Are you interested in biomedical research or using your engineering skills to improve the lives of others? Do you have an idea you would like to push to the commercial market?

Join the Biointerfaces Institute Committees (BIONIC) Bio-Hackathon for two free meals and an opportunity to learn from world experts in the the field of aging - Dr. Raymond Yung and Dr. James Ashton-Miller!

Dr. Yung, the Director of the Geriatrics Center and Institute of Gerontology, is an excellent physician who specializes in elderly patients and their unique challenges, from mobility and eyesight to memory and self-care. Dr. Ashton-Miller is a Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering who has done outstanding engineering research in elderly mobility.

Our experts will kickoff the event by highlighting the most pressing areas of elderly need to which Michigan Engineers can make immediate contributions. After an expert-guided brainstorming session, clinical needs will be defined before forming teams, designing solutions and sharing ideas.

To conclude the event, the ideas and preliminary solution models will be compiled into a pre-print research manuscript that will be submitted to bioRxiv with everyone as co-authors! If an idea would like to be pursued further, participants are able to opt out of publishing in the pre-print and can be connected with resources to help take it towards commercialization.