The Taiwanese Society
of Biomedical Engineers was
established on December 25, 1980 by
then Dean of National Yang-Ming
Medical University, Dr. Wei Han.
Since its establishment, TSBME’s
objectives have been to research and
promote medical and biological
engineering technologies, promote
technological progress and improve
health industry standards to enhance
the general wellbeing of society.
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Major Events Timeline |
1980.12.25 |
Society of Biomedical
Engineers Established |
1981.07 |
The 1st
issue of “Proceedings of the
Biomedical Engineering Society of
the Republic of China” was
published. |
1983.12 |
The 1st
Annual Symposium on Biomedical
Engineering and Technology was held. |
1985.07 |
The Society was
affiliated with the International
Federation for Medical and
Biological Engineering (IFMBE). |
1990.03 |
The Education
Committee, Promotion Committee,
Membership Committee, and Finance
Committee were founded. |
1991.06 |
The working group of
Academic Section, Service Section
and General Affair Section were
founded. |
1993.03 |
The exhibition tour
of “Application of Medical Equipment
with high risk” (supported by
Department of Health) and “Safety
and Application of Medical
Equipment” were conducted. |
1994.09 |
The book “Principle
and Application of Biomedical
Engineering” was published |
2000.06 |
The Affiliations
Committee was founded |
2000.11 |
The Accreditation
Activities Committee for Clinical
Engineering and Technologist of
Medical Equipment was established |
2000.12 |
The Society was
renamed as “ Taiwanese Society of
Biomedical Engineering” |
2001.06 |
First group of
Clinical Engineers and Equipment
Technicians received licenses |
2001.06 |
The permanent website
(www.bmes.org.tw) was
registered |
2002.07 |
Amendment the bylaws
of communication voting for
Directors and Supervisors |
2003.09 |
The First Wei Han
Biomedical Engineering Service Award
given |
2004.03 |
The license change of
Clinical Engineering and
Technologist of Medical Equipment
was conducted. |
2004.12 |
The”Creativity
Competition on Biomedical
Engineering Designs” was held. |
2004.12 |
Society Publication,
JMBE, incorporated into Compendex EI
Database |
2006.12 |
Conducted The 1st
“Annual Excellent Paper Award of
JMBE” |
2007.03 |
Planning for the
publication of “Introduction to
Biomedical Engineering” |
2007.08 |
Conducted Clinical
Engineering and Technologist of
Medical Equipment Certification |
2008.12 |
Published the “Guide
to Biomedical Engineering” |
2009.01 |
The Society
Publication, JMBE, becomes
bimonthly. |
2009.07 |
JMBE incorporated
into the Science Citation Index
Expanded (SCIE) |
2009.08 |
The admission test
for Biomedical Engineering
Technologist certification was held |