# Alpha Eta Mu Beta

Alpha Eta Mu Beta (ΑΗΜΒ or AEMB) is an American biomedical engineering honor society. It was founded at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana in 1979 and has expanded to include forty chapters. It is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies.

## History

Daniel Reneau, head of the biomedical engineering department of Louisiana Tech University, founded Alpha Eta Mu Beta in 1979. It is an honor society for students studying biomedical engineering.
A second chapter was established at Tulane University in 1980. It became a national society in 1988 with the establishment of a chapter at the University of Iowa. It has since chartered 40 chapters across the United States. It became a member of the Association of College Honor Societies in 2013.
Alpha Eta Mu Beta's national headquarters is at 2602 CR 600 East in Mahomet, Illinois.

## Symbols

The society's colors are red and gold. Its publication is the AEMB Newsletter.

## Membership

Membership in Alpha Eta Mu Beta is open to juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Membership of AEMB is offered to the top fifth of juniors and top third of seniors in biomedical engineering, who have completed at least six semester credit hours (or the equivalent) of biomedical engineering courses. Graduate students must be in the top third of their class and have authored a professional publication.

## Chapters

Following is a list of the chapters of Alpha Eta Mu.
| Charter date | Institution | City | State | Status |
| 1979 | Louisiana Tech University | Ruston | Louisiana | Active |
| 1980 | Tulane University | New Orleans | Louisiana | Active |
| 1988 | University of Iowa | Iowa City | Iowa | Active |
| 1993 | Marquette University | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Active |
| 1994 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Active |
| 1994 | Arizona State University | Phoenix | Arizona | Active |
| 1994 | Boston University | Boston | Massachusetts | Active |
| 1996 | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | Maryland | Active |
| 1998 | Vanderbilt University | Nashville | Tennessee | Active |
| 1998 | Texas A&M University | College Station | Texas | Active |
| 2002 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy | New York | Active |
| 2002 | University of Miami | Coral Gables | Florida | Active |
| 2003 | Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis | Missouri | Active |
| 2003 | University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Active |
| 2003 | University of Illinois at Chicago | Chicago | Illinois | Active |
| 2005 | Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond | Virginia | Active |
| 2005 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta | Georgia | Active |
| 2005 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Madison | Wisconsin | Active |
| 2005 | Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland | Ohio | Active |
| 2005 | University of Rochester | Rochester | New York | Active |
| 2006 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Active |
| 2007 | Florida International University | University Park | Florida | Active |
| 2007 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester | Massachusetts | Active |
| 2010 | University of Connecticut | Storrs | Connecticut | Active |
| 2010 | Pennsylvania State University | University Park | Pennsylvania | Active |
| 2010 | North Carolina State University | Raleigh | North Carolina | Active |
| 2010 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Newark | New Jersey | Active |
| 2010 | Purdue University | West Lafayette | Indiana | Active |
| 2011 | Clemson University | Clemson | South Carolina | Active |
| 2011 | Rutgers University | New Brunswick | New Jersey | Active |
| 2011 | Drexel University | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Active |
| 2012 | Lawrence Technological University | Southfield | Michigan | Active |
| 2012 | Stevens Institute of Technology | Hoboken | New Jersey | Active |
| 2012 | Florida Gulf Coast University | Lee County | Florida | Active |
| 2013 | University of California, Irvine | Irvine | California | Active |
| 2013 | University of Tennessee | Knoxville | Tennessee | Active |
| 2013 | Ohio State University | Columbus | Ohio | Active |
| 2014 | St. Louis University | St. Louis | Missouri | Active |
| 2014 | University of Hartford | West Hartford | Connecticut | Active |
| 2014 | University of Texas at Austin | Austin | Texas | Active |
| 2015 | Binghamton University | Binghamton | New York | Active |
| 2015 | University of Maryland, College Park | College Park | Maryland | Active |
| 2015 | Catholic University of America | Washington, D.C. | | Active |
| 2015 | University of Memphis | Memphis | Tennessee | Active |
| 2015 | University of Illinois | Champaign and Urbana | Illinois | Active |
| 2015 | Indiana Institute of Technology | Fort Wayne | Indiana | Active |
| 2015 | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook | New York | Active |
| 2017 | University of South Carolina | Columbia | South Carolina | Active |
| 2017 | East Carolina University | Greenville | North Carolina | Active |
| 2018 | Florida Institute of Technology | Melbourne | Florida | Active |
| 2018 | University of Arkansas | Fayetteville | Arkansas | Active |

## Notable members

* Dan Reneau, president of Louisiana Tech University