Things you won't find coming out of MIT
ENGINEERING MEDICAL DEVICES AT MIT
With the goal of accelerating crucial clinical ideas into prototypes, teams of MIT graduate engineering students spend a semester collaborating with clinicians in CIMIT-affiliated hospitals to develop innovative medical devices. Clinicians (physicians, nurses, and scientists) present clinical problems and initial ideas. Students form teams to work with the clinicians to turn these ideas into reality. The goal is for the students to deliver a working prototype and a journal-quality article in one semester. The course has been a great opportunity for clinicians to test out new ideas and to stimulate new collaborations.
The students have one semester, $3,500, and all the tape and bubble gum they can muster to get the devices ready for prime time.
Alex Slocum 'Boston 2009, Fashion Award Nominee' and maestro for the mission explains.
Alex Slocum, PhD, Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering and MacVicar Faculty Fellow, MIT
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