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Industrial Designers Win Awards in Health Make-a-Thon Competition

April 15, 2019

Industrial Design alumna, graduate students, and undergraduate students won 3 of the 10 awards at the Illinois Health Make-a-Thon.

Competitors at the Health-Make-a-Thon

Industrial Designers Win Awards in Health Make-a-Thon Competition

The Illinois Health Maker Lab awarded $10,000 in resources, materials, and mentorship to the top 10 teams. During the Make-a-Thon finalists had two minutes to pitch ideas to improve human health. The following award-winning ideas had Art & Design representatives:

Heart Health Wearable Device by MFA candidate Katherine Chou
Preemie Pod by MFA alumna Amanda Henderson
Nouvo: The Smart Pacifier by Amaury Saulsberry (sophomore), Akeem Kennedy, Trevor Sibby (junior), Kevin Yu (junior), and Siyu Ai (MFA candidate)

Read more about the competition.

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