Design to the Rescue

Providence, RI - April, 7, 2007

With a new twist on interdisciplinary collaboration, Brown bioengineers and disaster-resonse experts teamed up with students and faculty from RISD on an industrial design project to improve protective gear for paramedics. The resulting prototype was featured in the April issue of Metropolis magazine and was presented at the National Disaster Medical System Conference.

Professor of Orthopaedics Joseph "Trey" Crisco, Adjunct Professor of Engineering and CEO and Chief Scientist of Bay Computer Associates David Durfee, and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Selim Suner worked with students from both schools in the RIH Medical Simulations Center. RISD instructors Matt Cottam and Jasper Speicher —a certified EMT—co-taught the joint studio course.

Source: The Faculty Update, Office of Biomedical Advancement, Brown University, April 2007