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TABC congratulates Professor Banu Onaral on her dedication to science and her high achievements in aiding man kind go further into the future. We request your support in a Fund of Global Innovation in her honor at the Drexel University.

Prof. Banu Onaral served as the President of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS). Prof. Dr. Onaral's academic focus both in research and teaching is centered on signals and systems engineering with special emphasis on biomedical signal processing. She led major research and development projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Naval Research (ONR), DARPA and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). She supervised many graduate students and has an extensive publication record in biomedical signals and systems. Prof. Dr. Onaral's professional services include chair and membership on advisory boards and strategic planning bodies of several universities and funding agencies, including service on the National Science Foundation's Engineering Advisory Board, and on the proposal review panels and study sections. Her editorial responsibilities have included service on the Editorial Board of journals and the CRC Biomedical Engineering Handbook as Section Editor for Biomedical Signal Analysis. Earlier she organized and chaired the 1990 Annual International Conference of the EMBS. She currently serves as the Co-Chair of the 2004 Annual Conference of the Biomedical Engineering society. She served as the Chairman of the Board of InfraScan Inc and serves as its Director. She has been the founding Director of the School of Biomedical Engineering Science and Health Systems since 1997. She has been a Member of the inaugural Board of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. She is a Founding Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, a Fellow of the IEEE and the AAAS. Prof. Dr. Onaral joined the faculty of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and the Biomedical Engineering and Science Institute in 1981. She is H. H. Sun Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering at Drexel University. She is the recipient of a number of faculty excellence awards including the 1990 Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award of Drexel University, the EDUCOM Best educational Software award and the NSF Faculty Achievement Award. Prof. Dr. Onaral is a Member of Life Sciences Technology Advisory Committee of Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania Prof. Dr. Onaral holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and BSEE and MSEE in Electrical Engineering from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey.

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