BMED
Biomedical Engineering Design Team
Who We are
BMED, the Biomedical Engineering Design Team, is a special interest group that designs assistive technology (piece of equipment, software program, or product system) that aims to increase, maintain or improve the functional capabilities of persons with disabilities.
Why you should join
Real-World Clients
BMED projects are commissioned from real clients, allowing you to directly improve people's quality of life.
Build on Important Skills
Grow your teamwork, leadership, design, manufacturing, CAD, and networking skills.
Biomedical Engineering Exposure
Gain biomedical engineering experience and insight.
Tangible Results
Create tangible products and skills to demonstrate to employers
Who can join
The short answer is, anyone! As long as you’re interested in biomedical engineering, BMED is open to students from many disciplines. Currently, BMED contains students of all years from Biosystems, Electrical, Computer, Civil, and Mechanical Engineering, as well as Science.
biomedical engineering
Previous competition wins
2022 – Design for Rehabilitation Competition
Wheelchair Grocery Bag Holder Project
2022 – Rehabilitation Engineering and Research Center on Augmentative and Alternative Communication Award
Gaming Head Mouse Project
Our current projects
Stairlift adapter
Sewing machine modification
Interested?
The Price Faculty of Engineering offers a biomedical specialization to provide engineers with knowledge of human anatomy and physiology to enhance the understanding of the role to be played by engineers in specific areas within biomedical engineering such as rehabilitation engineering, clinical engineering, medical imaging, and orthopaedics. A biomedical specialty can be undertaken from the departments of Biosystems, Electrical, Computer, or Mechanical by undergraduate students in any year.
Meet This Year's Executive Team
Keaira Vianzon
Design Chair designchair.bmed@gmail.com
Lily Sanderson
Academic Co-Lead
Mohammed Towhidul Islam
Industry Lead
Jasmine Do
Co-Treasurer
Maria Islam
Communications Lead
Chigz Unachukwu
Industry Team Member
Morgan Lindgren
Co-Treasurer
Ayat Al-Fakih
Events Lead
Patricia Derksen
Project Lead – Stairlift
Janelle Dupuis
Academic Co-Lead
Sandipon Dey
Industry Co-Lead
Katrina Purcha
Project Lead – Sewing Machine / Webmaster