Nursing and Engineering Innovation

Our Mission

Unleash the untapped potential of nurses and engineers working together as health-care innovation leaders.  

Foster the ability for rapid, effective application of nursing and engineering skill sets to identify issues and realize innovative solutions.

Pioneer innovation through the intersection of nursing, engineering, and research. 

This interdisciplinary project brings Nursing and Engineering students together to explore modular, mobile robotic research and the educational ecosystem to create solutions to health-care problems.

From fully autonomous disinfecting systems to invasive surgical devices, the incorporation of robotic technology into the health-care system is ongoing and changing the practice of nursing rapidly. To better prepare health-care workers, it is essential that these new technologies are integrated into the field of nursing at multiple levels, including hospital administration, clinical workplace, and university education. Students especially need to interact with robots to better understand and utilize this technology in a controlled setting before patient care is involved.

This project will provide the groundwork for the creation of a modularized robotic educational tool that Nursing and Engineering students can use to increase familiarity with robots that may be encountered in the workplace. This project is in collaboration with Professor Tracey Cobb of the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing.

2022 Nursing and Engineering Innovation Symposium