Last modified: November 16, 2009, 8:03PM
Award: $5000[edit Award]
Goes to: Best design for health needs in developing countries[edit What it goes to]
Description[edit]
EWH launched an annual design competition that will be unique in being directed at the needs of developing country health care. Universities and colleges will be invited to create a multi-disciplinary Innovation Team that brings engineering students from the EWH chapter and industry engineers together with expertise in industrial design, social entrepreneurism, business planning, etc. The Teams will work with a client from the global health community who will identify one or more challenges in providing health care in developing countries that appear suited to a technology solution. Working with the client over several months, the Teams will design and bench-test a solution, prepare prototypes for field trials in a developing country and a business plan for further development of the product.
Eligibility[edit]
In order to be eligible for participation in the EWH Design Competition, each Innovation Team must follow these guidelines:
- Each team must be from an active EWH chapter with paid dues for the 2009-2010 academic year. These dues may be paid at any time during the 2009-2010 academic year.
- Each EWH chapter is limited to one Innovation Team in the EWH Design Competition, and each Innovation Team is limited to one design submission.
- Each Innovation Team must have at least one engineering student who is a member of the EWH chapter and an adviser who is a practicing engineer or faculty from an engineering department.