“Changing You While You Change the World”
Transcript available upon request
Presenters:
Kayla Gainey, Bioengineering
Brian Peterson, Bioengineering
Jacqueline Rhode, Bioengineering
Austin Herbst, Biochemistry
John Murdy, Political Science
The Designing Medical Devices for the Developing World Creative Inquiry started with the goal of helping design medical devices specifically for low-resource settings. These areas have unique needs that are often overlooked during the designing process. Rather than continue the cycle of designing for a developed country and expecting that low-resource countries adapt to use that equipment, we wanted to work on sustainable so- lutions that would reach these populations much more effectively. While this Creative Inquiry has made great strides on a variety of medical devices, an unexpected outcome has been the impact it has had on the students.
