2026 Medtronic/BMES Student Design Competition Winners

The Medtronic/BMES Student Design Competition was a tremendous success, showcasing an array of innovative submissions from talented students across the nation. Each project demonstrated creativity and practical solutions in biomedical engineering. Excitement filled the air as participants and attendees celebrated their hard work. Find out who won below! 

Mechanical/ AI

First Place

Neofusion

University of California, Irvine

Sarah Liu, Christopher Tan, Keerthana Anand, Kevin Gurney, Aditi Ranabhor

Electrical/Computer Science/AI

First Place

HALO: Hemodynamic Assessment by Light-Based Optics for Prehospital LVO Stroke Triage 

Rice University

Tyler Neilson, Omkar Rege, Shashank Kamal

Chemical/Biological/AI

First Place 

K-Track

University of Southern California

Sarah Rundquist, Kathryn Spitzer

Best in Show

First Place

InhalAIR: A Smart Inhaler Clip-On to Transform Asthma Care

Rice University

Suran Somawardana