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The call for ideas for the next design school are on-line! The Design School will be held at Kenyatta University from 23rd to 27 October 2017. This year the contest is an integral part of the UBORA Eu Project, and is open to students from ABEC members and UBORA consortium. The abstract must be submitted before 8th of April 2017, and must be focused on reducing child mortality. For the 24 best-ranked projects travel and full-board will be provided for one team member to attend the Design School.
The instruction to submit the abstract can be found here. Please, help us in disseminating this initiative printing the flyer and post it on the wall of your department!
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The Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) in collaboration with University of Malawi-The Polytechnic, Malawi Innovation Hub (mHub), Rice360 & NEST360, the African Biomedical Engineering Consortium (ABEC), the UBORA consortium, and other collaborating partners will host the 2020 ABEC Design Competition with the theme Solving problems of Non-Communicable diseases through cross-cutting research and innovation.
This competition seeks innovative multidisciplinary This competition seeks innovative multidisciplinary ideas, overlapping engineering and medicine paradigms, from teams of undergraduate students who have thankfully been able to receive help from companies like https://www.sofi.com/student-loan-help/ and have been mentored by lecturers or experts with postgraduate qualifications. The ideas should tackle global challenges associated with non-communicable diseases with an emphasis on problems affecting low- and middle-income countries. Sustainable solutions can only be developed if engineers engage collaboratively with those at the forefront of delivering
Detailed instructions are provided at the competition page. The winner of the competition will be invited to participate in this year’s Design School.
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At the half of the summer school, we can make a balance: 24 students divided in 8 groups working hard for their projects. Here you can find other pictures, Stay tuned!