We’re excited to share this year’s challenge, presented by Adcorpus:

“Addressing power efficiency: How can your total artificial heart be more power efficient to reduce the size of wearable components and improve patient quality of life?

Teams may consider spending time enhancing the power efficiency of their device and demonstrating efficiency values in their report and presentation. Future work to further enhance efficiency should also be detailed. For new teams who are not yet able to focus on power efficiency, they should focus on what methods will be applied in the future to improve this”

This challenge pushes teams to think beyond functionality and focus on one of the most critical aspects of artificial heart design — power efficiency. This is an opportunity to tackle a real-world engineering challenge that directly impacts patient mobility, comfort, and overall quality of life. We look forward to seeing the innovative solutions you bring forward

Agenda:

• Intro to Adcorpus

• Overview of Challenge Statement

• Methods to evaluate/demonstrate power efficiency- computationally and physically

• Q&A