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UC Biomed

07 February 2024

A UC Biomedical Engineering club (UC BIOMED) aims to provide students who are studying Mechanical and Mechatronics and have an interest in Biomedical Engineering/Bioengineering with the opportunities and skills to advance human health and wellbeing through technological innovation. Find out more about UC Biomed.

HOW TO APPLY

UC BIOMED offers students a wide range of opportunities including attending biomedical engineering conferences within NZ and abroad, hosting field trips to biomedical engineering companies and research groups, building medical diagnostic kits (and designing solutions) for EWH, and participating in international design competitions. The club also proactively develops research and summer practical work opportunities for engineering students interested in the medical field.

Networking

UC Biomed ended 2023 with 81 members. It was a busy year with the club participating in UC open days, club days, academic events and anniversaries (including the UC 150th Anniversary alumni event).

In collaboration with IEEE and TronSoc, team hosted two successful industry Q&A evenings with several people coming from many different engineering companies such as Taska, Enztec, MedSalv and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. In total, around 60 students attended each industry event.

The team also hosted a BBQ outside Herea-Roa as a networking event mostly for engineering students to meet and discuss biomedical engineering opportunities.

Successful engagement helped attract even more new members and grow the club to 110+ students in 2024.

Heart Hackathon

Heart Hackathon is UC Biomed’s flagship event. Heart Hackathon is an annual international design competition that runs from February to November where teams from universities design, prototype and manufacture a total artificial heart. Throughout 2023 UC BioMed competed in the competition successfully meeting all deadlines and developing a prototype. 2023 had a team of 6 students working on different aspects of the design. In 2024 this project will be offered as a final year project, meaning more specialized students will spend more focused time on this project, hopefully resulting in a profoundly better design.

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2024 Decide your discipline props. These are pieces from Debbie Munro's research on spinal and knee surgeries.

2024 3D printing workshop for UC BIOMED Club members to participate in assembling HACKBerry prosthetic arms.

Cameron Reburn explains the design specifications for the 2024 Heart Hackathon project.

2024 Heart Hackathon team. 3 4th year students doing it for their FYP and about 10 additional members of the UC BIOMED Club helping out on the project.

If you'd like more information on the club's activities, or are a prospective student, alumni, organisation or company wanting to collaborate or engage with us on activities, contact Dr Debbie Munro, Senior Lecturer, atdebbie.munro@canterbury.ac.nz.

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