Last weekend, a team of representatives from MEDesign traveled all the way to UC Davis to compete at the UCD BMES Make-a-thon. We came home with the award of Best Overall Design Team after designing and prototyping our own product!

Dr. Tolomiczenko of USC’s Health, Technology, and Engineering (HTE) program to discuss opportunities for collaboration between his students and our club!

Design Team two is finding a way to improve implants by having it dissolve in the body. 48% of doctors believe taking an implant out of the body is a greater risk than keeping it in.

~~Meet Helen Salinas ~~ She is a sophomore Biomedical Engineering (Mechanical Emphasis). She is involved in SHPE, Research on campus (Professor Zavaleta’s Lab), and she works on campus. She is a huge Disney nerd and really likes editing videos. The reason she joined MEDesign was to see if she could really make a difference in the medical field.

~~Meet Robert Sutherland~~ He is a junior BME major with an EE emphasis. He is involved in Meng Lab, Trojan knights, and the surf team. His favorite hobby is Capoeira. He joined MEDesign, because he wanted a hands on application of engineering to his design skills and get an idea of what it takes to make your idea into a reality!