2019 iBEST Design Competition
Congratulations to our 2019 iBEST Design Competition winners.
1st – Gordon Gray, Stephen DiGirolamo & Bharath Krishnana
Title: Virtual Reality Trunk Muscle Training System
2nd – Stefan Denkovski, Kima Joulji & Alexandra Marzo
Title: Wellness: Stress Monitoring in Footwear
3rd – Andrew Goudswaard, Kelvin Jok & Joshlene Nimalraaj
Title: Automation of a Sensor Driven Continuous Flow Bioreactor for Cartilage Tissue Engineering
Poster Competition Prizes
First Place: $3,000.00
Second Place: $1,500.00
Third Place: $500.00
Image Gallery
Dermatological Tool for Automatically Identifying Skin Cancer, by Syeda Suha Rabbani, Rabia Tanvir & Syeda Kaynat Zahra
Signal Quality Enhancement of MBioSigs in the Clinic, by Sourav Kumar Mukhopadhyay & Michael Zara
3rd Place winners: Automation of a Sensor Driven Continuous Flow Bioreactor for Cartilage Tissue Engineering, by Andrew Goudswaard, Kelvin Jok & Joshlene Nimalraaj
1st Place winners: Virtual Reality Trunk Muscle Training System, by Gordon Gray, Stephen DiGirolamo & Bharath Krishnan
2nd Place winners: Wellness: Stress Monitoring in Footwear, by Stefan Denkovski, Kima Joulji & Alexandra Marzo
Design Competition winners certificates
Selena Osman, Moderator
Josh Garbe, Associate, Ripple Ventures
Paul Chipperton, Member Board of Directors, Angel Investors Ontario
Tony Orsi, Partner, Bereskin & Parr LLP
Dr. Ozzy Mermut, Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Design Competition Judges
2019 Design Competition Shortlist
Dermatological Tool for Automatically Identifying Skin Cancer, by Syeda Suha Rabbani, Rabia Tanvir & Syeda Kaynat Zahra
Signal Quality Enhancement of MBioSigs in the Clinic, by Sourav Kumar Mukhopadhyay & Michael Zara
Automation of a Sensor Driven Continuous Flow Bioreactor for Cartilage Tissue Engineering, by Andrew Goudswaard, Kelvin Jok & Joshlene Nimalraaj
Virtual Reality Trunk Muscle Training System, by Gordon Gray, Stephen DiGirolamo & Bharath Krishnan
Wellness: Stress Monitoring in Footwear, by Stefan Denkovski, Kima Joulji & Alexandra Marzo
Judges Panel
Judges Panel
Paul Chipperton
Member Board of Directors, Angel Investors Ontario
Dr. Ozzy Mermut
Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, York University
Dr. Cynthia Goh
Director, Impact Centre
Josh Garbe
Associate, Ripple Ventures
Tony Orsi
Partner, Bereskin & Parr LLP
Eligibility
- The project must be led by a full/part-time student(s) (group or individual) from any academic institution around the world.
- There are no restrictions on the number of participants in a group, also initiatives can be led by a single individual are welcomed.
- Projects that have utilized significant research funding (>$100k) or are run by startup companies or faculty are ineligible.
- The project must be a biomedical innovation related to our Research Themes.
- Biomaterials, Tissue Injury & Repair (BTR)
- Biomedical Delivery Systems (BDS)
- Biomedical Imaging & Therapy (BIT)
- Healthcare AI & Analytics (HAA)
- Device, hardware, and digital solutions, as well as research discoveries and innovations, are eligible.
- The project must have been started after July 1, 2018.
Please see the Full Contest Rules for the 2019 iBEST Design Competition.
If you have any questions regarding your project’s eligibility, please contact the iBEST Coordinator, Imran Sheikh, at ibest@torontomu.ca.
Simplified Rubric for Design Brief
The Design/Discovery Brief is a 2-page executive summary of your design project. The brief should be written for an audience of engineers and scientists that are likely not intimately familiar with your biomedical or healthcare solution.
Content
Design/Discovery Briefs will be evaluated by following four criteria. We recommend devoting sections devoted to each criterion.
- Problem Description (25%): Define the problem you are addressing, the biomedical/healthcare background, and why there is a need for a better solution.
- Design Solution (25%): Present your proposed solution with your design rationale and explain how it meets the needs of the stakeholders involved in your biomedical/healthcare problem.
- Application (25%): Describe the proof-of-concept experimental results you have completed and/or renderings and photos of your prototype.
- Implementation (25%): Describe the pathway that lies ahead for your project towards creating an impactful solution.
Format
- Font size of 11 points or larger.
- Use standard paper size (8 ½” x 11″).
- Use at least one-half inch margins for all pages.
- Figures, plots, reference, and/or photos are highly recommended but are counted towards the page limit.
- Any design/discovery briefs longer than 2 pages will be disqualified from the competition.
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