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2020 Bio-Med Tech-Girls online!

The 7th annual Bio-Med Tech-Girls is going online! This program is a collaboration between the UVA Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), St. Anne's-Belfield School and Charlottesville Women in Tech. This year the week will be filled with guest speakers, hands-on activities and a design challenge focused on the Go Viral Project being developed by Dr. Jeff Saucerman and Dr. Shayn Peirce-Cottler from UVA BME.
  • Who: Rising 9th through 12th graders
  • When: August 3 -7, synchronous activities will happen between 10am and 4pm ET.
  • Where: There will be synchronous (in person video conferencing) and asynchronous (do at your own pace or with a small group) activities. We will wrap up the week with a Demo Party to share all the awesome creating from the week!
  • Cost: There is no cost for this year, but community building remains an important aspect of the program, so please don't be a "no show"
Get Behind-the-Scenes with Cami Pastore, 2018 Bio-Med Tech-Girls intern, in this episode of the #MorningMeeting podcast

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. 

2019 Highlights

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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