Meinig School undergraduate team PEARL awarded first place at J & J Engineering Showcase

Design of a wireless, wearable pulse oximeter for detecting drug overdose places first out of over 50 teams.

Congratulations the team of five Meinig School undergraduates awarded first place in the 2019 Engineering Showcase held at Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters on Thursday, February 28th, 2019. Crystal Lee, Shweta Modi, Alice Yan, Joy Li, and Holly Zheng comprised the team that competed at the event, an opportunity for students to present themselves and their engineering design projects to promote engineering creativity and innovation. At the event, students were also able to network with Johnson & Johnson engineering leadership. Team PEARL won first place out of over 50 for best University poster/presentation, judged on the following criteria:

  • Innovation and novelty
  • How innovative the product/project matter to industry
  • Feasibility & Capability for Implementation
  • How realistic or feasible is it to have the product/project matter utilized in today’s industry
  • Impact to Business or Humanity 
  • What or how big of an impact could this product/project matter be to business or humanity?
  • Presentation

PEARL (Pulse oximeter for the EAR Lobe) is a wireless continual monitoring device designed for patients prescribed opioids who are at risk of an accidental overdose. Currently, approximately eight percent of patients prescribed opioids will develop overdose symptoms including depressed breathing and, in severe cases, death. PEARL is designed to be a safety net for such situations by providing accurate continuous monitoring during the period of time that a patient uses opioids.

There are currently no medical devices in the market that are able to discreetly, continuously, and wirelessly monitor patients at risk of overdosing due to opioids prescribed for pain relief.

For more info: PEARL on LinkedIn

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