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The final highlight of the evening culminated in the revelation of the top 5 proposals of the Biomedical Engineering Student Team (BEST) competition of which 16 teams with over 60 students were initially registered in. The submitted proposals were scored against 4 categories: a) Diagnostic Function (technical merit), b) Low Cost, c) Ease of Use/Developing World Deployment & d) Business Implementation. The top 5 winners were:

1st place champion ($2000) – MedDetect Design

• Vlad Satchouk
• Patrick Kahn
• Nigel Fernandez
• Natasha Felsinger
• Huylong Ngo

2nd place finalist ($1000) – Engineered Immediate Response (EIR) Diagnostics

• Jahangir Karimi
• Timothy Vu
• John Louie

3rd place finalist ($500) – The Davaman Diagnostics -REME-D

• Chase Davis
• Reaz Rahman

4th place – Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis

• Ryan Farraro
• John Guzman
• Mark Francisco

5th place – Biomedical Civil Business

• Hung-Chun (Jason) Chen
• Daniel Chien
• Edward Lin

We extend a warm thank you to the Orange County section of IEEE-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (Dr. William Tang, Chair of OC EMBS, & Dr. John Collins, Chair of OC IEEE) for sponsoring the design competition. Also thank you to the competition judges including Dr. Oladele Ogunseitan (Chair of Public Health), Dr. G.P. Li (Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of Calit2 and INRF), Dr. Tang, and Dr. Collins. Congratulations to all the winners and all teams in recognition of their efforts to improve global health!

Testimonials from the judges about the competition and the award winners:

• “The clear top 5 winners – they are very, very good,” Dr. Tang.
• “This is an excellent program. I am delighted that all the reviewers agree more or less on the exceptionally strong entries,” Dr. Ogunseitan.
• “Yes, I agree with Dele that the entries are exceptional,” Dr. Collins.

THE EVENT: The event will take place in the Student Center South, Balboa Island A (level 4) on May 17th starting at 6:30pm. Come learn more about our goals and the progress of our projects. The chair of Biomedical Engineering, Dr. Abraham Lee, will be giving a short talk on his thoughts on how students can contribute to the advancement of global health. Dinner, prizes, and the results of the Biomedical Engineering Student Team (BEST) competition will also be revealed!

Facebook event is HERE

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THE GOAL: Engineering World Health at UCI strives to mobilize the UCI community to improve the quality of health care in vulnerable communities. We are looking to promote awareness of EWH goals and to increase student membership. Participation at EWH at UCI is open to all UCI students, faculty, and staff of any department and the local community. Join us and see how you can help contribute to the cause!

BEST COMPETITION: The results of the BEST design competition will be presented at the event. Come join us in celebrating the teams and their hard efforts in designing a diagnostic device that can be used to improve healthcare in the developing world.

FREE FOOD: Free dinner will be provided at a first come, first serve basis from the Pizza Bakery.

PRIZES: Raffle tickets for prizes will also be handed to the first 100 guests. You must be present to claim your prize if you win.

VOLUNTEERS: We are also looking for volunteers to help with the setup and clean up. Please contact us if you are interested.

Look forward to seeing you there!

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IEEE EMBS and EWH are sponsoring the first annual medical device design competition in the 2011-2012 academic year. This year’s goal is to design a medical diagnostic device that is portable and low cost and is suitable for low resource settings such as in the developing world. The diagnostic device should address a developing world health issue (for example, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, etc.) All undergraduate and graduate students are welcome to join! For more details, visit the Design Competition page.