“I believe that the industry-academic partnership that UST and DesignWise Medical have been operating under is a model for the country…Interfacing with industry on critical problems with significant potential impact is paramount to inspiring our students to extend their knowledge and accomplish great things.”
Don Weinkauf
Dean of Engineering University of St Thomas
DesignWise Medical partners with colleges and universities to collaborate jointly on development projects that will allow students interested in the medical device industry to gain real-world experience while contributing to the development of needed pediatric devices. These real-world projects have much more meaning for the students than hypothetical situations as they are contributing to an effort that has true impact on people’s lives.
We work with world renowned engineering, design and business schools, sponsoring design and class projects within these institutions and employing student volunteers.
“By creating this medical design opportunity, industrial design students got a feel on how important good design is to the medical industry. During and after the project, the students were left with the knowledge that their design skills and ideas can make a difference to people and to the world…I have had the privilege to work with Brad Slaker from DesignWise Medical and to witness the impact his company has made on the industrial design students.”
Jennifer Astwood
Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin – Stout
Educational Partnership Activity and Relationships:
- University of St. Thomas
- School of Engineering
- Regulatory and Clinical Masters Program
- University of Wisconsin – Stout
- Industrial Design Program – Arts and Design Department
- Marketing Program – Business Department
- University of Minnesota
- Mechanical Engineering Department
- Biomedical Engineering Department
- St. Cloud State University
- Regulatory Affairs and Services Graduate Program
- William Mitchell School of Law
- Intellectual Property [IP] Clinic
2009 Fall – UofM Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Project
Specialized Nebulizer Mask:
- Joe Bradley
- Laura Cullen
- Kevin Campbell
- Mike Thuente
- Brian Perszyk
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2009 Fall – University of Wisconsin – Stout Industrial Design Interactions Class Project
Vein Transilluminator Concept Development:
- Class of 30 Junior level Industrial Design students
- Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Astwood
- Clinical Representative: Rachel Michalski, RN
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2009 Fall – University of Wisconsin – Stout Industrial Design Interactions Class Project
Diabetes Management Devices Concept Development:
- Senior Industrial Design Student – Stephen Lambert
- Faculty Advisor: Noah Norton
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2009 Summer Interns:
- Jennifer Seward – Senior, Industrial Design University of Wisconsin – Stout
- Thomas Hillebrand – Senior, Mechanical Engineering University of St. Thomas
- David Holt – Senior, Biomedical Engineering University of Minnesota
- Yaser Ahmed – Senior, Electrical Engineering University of Minnesota
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St. Cloud State University – Regulatory Affairs and Services Graduate Program
OPOD Regulatory Strategy:
Micki Duerre – Masters Capstone Project
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St. Cloud State University – Regulatory Affairs and Services Graduate Program
Summer 2009 – Quality Systems Class Project
[developed baseline Quality System for DesignWise Medical]
- Kelly Delfs
- Beatrice Evans
- Richard Ohm
- Jackie Schmainda
- Bruce Backlund
- Joan Bliss
- Jennifer Seehusen
- Melissa Slettedahl
- Matt Nienstedt
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University of Wisconsin – Stout, Industrial Design Project Team
OPOD Industrial Design Team, Winter 2009
- Greyson Smith
- Jennifer Seward
- Benjamin Heard
- Jenny Byrd
- Dave Keyes
- Hans Neilson
- Linnea Londborg
- Steve Lambert
- Noah Norton – Faculty Advisor
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University of St. Thomas School of Engineering Senior Design Project
OPOD Senior Design Project Team, Fall 2008 – Spring 2009
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Mechanical Engineers
- Fuschia Hoover
- Ben Valley
- Jake Maida
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Electrical Engineer
- Ahmed Jaffer