Exciting opportunity for 1L or 2L student with a science, business, or engineering background who may be interested in participating in an NSF entrepreneurial project with the School of Biomedical Engineering to design of a multi-function, noninvasive Gerontechnology kiosk that enables older adults (age 60+) to monitor and diagnose an array of physical ailments inside of a single structure, such as diabetes, cholesterol, hypertension, fragility fractures (hip, wrist and spine fractures), using heart monitor, respirator, ultra sound imaging, blood pressure gauge, and nanotechnology. You will be working with an engineering student first to conduct market research to determine the viability of the proposal and potential customers, such as NASA, biomedical equipment manufacturers, nursing homes etc. Your role will be to meet with potential equipment manufacturers to determine the legal and IP issues related to product integration, licensing and risk assessment.
Your time commitment under the I-Corp program would require you be present at interactive meetings to present findings Fridays from noon -2:00 for 7 weeks on October 7, 21, Nov 4,11, and 18. If this project is selected for funding, the selected student will be eligible for the next phase which is product design and implementation and could result in a patented product for commercialization.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Professor Andrea Johnson ASAP: ajohnson1@uakron.edu.