Engineering Tomorrow

Lab day event

Biomedical Engineering

Using Light to Cure Disease

October 23, 2024|10am–1pm EST

what you will learn

This lab will allow students to play the role of a biomedical engineer.

They will learn about sunlight, and its characteristics, as well as some characteristics of the human body. Using this knowledge they will critically think in order to discover a treatment for Grover’s disease.

Keynote Speaker

Bill Woodburn

Founder and Engineer,

Engineering Tomorrow and Global Infrastructure Partners

Schedule

10–10:30am Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
10:30–11:30am Biomedical Engineering Lab Challenge
11:30am–12:15pm Q&A and Wrap-up
12:15–1pm Keynote Speaker: Bill Woodburn

Lab Days feature time for students to interact with college engineering students and professional engineers!

Meet our keynote speaker

Bill Woodburn

Bill is the founder of Engineering Tomorrow and a Founding Partner of Global Infrastructure Partners — a private equity fund focused on energy and transportation asset investing and ownership.

Prior to the formation of GIP in 2006, Bill spent 23 years at GE, where he served as President and CEO of GE Infrastructure and GE Specialty Materials.

Bill holds M.S. and B.S. degrees in Engineering from Northwestern University and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, respectively. He is also a Member of the National Academy of Engineering.

what is a lab day?

Lab Days are live, virtual field trips.

Virtual field trip event 
3 hours live, available later on demand

Event type 
No-cost, hands-on live-streamed event

Your students will come together virtually with other classes all over the country to learn about a specific topic in engineering and complete their own related projects.
Participate live for the event — or attend as much as you can and watch the rest on demand.