The Heart of Healthcare

Nurses play a pivotal role in bringing forth innovative change in healthcare quality and equity by addressing unmet needs through the creation and development of new devices, methods, and services for a target population. Nurses are in an excellent position to invent and evaluate new technologies because they have deep contextual knowledge and experience for care needs and are already leveraging innovative behaviors around caregiving problems daily.

For Undergraduate Students

Apply for the NursEng Innovation Fellowship for next year (2024-2025)

Applications Due April 28 th 2024

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For Nursing and Engineering Faculty

Submit a Letter of Interest for a Collaborative Senior Design Project (AY 2024-2025)

Letters of Interest due April 19 th 2024

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A Mindset to Innovate

Engineers have the technical training and appetite to make new technologies a reality but may lack domain-specific knowledge and experience. The positive impact on people and society is greatest when domain-specific needs and practical constraints guide the technology development.

Focus Areas

Research

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Robust, innovative and addressing real-world challenges

Education

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Students dedicated to learning more about the world around them

Community

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Existing as a supportive environment and home for students

Tech Transfer

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Facilitating, and expediting the transformation of UConn