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[http://universityinnovation.org/images/5/50/EWH.JPG http://universityinnovation.org/images/5/50/EWH.JPG] Co-founded and led by Huy Lam and Charles Wu, Engineering World Health (EWH), seeks to empower students from all disciplines to design devices that improve quality and access to healthcare in developing countries. Members are initially recruited in the fall and then put through a rigorous orientation program that includes idea generation, problem pitches by physicians, design reviews by its partner organization IdeaLabs. For the past three years, this chapter has won international competitions such as the EWH design challenge and placed in a myriad other competitions such as the Discovery Competition, CGIU Social Venture Challenge, and the Global Impact Award. With over 50 members and an innovation rate of 3 devices a year, EWH has greatly contributed to the undergraduate entrepreneurship scene.
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== Sling Health (formerly Idea Labs ) == == [http://universityinnovation.org/images/0/0e/IdeaLabs.JPG http://universityinnovation.org/images/0/0e/IdeaLabs.JPG]<span style="font-size: 12px;"></div></span>==<div><br/>Co-founded by a group of MD-PhD students at Washington University’s Medical School, IdeaLabs is the premier biomedical engineering entrepreneurial group in both undergraduate and graduate schools. It was recently featured in[http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v32/n10/full/nbt.3041.html Nature Biotechnology ]. Physicians at the medical school submit problems through their [http://ideas.wustl.edu/ website]. Project leaders from around the campus are then recruited. These project leaders recruit multidisciplinary teams composed of undergraduate and graduate engineers, PhD students, MBA students, etc. Teams are offered many resources such as intellectual property workshops, design reviews, and startup seminars. IdeaLabs has recently partnered with Engineering World Health to run student program and access more undergraduates. Boasting over 100 members and a myriad of St. Louis entrepreneur mentors, venture capitalists, and Washington University faculty, IdeaLabs has been a major entrepreneurial force in St. Louis’s biotech industry.</div>
== Engineering Test Kitchen ==