Juan Fernandez, lead machinist at Houston Methodist Hospital, builds and modifies devices in the machine shop located in a Houston Methodist parking garage.
Juan Fernandez, lead machinist at Houston Methodist Hospital, builds and modifies devices in the machine shop located in a Houston Methodist parking garage.
Design engineer intern Sergio Lopez works at the AT&T Foundry for Connected Health at the Texas Medical Center, which develops digital health solutions that bridge the gap between the clinical and home setting.
Design engineer intern Sergio Lopez works at the AT&T Foundry for Connected Health at the Texas Medical Center, which develops digital health solutions that bridge the gap between the clinical and home setting.
Christine Luk, a master’s degree student in bioengineering at Rice University; Karen Vasquez Ruiz, who graduated from Rice this spring with a degree in bioengineering; and Sonia Gomez Parra, who earned her Ph.D. in bioengineering from Rice this spring, examine a cervix model at the OEDK.
Christine Luk, a master’s degree student in bioengineering at Rice University; Karen Vasquez Ruiz, who graduated from Rice this spring with a degree in bioengineering; and Sonia Gomez Parra, who earned her Ph.D. in bioengineering from Rice this spring, examine a cervix model at the OEDK.
Welding jackets, helmets and lab coats are stored on a rack at the Center for Device Innovation (CDI @ TMC), a collaboration between Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, Johnson & Johnson Innovation and the Texas Medical Center.
Welding jackets, helmets and lab coats are stored on a rack at the Center for Device Innovation (CDI @ TMC), a collaboration between Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, Johnson & Johnson Innovation and the Texas Medical Center.
Carlos Amaro, operations manager for the CDI @ TMC, uses a laser cutter.
Carlos Amaro, operations manager for the CDI @ TMC, uses a laser cutter.
Jeremy Palmer works at Rice University’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK), a space for students to design, prototype and deploy solutions to real-world problems. Palmer graduated this spring with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
Jeremy Palmer works at Rice University’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK), a space for students to design, prototype and deploy solutions to real-world problems. Palmer graduated this spring with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
An orthotist/prosthetist at Shriners Hospitals for Children - Houston, a pediatric orthopedic hospital that is also a research and teaching center, smooths a mold of a patient’s limb before creating a brace.
An orthotist/prosthetist at Shriners Hospitals for Children - Houston, a pediatric orthopedic hospital that is also a research and teaching center, smooths a mold of a patient’s limb before creating a brace.
Tools hang on the wall at the AT&T Foundry.
Tools hang on the wall at the AT&T Foundry.
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In the workshop: TMC institutions transform ideas into realities

TMC workshops give life to ideas and offer space to tinker

By Texas Medical Center May 31, 2019

In the workshop: TMC institutions transform ideas into realities

What does it take to transform ideas into realities? Determination, tools and space to tinker. At workshops across the Texas Medical Center, engineers, machinists, researchers and students strive to find innovative solutions to the biggest problems facing health care. Take a look inside some of them.

Johnson & Johnson Center for Device Innovation (CDI)

 

Rice University’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK)

 

Houston Methodist Hospital

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