{"id":2197,"date":"2026-08-20T20:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/?p=2197"},"modified":"2026-08-20T20:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:00:28","slug":"middle-east-africa-finalists-at-ieee-embc-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/en\/blog\/2026\/08\/20\/middle-east-africa-finalists-at-ieee-embc-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East &amp; Africa Finalists at IEEE EMBC 2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>  <!-- Main Announcement --><\/p>\n<div lang=\"en\" style=\"font-size:1.2em;line-height:1.8;margin-bottom:10px\">\n  SBME research reached a distinguished international stage at <strong>IEEE EMBC 2026<\/strong>, with a student paper selected as the <strong style=\"color:#d99f53\">Middle East &amp; Africa Geographic Finalist in the IEEE EMBC Student Paper Competition<\/strong>. <strong>Madonna Mosaad<\/strong> represented the team at the conference in <strong>Toronto, Canada<\/strong>, presenting their work alongside finalists from around the world.\n<\/div>\n<p>  <!-- Presentation Image --><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin:0px 0\">\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/sbe2\/2026\/embc-present.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width:75%;height:auto;border:4px solid #d99f53;margin:0 auto\" src=\"http:\/\/sbe.eng.cu.edu.eg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/sbe2\/2026\/embc-present.jpg\" alt=\"Madonna Mosaad presenting at IEEE EMBC 2026 in Toronto, Canada\" \/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<p>  <!-- Achievement Significance --><\/p>\n<div lang=\"en\" style=\"font-size:1.2em;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6px\">\n  The <strong>IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC)<\/strong> brings together the global biomedical engineering community to share advances spanning <strong>engineering, medicine, and healthcare technology<\/strong>. Among its student honors, the <strong>Student Paper Competition<\/strong> recognizes exceptional research from across the world, with selected papers representing the geographic regions of IEEE EMBS as <strong>Geographic Finalists<\/strong> at the conference.\n<\/div>\n<p>  <!-- Team --><\/p>\n<div lang=\"en\" style=\"font-size:1.2em;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6px\">\n    The research was developed by <strong>Madonna Mosaad, Nancy Mahmoud, Yassien Tawfik, Mazen Marwan, and Mohamed Yasser<\/strong>, with mentorship from Assistant Professor <strong>Dr. Aya F. Khalaf<\/strong>, SBME graduate of 2024 <strong>Mahmoud Salman<\/strong>, and Professor <strong>Dr. Tamer Basha<\/strong>.\n  <\/div>\n<p>  <!-- Congratulations --><\/p>\n<div lang=\"en\" style=\"font-size:1.2em;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6px\">\n    The <strong>Systems and Biomedical Engineering Department<\/strong> proudly congratulates Madonna, her teammates, and their mentors on this exceptional achievement. Representing <strong style=\"color:#d99f53\">the Middle East &amp; Africa at the IEEE EMBC Student Paper Competition<\/strong> is a distinction that reflects the quality of student research at SBME and its growing presence within the international biomedical engineering community.\n  <\/div>\n<p>  <!-- Official Link --><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:10px;font-size:1.1em;line-height:1.8\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/embc.embs.org\/2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#x1F30D; IEEE EMBC 2026<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SBME research reached a distinguished international stage at IEEE EMBC 2026, with a student paper selected as the Middle East &amp; Africa Geographic Finalist in the IEEE EMBC Student Paper Competition. Madonna Mosaad represented the team at the conference in Toronto, Canada, presenting their work alongside finalists from around the world. 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