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Bioengineering Designathon

Event Type
Conference/Workshop
Sponsor
i-MADE and AutoDesk
Location
Everitt Laboratory
Date
Nov 8, 2019 - Nov 9, 2019   4:00 - 1:00 pm  
Registration
Registration
Contact
Dr. Jenny Amos
E-Mail
jamos@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
College of Engineering, Engineering Update

Dinner, Breakfast, and snacks will be provided

Consultations with experts every few hours

Amazon Gift Card Prizes (First Place: $400, Second Place:  $300, Third Place: $200)

This 2-day event includes a workshop on design thinking and training in Autodesk Fusion 360. Teams of 4 have less than 24 hours to design a medical product based on a prompt revealed at the kickoff and will present designs to a panel of judges. No modeling experience necessary and you do not have to form a team prior to arriving at the competition.

Friday, November 8th

4:00-4:30 pm Check-in the atrium of Everitt Lab

4:30-5:00 pm Gather supplies install Autodesk, icebreaker in 1229 Everitt

5:00-6:00 pm Overview of competition and design thinking in 1032 Everitt

6:00-6:30 pm Introduce challenge and form teams, deadlines for the competition

6:30-7:00 pm Pizza dinner

7:00-9:00 pm Autodesk Training in 1302 Everitt

11:00 pm First deliverable due

Saturday, November 9th

8:00 am Breakfast and mini design-thinking challenge in 1302 Everitt

11:00 am Second deliverable due

11:00-1:00 pm Presentations to judges panel in 1306 Everitt

1:00 pm awards in 1306 Everitt

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