MILESTONES

With the guidance of a clinician mentor and technical advisors, teams of engineering, medical, business, and other students work towards the following milestones:

• Develop a deep understanding of one or more clinical problems by shadowing in local clinics and academic medical centers
• Brainstorm and vet a panel of designs based on patient and physician needs, but also on the intellectual property and regulatory environments
• Develop a specific design implementation on paper and on engineering software
• Prototype, test, and redesign a series of increasingly realistic prototypes
• Protect intellectual property and commercialize technology