Celebrating Innovation: Spring Poster Session and Design Awards

On April 25, we held our annual Spring Poster Session and Design Awards. Our talented students from BME 301 and BME 402 showed off their incredible prototypes to solve real-world biomedical needs submitted by clients, including individuals with specific challenges, faculty, industry, and medical professionals. It’s a hands-on, creative process that prepares them for tackling challenging problems in their careers.

Since the BME Design Program began, many projects have been patented, published, or featured in the press. This year’s Design Awards celebrated our students’ creativity and hard work, showing how they turn ideas into impactful solutions. We’re so proud of their achievements and can’t wait to see what they do next!

Award Winners

Tong Biomedical Design Awards

Awarded to innovative solutions and outstanding prototypes for projects that have performed an in-depth analysis of their commercial and intellectual property potential. Presented by industry judges.
Sponsored by Peter and Janet Tong and the Tong Family Foundation

Design Excellence Awards

Awarded to critical path research or specialized one-of-a-kind devices for projects that have thoroughly addressed the client’s problem through rigorous design, construction, testing and validation. Presented by faculty judges.
Sponsored by the Day of the Badger Giving Campaign

BME and UWSMPH-TECH Collaborative Innovation Award

Awarded to innovations for real challenges that UWSMPH faculty face through projects that have demonstrated a collaborative effort with the medical school and medical students.
Sponsored by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Student Choice Awards

Based on overall peer evaluation results.