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2025 ASEE PSW Conference

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Christine E King, University of California, Irvine; kadin diec, University of California, Irvine; Dalton Salvo, University of California, Irvine

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emphasizes that identifying unmet clinical needs must includeglobal healthcare settings, not just local communities. Many undergraduate BME programs offerglobal engineering experiences through extracurricular programs and international internships,collaborating with organizations like the International Federation for Medical and BiologicalEngineering [14], Engineering World Health [15], and Engineers Without Borders [16]. Someprograms incorporate capstone projects [17], where students work with clinical partners indeveloping countries. However, these capstones lack direct student immersion in foreignhealthcare settings before solution development. Internships and summer programs allow in-person observation but face high costs, housing challenges

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2025 ASEE PSW Conference

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Tiffany Marie Chan, University of California, Davis; Saahil Sachdeva, University of California, Davis; Xianglong Wang, University of California, Davis

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Diversity

. Additionally, she serves as the chair of the undergraduate subcommittee for the department’s Health, Equity, and Wellness committee and holds the position of president in the BMES student chapter at UC Davis.Saahil Sachdeva, University of California, Davis Saahil Sachdeva is a 4th-year undergraduate student in biomedical engineering at UC Davis. After completing his role as the 2024 Peer Mentor for the BME at the Health Campus program, he is now guiding the students to integrate their clinical immersion experience into their upcoming capstone projects. Saahil is also actively involved in research, including the development of a bone marrow microphysiological system under Dr. Steven George at UC Davis and an innovative