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Among other honors, Professor Geddes has previously received the AEMB Award fo r leadership in biomedical engineering (Alpha Eta Mu Beta is the honor society for biomedical engineering), an IEEE/EMBS (Engineering in Medicine and Biolog y Society) Career Achievement Award, an Outstanding Educator award from the Am erican Society of Engineering Education, and the 1994 Edison Gold Medal from I EEE.