Through classes and extracurricular activities, student projects are central to the educational experience at the College of Engineering. Recently, a group of biomedical engineering students created a low-cost, battery-powered surgical lamp to be used in developing nations where electricity isn't reliable. The team members, part of the student group Michigan Health Engineered for All Lives, or M-HEAL, sent their prototype lamp to Uganda where it will undergo testing.
A team of engineering students designed and built a low-cost, battery-operated surgical lamp for use in developing nations where electricity is unreliable. The low-cost, battery-powered surgical lamp is made with LED flashlights.
A bike brake allows a surgeon to adjust the surgical lamp.
A team of engineering students designed and built a low-cost, battery-operated surgical lamp for use in developing nations where electricity is unreliable. Here, surgical lamp design team leader Steve DeWitt demonstrates their working prototype.
Surgical lamp design team member Elliot Hwang demonstrates the working prototype.