url'>//www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/03/ieee-pulse-logo-dsktp2x.png</span> </span> </span> <time class="grve-structured-data date published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-08-02T13:00:51-04:00">August 2, 2024</time> <time class="grve-structured-data date updated" itemprop="dateModified" datetime="2024-08-02T13:00:51-04:00">August 2, 2024</time> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/mapping-the-impossible-europes-human-brain-project-comes-of-age/"></span> </span><ul class="grve-post-meta"><li class="grve-post-date"> <time class="" datetime="2024-08-02T13:00:51-04:00"> August 2, 2024 </time></li></ul></div><div itemprop="articleBody"><p>Exploring how this huge long-term investment, one of the most ambitious digital neuroscience projects in history, is starting to pay dividends by inspiring innovation.</p></div></div></div></article></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="grve-background-wrapper"></div></div><div class="grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-3x grve-padding-bottom-3x grve-bg-none" id="pulse-ideas"><div class="grve-container"><div class="grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-30"><div class="grve-column wpb_column grve-column-1" ><div class="grve-column-wrapper" ><h2 class="grve-element grve-title grve-align-center grve-h2" style=""><span>Pulse Ideas</span></h2><div class="grve-element grve-blog grve-blog-columns grve-blog-grid grve-isotope grve-with-gap grve-padding-top-2x" style="" data-columns="3" data-columns-large-screen="3" data-columns-tablet-landscape="3" data-columns-tablet-portrait="2" data-columns-mobile="1" data-layout="fitRows" data-spinner="no" data-gutter-size="30"><div 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It began in 1980 when I was a product development engineer for DePuy, an orthopedics manufacturer, designing knee, ankle, and toe implants. I then worked for three other medical device companies where I learned about medical device design, new product development, and engineering management.</p> <a class="grve-read-more grve-link-text grve-heading-color grve-text-hover-primary-1" href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/time-to-pass-the-baton/"><span>read more</span></a></div></div></div></div></article><article class="grve-blog-item grve-isotope-item post-3329 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-career-corner category-may-august-2024" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"><div class="grve-blog-item-inner grve-isotope-item-inner"><div class="grve-post-content-wrapper"><div class="grve-post-content"><div class="grve-post-header"> <span class="grve-hidden"> <span class="grve-structured-data entry-title">Early Career Spotlight</span> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <span itemprop='url' >https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/themes/movedo/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg</span> <span itemprop='height' >150</span> <span itemprop='width' >150</span> </span> <span class="grve-structured-data vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <span itemprop="name" class="fn">IEEE Pulse</span> </span> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <span itemprop='name'>IEEE Pulse</span> <span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ImageObject'> <span itemprop='url'>//www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/03/ieee-pulse-logo-dsktp2x.png</span> </span> </span> <time class="grve-structured-data date published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-08-02T13:03:13-04:00">August 2, 2024</time> <time class="grve-structured-data date updated" itemprop="dateModified" datetime="2024-08-02T13:06:37-04:00">August 2, 2024</time> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/early-career-spotlight/"></span> </span><ul class="grve-post-meta"><li class="grve-post-date"> <time class="" datetime="2024-08-02T13:03:13-04:00"> August 2, 2024 </time></li></ul><ul class="grve-categories"><li class="cat-item cat-item-126 cat-item-career-corner"><a href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/archives/career-corner/">Career Corner</a></li></ul> <a href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/early-career-spotlight/" rel="bookmark"><h3 class="grve-post-title grve-post-title-hover grve-h3" itemprop="headline">Early Career Spotlight</h3></a></div><div itemprop="articleBody"><p>For this issue, we feature Josh Niesen. He is 3½ years into his position with Medtronic, after spending two summers as an intern during college. Josh earned the B.S. degree in biomedical engineering (BME) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.</p> <a class="grve-read-more grve-link-text grve-heading-color grve-text-hover-primary-1" href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/early-career-spotlight/"><span>read more</span></a></div></div></div></div></article><article class="grve-blog-item grve-isotope-item post-3146 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-book-reviews category-january-april-2024" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"><div class="grve-blog-item-inner grve-isotope-item-inner"><div class="grve-post-content-wrapper"><div class="grve-post-content"><div class="grve-post-header"> <span class="grve-hidden"> <span class="grve-structured-data entry-title">Biomedical Signal Processing: A Modern Approach</span> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <span itemprop='url' >https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/themes/movedo/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg</span> <span itemprop='height' >150</span> <span itemprop='width' >150</span> </span> <span class="grve-structured-data vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <span itemprop="name" class="fn">IEEE Pulse</span> </span> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <span itemprop='name'>IEEE Pulse</span> <span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ImageObject'> <span itemprop='url'>//www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/03/ieee-pulse-logo-dsktp2x.png</span> </span> </span> <time class="grve-structured-data date published" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-04-26T11:15:09-04:00">April 26, 2024</time> <time class="grve-structured-data date updated" itemprop="dateModified" datetime="2024-04-26T11:15:09-04:00">April 26, 2024</time> <span class="grve-structured-data" itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/biomedical-signal-processing-a-modern-approach/"></span> </span><ul class="grve-post-meta"><li class="grve-post-date"> <time class="" datetime="2024-04-26T11:15:09-04:00"> April 26, 2024 </time></li></ul><ul class="grve-categories"><li class="cat-item cat-item-2 cat-item-book-reviews"><a href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/archives/book-reviews/">Book Reviews</a></li></ul> <a href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/biomedical-signal-processing-a-modern-approach/" rel="bookmark"><h3 class="grve-post-title grve-post-title-hover grve-h3" itemprop="headline">Biomedical Signal Processing: A Modern Approach</h3></a></div><div itemprop="articleBody"><p>This book is aimed at researchers, graduate students in biomedical signal processing, signal processing, electrical engineering, neuroscience, and computer science,” and aims to present “the theoretical basis and applications of biomedical signal analysis and processing.</p> <a class="grve-read-more grve-link-text grve-heading-color grve-text-hover-primary-1" href="https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/biomedical-signal-processing-a-modern-approach/"><span>read more</span></a></div></div></div></div></article></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="grve-background-wrapper"></div></div><div class="grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-1x grve-padding-bottom-3x grve-bg-none" id="join-embs"><div class="grve-container"><div class="grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-30"><div class="grve-column wpb_column grve-column-1" ><div class="grve-column-wrapper" ><div class="grve-element grve-box-icon grve-medium grve-top-icon grve-align-center callout" style=""><div class="grve-image-icon"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="90" height="90" src="https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/10/icon-med-join-embs.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Icon: Join EMBS" srcset="https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/10/icon-med-join-embs.png 1x,https://www.embs.org/pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/10/icon-med-join-embs2x.png 2x" /></div><div class="grve-box-content"><div class="grve-box-title-wrapper"><h2 class="grve-box-title grve-h2">Join the EMBS</h2></div><p class="">In an era where technology is expanding at a rapid rate and the needs for medical application of these technologies has never been greater, the intersection between engineering, medicine and biology is a critical place to be. 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