M-HEAL has been involved with several events, competitions and groups on campus and beyond. These are some of the milestones and awards we have won along the way!
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2006-2007
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Founded in fall of 2006
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WMR trips and lamp design project begin
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2007-2008
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Shift in lamp design – recruited Applied Phys graduate student with experience studying electrical grid in Uganda
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Sponsored Student Organization status
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First WMR Inventory Day, March 2008
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2008-2009
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Lamp team enters 1,000 Pitches Competition (finalist in Social Venture category), Michigan Business Challenge, and Dare to Dream (grant recipient)
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Weekly officer meetings, bimonthly mass meetings, Seminar series initiated
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Second WMR Inventory Day, March 2009
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Multiple design teams, Advisory Committee
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Lamp to Uganda
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2009-2010
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Engin 100 partnership
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Search for community to work with, extending contacts
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Bay Area Entrepreneurship Conference
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First Development Weekend
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Summer: first trip abroad to Nicaragua with the Appropriate Technologies Collaborative (ATC)
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Aileen Huang-Saad is nominated for and receives the Outstanding Student Org Advisor Award from the CoE
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2010-2011
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Deliverables/status updates expected of design teams
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Enhanced Stethoscope Team:
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1000 Pitches (Winner, Social entrepreneurship)
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Venture Shaping Grant
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Featured in the Daily, CoE blogs
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Design teams present at mass meetings
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M-HEAL receives “Youth Achievement Award” from WMR
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CentriCycle:
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Dell Social Innovation Competition (Semifinalist)
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1000 Pitches (Finalist)
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New York Entrepreneurial Experience
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M-SEAT
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Featured in the University Record
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Featured in WHO publication of medical devices for resource-limited settings
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International Finalists at the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration's student design competition
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NHSTA conference in DC June 2011
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Maternal Health Team:
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U-M CGH: Student Global Health Day (Second place poster)
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2013-2014
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Solar Fridge Team
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Center for Entrepreneurship's JumpStart Grant for second prototype
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