ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Events, Conferences & Competitions
2024 - 2025
RICE 360 DESIGN COMPETITION
April 17th, 2025 – Houston, Texas
Rice360 is a global health innovation competition hosted by Rice University that brings together top undergraduate teams from around the world to design low-cost, high-impact technologies for low-resource healthcare settings. This year, QBiT proudly represented Queen’s University and earned 2nd place overall and the Public Invention – Incremental Improvement Award for our A.R.M. prosthetic project—highlighting our team's commitment to human-centered, globally accessible engineering.
PEO KINGSTON STUDENT PAPER'S NIGHT
March 2025– Kingston, ON
QBiT is proud to announce that the A.R.M. prosthetic project has placed third overall in the recent competition between Queen’s University and RMC with the . Congratulations and sincere thanks to all the team members whose hard work and dedication made this achievement possible!
2022 - 2023
Exploring the Intersection of Biology, Engineering, and Sustainability
March 19, 2023 – Kingston, ON
In partnership with QGEM, QBiT organized and held this conference in which students got the opportunity to learn from various speakers involved in research and industry and ask questions to a group of amazing panellists.
Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference (SB3C)
June 4-8, 2023 – Vail, CO
QBiT had the opportunity to participate in the SB3C as a Poster Presenter for our Ultraportable ECMO and CogniGuard innovations.
Rice360 Annual Global Health Technologies Design Competition
April 21, 2023 – Houston, TX
We showcased our Ultraportable ECMO device prototype to Houston, Texas, on April 21st and competed in this design competition, placing as a Semi-Finalist!
Makers Making Change Design Sprint
March 26, 2023 – Kingston, ON
QBiT partnered with Makers Making Change to hold a Design Sprint where students worked to design products catered to real patient needs.
Queen’s Women in Science and Engineering Workshop
March 25, 2023 – Kingston, ON
QBiT had the opportunity to present our innovations to future female scientists and engineers at Queen's Women in Science and Engineering workshop. Some of our members discussed their interests in science and engineering with the goal of inspiring these young girls to pursue an education in STEM!
Queen’s University Design Team Showcase
March 22, 2023 – Kingston, ON
QBiT placed 1st in the Queen's University Design Team Showcase!
Queen’s Global Biomedical Design Conference
March 11-12, 2023 – Kingston, ON
QBiT was involved in the development of the Queen's Global Biomedical Design conference. We help a workshop on Mental Health Disorders and Treatments to prepare students for the design competition that followed.
Queen’s Healthcare and Business Conference
March 10, 2023 – Kingston, ON
QBiT participated in the Queen's Healthcare and Business Conference Design Team Booth.
