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2019 Bio-Med Tech-Girls

The 6th annual Bio-Med Tech-Girls program included 14 young women from 11 different schools around the region. On Monday, they were hosted at St. Anne’s-Belfield School to get hands-on with computer science tools and concepts. Tuesday through Thursday, they were hosted by UVA’s Biomedical Engineering Department to get behind-the-scenes lab tours, learn from guest speakers, and start working on their design challenge. On Friday, they were hosted at the i.Lab at UVA to finalize their projects and share them at a Demo Party from 4 to 5 pm.

In the News

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​​​​​Check out this episode of Charlottesville Inside-Out (starts as 13:30), when Terri Allard and her crew spent the day with Tech-Girls founder, Kim Wilkens during the Bio-Med Tech-Girls program this past summer. 
The program is a collaboration with the UVa Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), St. Anne's-Belfield School (Summer SPARK!) and Charlottesville Women in Tech. The week is filled with behind-the-scenes lab tours, guest speakers, hands-on computer science learning and a biomedical engineering design challenge.
Monday
  • Intro to BME
  • Guest Speaker: Eileen Krepkovich (Biomedical Engineer, Barron Associates)
  • Intro to CS & Game Controller Challenge
Tuesday
  • Guest Speakers: Shelley Knewstep-Watkin, Katelyn James, Jessika Turner, Kelli Landreth (Occupational Therapists)
  • Design Challenge & Studio Session
  • Lunch Talk: Vi Tran, Laura Dunphy (UVA BME grad students)
Wednesday
Thursday
  • Guest Speakers: Kapaka & Joey
  • Design Challenge & Studio Session
Friday

Many thanks!!!

Bio-Med Tech-Girls is possible because of the generous support of the UVA BME department, St. Anne's-Belfield School, Charlottesville Women in Tech sponsors and the i.Lab at UVA. We are also very thankful for the many UVA faculty, staff and students who share their time and passion about solving problems through biomedical engineering.
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