UC Biomed

Networking

UC Biomed ended 2023 with 81 members. It was a busy year with the club participating in UC open days, club days, academic events and anniversaries (including the UC 150th Anniversary alumni event).

In collaboration with IEEE and TronSoc, team hosted two successful industry Q&A evenings with several people coming from many different engineering companies such as Taska, Enztec, MedSalv and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. In total, around 60 students attended each industry event.

The team also hosted a BBQ outside Herea-Roa as a networking event mostly for engineering students to meet and discuss biomedical engineering opportunities.

Successful engagement helped attract even more new members and grow the club to 110+ students in 2024.

Heart Hackathon

Heart Hackathon is UC Biomed’s flagship event. Heart Hackathon is an annual international design competition that runs from February to November where teams from universities design, prototype and manufacture a total artificial heart. Throughout 2023 UC BioMed competed in the competition successfully meeting all deadlines and developing a prototype. 2023 had a team of 6 students working on different aspects of the design. In 2024 this project will be offered as a final year project, meaning more specialized students will spend more focused time on this project, hopefully resulting in a profoundly better design.