Hardware Park

We're proud to announce our Fall 2024 NextGen cohort! Our NextGen program is a hands-on engineering program for students in Alabama. This cohort is working on three medtech protoypes: NephSol A 4-person NextGen intern team will work with the 2024 Alabama Launchpad Cycle 2 Concept Stage winner NephSol Inc to further develop their product concept. Accessirise Originally provided by Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services, this project is a continuation of prototype development started by the Summer 2024 NextGen cohort. The 3-person team (which includes 2 members of the original Accessirise team) will continue development on the portable wheelchair ramp prototype to further address customers’ wants and needs of the product. Endoswipe This project started as a class project for two UAB students, both of whom are part of the Fall 2024 NextGen cohort. The 3-person NextGen project team (including the two who originated the project) will continue development of the concept prototype that is intended to aid medical providers in making endoscopy procedures more efficient and safer for patients. The Fall 2024 NextGen cohort is comprised of the following students: Anurag Bhattarai – Biomedical Engineering (BME) Nathan Branch – Entrepreneurship Julia Fromm – BME Nicholas Garrett – Electrical Engineering Brianna Green – BME Annabel Johnson – BME Tahli King – Mechanical Engineering (She changed majors this semester) Jadarius Lewis – BME Bhumi Patel – BME Ann Varghese - BME

We hosted another Birmingham AI's Engineering meetup last night. Yashwanth Mamidi did a fantastic job presenting! You could say it was a smash thanks to Yash 😅 Also, lookout for FlowiseAI (YC S23), a low-code solution for building AI chat agents. They're going to be a big deal!

We're looking forward to hosting Birmingham AI's next Engineering Meet-up. The meet-up is this Thursday, September 19 from 6 - 7:30pm CDT. https://lnkd.in/ggzGHiwY

🎥 Here's our Summer 2024 NextGen Cohort recap video! This summer, 10 talented student interns tackled hardware prototypes in assistive technology, with guidance from the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services and other partners. A special thanks to Innovate Alabama for sponsoring our NextGen programming. #STEM #Internships #assistivetechnology

♿ Join us for an Assistive Technology Expo tomorrow (8/1) from 3:30-5:00 PM! Watch as some of the state's brightest young engineers show off their assistive hardware prototypes. Our Summer NextGen cohort collaborated with the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services and others to create these amazing hardware prototypes. Check out this video where Bhumi Patel a senior at UAB, demonstrates her team's mobile wheelchair ramp.

Get your tickets now! Our summer NextGen Student Expo is August 1st from 3:30 - 5:00pm. Limited seating is available. Come check out assistive technology prototypes from some of the brightest engineering minds in the state.

This summer, we're offering rising high school sophomores through Class of 2024 graduates the unique opportunity to learn: - best practice design methodologies - from experienced designers & engineers - while working on MedTech device projects The 4-day in-person experience will be offered July 15-18, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm each day at Hardware Park. Sign up link: https://bit.ly/3RY05oH Free of charge. First-come, first served.

We are pumped to introduce D.J. Strickland, PE as our Director of NextGen Programming! D.J. brings over a decade of experience in civil design consulting and project management, along with a background in engineering education from his tenure at Hoover High School and Thompson High School.

We're hosting Birmingham AI's Engineering meetup tonight. Paul Richard is presenting. We hope to see you here! Starts at 6pm. Wraps up at 7:30. There will be a few tasty beverages 🍻 thanks to Good People Brewing Company.

So cool seeing Kyle Berman and OD Revive get coverage on AL.com! Our spring NextGen interns did a great job helping OD Revive with their first prototype. Our summer NextGen cohort starts next week. More cool engineering projects to come! Mark Conner, Derrick Austin, D.J. Strickland, PE