Prospective Students
We’re looking for highly-motivated individuals with diverse skill-sets to quickly form teams around solving latent healthcare problems. The ideal candidate for this program is an individual who has an entrepreneurial spirit, an appetite for hard work, and a willingness to be accountable to others on their team.
Application of Engineering Expertise
Fundamental engineering and development skills are essential for developing solutions to specific healthcare problems, and students can expect to apply and improve these skills during their participation in this program. However, prospective students should NOT expect coursework to focus particularly on engineering skill development alone. Rather, the courses will focus on the application of those skills to solving particular healthcare problems.
Team Formation
A core component of this program is the formation of teams and companies to further the development of solutions to latent healthcare problems. In this program, individuals select a need to address and apply techniques to deeply understand the need from multiple stakeholder perspectives. Needs are identified, prioritized, downselected, and teams are formed organically to address the needs. These teams ultimately form companies, apply for grants and patents, and develop solutions in the form of prototypes and products, within a typical medical device product development process. We expect teams to work collaboratively towards those goals while holding each other accountable.
What’s in it for you?
In return, you can expect to learn a tremendous amount about the development of medical devices, with techniques and knowledge that can be applied, both in the companies you form within the program, as well as within the companies you join following graduation.
Additionally, you can expect to leave with a foundational network of individuals who are invested in helping you grow as a medical device professional.
“The Medtech and Entrepreneurship program has been instrumental in jump-starting my career as a biomedical engineer. Throughout the program, I had the opportunity to gain real hands-on experience that was invaluable in bridging the gap between theory and practice.”
— Carson Palmer, Class of 2025