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<br/>"Engineers for Sustainable Medical Development (ESMD) is a multi-disciplinary, multi-school, student-run organization comprised of students in the fields of engineering, pre-medicine, and business. ESMD is directed toward providing students with the skills and resources necessary to design and implement novel, low-cost healthcare technology and processes suitable for markets on a global scale.<br/><br/>ESMD organizes multiple workshops on key engineering topics including Solidworx, Arduinos, circuits, and soldering. In addition, our design projects are really starting up, and one group recently took their prototype to a design competition at Rice University. Every week members are working to move forward to produce potential low-cost sustainable medical devices for developing countries. Currently, one of the design projects is working with the University of Pittsburgh Ear and Eye Institute to design an ocular microscope mount in order to reduce vibrations for ocular surgery. ESMD also has a regular volunteer program at Global Links refurbishing broken wheelchairs to be sent to countries in need. EMSD is working with Global Links to create an international immersion experience that would provide EMSD members with an opportunity to work directly with health care providers in developing countries."
<br/>''' • Need and goal ''' ESMD was started because the founders wanted more real life experience for bioengineering students. The goal was (what you did and still is) to provide industry esposure and real life work and connections for undergraduate students of any major. Pittsburgh University happens to be located in an area already rich in biomedical research and practice, including hospitals, spin-off startups, and bioengineering-focused university programs. Pittsbirgh was already conducive and ripe for such a program. The founders recognized this, made the right connections, and got off to a running start. Note: It is quite apparent that ESMD is incredibly fortunate to assess be located in an area so rich in biomedical science. Difficulty of obtaining necessary starting resources and networking for a functional group will scale with the need scarcity of local talent and how this club would fill interest in the subject- it may be up to you to generate that need)'''interest yourself!
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