Closing date for entries: 12 May 2010!

Download the competition flyer here!

The Engineering in Medicine and Health Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is delighted to launch the 22nd Annual Medical Engineering Student Project Competition taking place on 23 June 2010. This competition is the foremost medical engineering student project competition in the UK and provides an opportunity for students across a wide variety of disciplines to present their work.

The 21st Annual Student Project Competition was the most successful so far with some incredibly exciting and innovative projects. Make sure you get your entry in for 2010!  

The categories are as follows:

Vicon Prize for Best Project involving the Design or Development of a Medical Device (£500)
Open to recent graduates (2009), third/fourth year undergraduates and taught Masters degree students, who have completed or are working on a project involving the design or development of a medical device.

MediMaton Prize for Best Medical Engineering Recent PhD Thesis (£750)
Open to those who have graduated or passed between 2008 and 2010, and have completed a Medical Engineering PhD Thesis.

Corin Group Prize for Best Project Presentation (£500)
Awarded to the best presentation on the day.

To enter the competition, please submit a one page abstract (3 pages for the PhD prize), including illustrations, giving an overview of your project with a completed application form.
Entrants must be available to present their project at the competition finals on
Wednesday 23 June 2010.

The finals will take place at One Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London SW1H 9JJ.

Closing date for submissions is 12 May 2010. Please find the required forms below:

Application form

Guideline for Entrants


If you have any queries, please contact the EMHD Events Executive, Bubli Miah on:
Tel: +44 (0)20 7304 6829  E-mail: medical@imeche.org

The finals day will also include the prestigious Smith & Nephew Lecture by a celebrated speaker from the medical engineering industry.

The Engineering in Medicine and Health Division would like to thank our prize sponsors MediMaton, Vicon and Corin Group. 

Congratulations to all the 2009 finalists. We are pleased to announce the 2009 prizewinners below. Please click on their names to find out more about their projects.

Orthofix Prize Winner for Best Medical Engineering Project
Patrick Murphy, University College Dublin: Evaluating Ellipsometry as a Method of Detecting Protein Adhesion 

Vicon Prize Winner for Best Project involving the Design or Development of a Medical Device
Simon Crowther, University of Bristol: Precise Flow Delivery System for Biomedical Applications 

MediMaton Prize Winner for Best Medical Engineering Recent PhD Thesis
Jon Spratley, University of Birmingham: Mechanical Design of an Injectable Microsensor for Neural Connection within the Motor Cortex of the Human Brain 

Corin Group Prize Winner for Best Project Presentation 
Mike Strickland, University of Southampton: Enhanced Preclinical Assessment of
Total Knee Replacement