Submission

Eligibility

All participants must be current university students or graduates within two years (i.e. graduated after 30 Sept 2019) at the time of submitting their work to EMedIC Global. The submission should include a letter of certification by a faculty member on a university letterhead. The submitted work should address the broad definition of “medical device design”.

Teamwork

Participants are expected to compete in teams. Each team can comprise up to 6 members including undergraduate and postgraduate students. Each team should have at least half of its members being undergraduates (i.e. current or graduated after 30 Sept 2019). Each team should have a faculty advisor. Interdisciplinary teams with members from various engineering, science, clinical and other disciplines are encouraged to submit their entries.

Submission

Submission is to be made electronically through the EMedIC Global 2021 website and must include (1) a 3-min video, (2) a 10-page report with letter/A4 size and 12 font size, and (3) a letter of certification by the faculty advisor. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need further clarifications about submission after reading our instructions.

Suggested 10 page report's template:
1. Cover Page
2. Contents Page
3. Introduction
4. Theory
5. Details of device design / setup / demo etc.
6. Discussions and Conclusions
below items are not counted as page number
7. References
8. Appendix

Remarks:
1. There is no specific requirements for the video, except that it should address the EMedIC Global assessment criteria.
2. The 3-min video will be released in public.
3. The letter of certification should be used a departmental letterhead and included the official chop of the department.
Template of letter of certification for reference only

Submission Deadline

Submission of application form with members’ info, faculty advisor and letter of certification on / before 13 September 2021, 23:59:59 HKT
Submission of report and video on / before 30 September 2021, 23:59:59 HKT

Application Form

Download this form:
MS DOC version

Submission of Application Form & Letter of Certification

Please zip the application form and the letter of certification in one file, then submit to emedicglobal@cuhk.edu.hk .

Submission of Video and report

As the size of video is very large, please write the download link of video on the report. Your team just needs to submit single file to emedicglobal@cuhk.edu.hk .

News

Results of all awards

List of Finalist Teams (link)

The announcement of finalists is postponed to 18 Oct (HKT).



Important Dates

13 Sept 2021
Submission Deadline of Application form

30 Sept 2021
Submission Deadline of 3-minutes video & 10-pages report

15 Oct 2021
Release Finalist teams

19 Nov 2021
On-Site/ZOOM Presentations of Finalist Teams

20 Nov 2021
Awards Presentation cum EMEDI SUMMIT & ELSA

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