Difference between revisions of "Competitions"

From ESE497 Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
 
(30 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
== <div id="BMEIdea">BMEIdea</div> ==
+
== <div id="IEEE EMBS">[[IEEE EMBS|IEEE EMBS]]</div> ==
  
 +
'''COMPLETE'''
 +
 +
'''Deadline:''' March 29th
 +
'''Website:''' [http://embc2012.embs.org/students/student-paper-competition IEEE EMBS]
 +
 +
'''Site Synopsis:'''
 +
 +
== <div id="BMEIdea">[[BMEIdea|BMEIdea]]</div> ==
  
 
'''Deadline:''' Friday, April 6, 2012
 
'''Deadline:''' Friday, April 6, 2012
Line 6: Line 14:
 
'''Website:''' [http://nciia.org/competitions/bmeidea BMEIdea]
 
'''Website:''' [http://nciia.org/competitions/bmeidea BMEIdea]
  
'''Synopsis:'''
+
'''Site Synopsis:'''
  
 
The BMEidea Competition is sponsored by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Boston Scientific; MD&DI (Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry), a publication of Canon Communications LLC; and Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), in partnership with the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and the Council of Chairs of Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Programs.
 
The BMEidea Competition is sponsored by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Boston Scientific; MD&DI (Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry), a publication of Canon Communications LLC; and Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), in partnership with the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and the Council of Chairs of Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Programs.
Line 12: Line 20:
 
Competition winners will receive cash awards ($10,000 first place, $2,500 second place, and $1,000 third place), as well as access to resources to be used to further develop and commercialize their products. They will also have the opportunity to present their designs and business plans to representatives of investor organizations.
 
Competition winners will receive cash awards ($10,000 first place, $2,500 second place, and $1,000 third place), as well as access to resources to be used to further develop and commercialize their products. They will also have the opportunity to present their designs and business plans to representatives of investor organizations.
  
== <div id="BMEStart">BMEStart</div> ==
+
Graduate and Undergraduate teams allowed
Deadline: Friday, April 6, 2012
+
 
Website:[http://nciia.org/bmestart BMEStart]
+
== <div id="EPRB">[[EPRB|EPRB]]</div> ==
Synopsis:
+
'''Deadline:''' Register by April 29,2012
 +
 
 +
Presentations May 1, 2012
 +
 
 +
'''Website:''' [http://encouncil.wustl.edu/eprb EnCouncil Website]
 +
 
 +
== <div id="RESNA">[[RESNA|RESNA]]</div> ==
 +
'''Deadline:''' Register by April 27,2012
 +
 
 +
Submit by May 4,2012
 +
 
 +
[http://web.resna.org/conference/submissions-deadlines.dot RESNA Deadlines]
 +
 
 +
'''Website:''' [http://aac-rerc.psu.edu/wordpressmu/RESNA-SDC/ RESNA Student Design Competition]
 +
 
 +
'''Site Synopsis:'''
 +
RESNA is the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America. We are a professional society for individuals and organizations interested in technology and disability. The purpose of RESNA is to contribute to the public welfare through scientific, literary, professional and educational activities by supporting the development, dissemination, and utilization of knowledge and practice pertaining to rehabilitation and assistive technology so that all citizens can achieve the highest quality of life.
 +
 
 +
== <div id="BMEStart">[[BMEStart|BMEStart]]</div> ==
 +
'''Deadline:''' May 11, 2012
 +
 
 +
'''Website:''' [http://nciia.org/bmestart BMEStart]
 +
 
 +
'''Site Synopsis:'''
 +
 
 +
The world needs more effective, functional and affordable technology solutions to clinical medical problems. NCIIA's second annual BMEStart competition recognizes undergraduate excellence in biomedical innovation. The competition is the first in the United States designed specifically for undergraduate biomedical and bioengineering students. By generating more activity and interest in this field locally, we can stimulate the invention of medical technologies and devices that are adopted as clinical solutions.
 +
 
 +
Prizes of $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 will be awarded to the three winning teams.
 +
 
 +
Undergraduate teams only
 +
 
 +
 
 +
== <div id="NIBIB Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT)">[[NIBIB Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT)|NIBIB Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT)]]</div> ==
 +
 
 +
'''Deadline:''' May 26, 2012
 +
 
 +
'''Website:''' [http://www.nibib.nih.gov/Training/UndergradGrad/debut DEBUT]
 +
 
 +
'''Site Synopsis:'''
 +
 
 +
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) DEBUT Challenge is open to teams of undergraduate students working on projects that develop innovative solutions to unmet health and clinical problems. NIBIB’s mission is to improve health by leading the development and accelerating the application of biomedical technologies.
 +
 
 +
The goals of the challenge are
 +
#to provide undergraduate students valuable experiences such as working in teams, identifying unmet clinical needs, and designing, building and debugging solutions for such open-ended problems
 +
#to generate novel, innovative tools to improve healthcare, consistent with NIBIB’s purpose to support research, training, the dissemination of health information, and other programs with respect to biomedical imaging and engineering and associated technologies and modalities with biomedical applications
 +
#to highlight and acknowledge the contributions and accomplishments of undergraduate students.
 +
 
 +
== <div id="Collegiate Inventors">[[Collegiate Inventors|Collegiate Inventors]]</div> ==
 +
 
 +
'''Deadline:''' June 15, 2012
 +
 
 +
'''Website:''' [http://www.invent.org/collegiate/overview.html Collegiate Inventors]
 +
 
 +
'''Site Synopsis:'''
 +
 
 +
Introduced in 1990, the Collegiate Inventors Competition has recognized, rewarded, and encouraged hundreds of students to share their inventive ideas with the world. The Competition promotes exploration in invention, science, engineering, technology, and other creative endeavors and provides a window on the technologies from which society will benefit in the future.
 +
 
 +
Each year up to 12 finalists in Graduate and Undergraduate Divisions receive an all-expenses paid trip to present their work to a panel of expert judges in Washington, D.C. In 2010, the top Graduate prize was $15,000 and the top Undergraduate Prize was $10,000. Other prizes are awarded to select finalists. Academic advisors of each winning entry also receive a cash award.
  
== <div id="RESNA">RESNA</div> ==
+
== <div id="2013 Competitions">2013 Competitions</div> ==
  
== <div id="IEEE EMBS">IEEE EMBS</div> ==
+
'''1. ASME: Undergraduate Design Project Competition in Rehabilitation and Assistive Devices'''
  
== <div id="Collegiate Inventors">Collegiate Inventors</div> ==
+
Website: [http://www.asmeconferences.org/SBC2012/UndergraduateCompetition.cfm ASME]
  
 +
Deadline: 1/13
  
'''Team Workdays:''' Saturdays at 4 and after Monday meetings in Bryan 316
+
'''2. IEEE: 2011 President's Change the World Competition'''
  
<br />
+
Website: [http://www.ieee.org/documents/presidents_change_the_world_competition_official_rules.pdf  IEEE]
  
[http://whenisgood.net/z2xhb23 When Is Good]
+
Deadline: 1/31

Latest revision as of 20:18, 30 March 2012

COMPLETE

Deadline: March 29th Website: IEEE EMBS

Site Synopsis:

Deadline: Friday, April 6, 2012

Website: BMEIdea

Site Synopsis:

The BMEidea Competition is sponsored by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Boston Scientific; MD&DI (Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry), a publication of Canon Communications LLC; and Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), in partnership with the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and the Council of Chairs of Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Programs.

Competition winners will receive cash awards ($10,000 first place, $2,500 second place, and $1,000 third place), as well as access to resources to be used to further develop and commercialize their products. They will also have the opportunity to present their designs and business plans to representatives of investor organizations.

Graduate and Undergraduate teams allowed

Deadline: Register by April 29,2012

Presentations May 1, 2012

Website: EnCouncil Website

Deadline: Register by April 27,2012

Submit by May 4,2012

RESNA Deadlines

Website: RESNA Student Design Competition

Site Synopsis: RESNA is the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America. We are a professional society for individuals and organizations interested in technology and disability. The purpose of RESNA is to contribute to the public welfare through scientific, literary, professional and educational activities by supporting the development, dissemination, and utilization of knowledge and practice pertaining to rehabilitation and assistive technology so that all citizens can achieve the highest quality of life.

Deadline: May 11, 2012

Website: BMEStart

Site Synopsis:

The world needs more effective, functional and affordable technology solutions to clinical medical problems. NCIIA's second annual BMEStart competition recognizes undergraduate excellence in biomedical innovation. The competition is the first in the United States designed specifically for undergraduate biomedical and bioengineering students. By generating more activity and interest in this field locally, we can stimulate the invention of medical technologies and devices that are adopted as clinical solutions.

Prizes of $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 will be awarded to the three winning teams.

Undergraduate teams only


Deadline: May 26, 2012

Website: DEBUT

Site Synopsis:

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) DEBUT Challenge is open to teams of undergraduate students working on projects that develop innovative solutions to unmet health and clinical problems. NIBIB’s mission is to improve health by leading the development and accelerating the application of biomedical technologies.

The goals of the challenge are

  1. to provide undergraduate students valuable experiences such as working in teams, identifying unmet clinical needs, and designing, building and debugging solutions for such open-ended problems
  2. to generate novel, innovative tools to improve healthcare, consistent with NIBIB’s purpose to support research, training, the dissemination of health information, and other programs with respect to biomedical imaging and engineering and associated technologies and modalities with biomedical applications
  3. to highlight and acknowledge the contributions and accomplishments of undergraduate students.

Deadline: June 15, 2012

Website: Collegiate Inventors

Site Synopsis:

Introduced in 1990, the Collegiate Inventors Competition has recognized, rewarded, and encouraged hundreds of students to share their inventive ideas with the world. The Competition promotes exploration in invention, science, engineering, technology, and other creative endeavors and provides a window on the technologies from which society will benefit in the future.

Each year up to 12 finalists in Graduate and Undergraduate Divisions receive an all-expenses paid trip to present their work to a panel of expert judges in Washington, D.C. In 2010, the top Graduate prize was $15,000 and the top Undergraduate Prize was $10,000. Other prizes are awarded to select finalists. Academic advisors of each winning entry also receive a cash award.

2013 Competitions

1. ASME: Undergraduate Design Project Competition in Rehabilitation and Assistive Devices

Website: ASME

Deadline: 1/13

2. IEEE: 2011 President's Change the World Competition

Website: IEEE

Deadline: 1/31