Student design team wins $20K prize
A senior design team from the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering won first place in the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering’s Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Team (DEBUT) Challenge.
Students Nathan French, Victoria Sinfield, Nick Will, Brianna Shannon and Deepa Jayasankar will present their project, “EpicPen,” at the Biomedical Engineering Society Conference in October. The NIBIB Steven H. Krosnick Prize for first place is $20,000.
EpicPen is a novel and accessible epinephrine auto-injector, a type of life-saving portable device used to treat anaphylactic reactions. Unlike other injectors, this device features a spring-loaded injection mechanism that enables the injector to be reused, significantly lowering the current high cost of multiple injections.
