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It’s a Wrap

After six weeks, we have finally come to the last. This was definitely an amazing learning journey with many unexpected takeaways. Having…
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Kim Hwang Yeo
Week 6: THANK YOU!!!

Week 6: THANK YOU!!!

Our sixth week with BIE was the greatest ending we could ask for, with our successful presentation and heartfelt comments for each others’…
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Nabeel Sabzwari
On the Penultimate Week & Deliverables

On the Penultimate Week & Deliverables

After the 4th of July weekend we came back together to consolidate the work we have done over the past weeks. With two weeks to go, we…
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Kim Hwang Yeo
Week 4: Understanding the Nonprofit Perspective

Week 4: Understanding the Nonprofit Perspective

This week we have gotten to speak with the CEO of LifeBox, Kris Torgeson. Kris Torgeson has been running LifeBox for the past 4 years. She…
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Kim Hwang Yeo
Week 4: Customer Segment Specification

Week 4: Customer Segment Specification

Intro: Meeting Issues and Team Bonding
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Nabeel Sabzwari
Week 3: Complications in our Design

Week 3: Complications in our Design

This week, we continued to improve our device’s features and compatibility with the setting we were working with. Midway through the week…
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Nabeel Sabzwari
We hit a Wall

We hit a Wall

This week we hit a wall. After a good run with 10 unique interviewees, we ran dry. Our interviewees from the first two weeks gave us some…
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Kim Hwang Yeo
The Low-Resource Context

The Low-Resource Context

We started off the week with an interview with Tatiana Jensen, one of the original member of the team that developed SurgeCare. It was…
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Kim Hwang Yeo

Team Gold: A Minor Setback to a Golden Discovery

Our second week in the Biodesign Immersion Program was filled with activity compared to the first. We had a plethora of interviews…
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Nabeel Sabzwari
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Team Gold: The Journey Begins…

Team Gold: The Journey Begins…

From watching videos about establishing start-ups to interviewing physicians about a Capstone project regarding vital sign monitoring in…
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Nabeel Sabzwari
Meet the Blue Team

Meet the Blue Team

In this iteration of BIE, we have the unique opportunity to partner with Makerere University in Uganda through the Engineering World Health…
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Kim Hwang Yeo
Our Biodesign Immersion Experience Journey

Our Biodesign Immersion Experience Journey

Forty-two interviews, 4 pivots, and 8 weeks later, we, Team Blue, have truly experienced the biodesign process.
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Radhika Bhalerao
This Is NOT The End…

This Is NOT The End…

This week we entered the last week of the BIE program. Team Gold is mainly focusing on perfecting our deliverable for the final showcase…
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Vicky Cui
Thank You BIE

Thank You BIE

Alleviating Essential Tremor
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Kevin Tang
Gearing up for Final Deliverables

Gearing up for Final Deliverables

We didn’t slow down in our second to last week. From conducting oral history interviews with our Bakar Fellows to additional customer and…
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Mitchell Tau Wong
Do Patients Know Enough?

Do Patients Know Enough?

This week, we continued our work on our new minimum valuable product (MVP), an electronic damping device with the external design of a…
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Elham Shoghi
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