Biomedical Engineering Project Team
Engineering solutions
that matter.
Cornell DEBUT is an undergraduate project team that develops innovative biomedical devices — from initial concept through prototype — and competes in VentureWell's national DEBUT competition.
Our Mission
Developing innovative solutions to biomedical needs.
We are a team of undergraduates from across Cornell's colleges who come together to develop novel solutions for real biomedical problems. After two years of research and development, our project is submitted to VentureWell's DEBUT competition — judged on innovation, feasibility, marketability, and patentability.
More than twenty universities — including Columbia and Johns Hopkins — compete annually for up to $20,000.
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Phase I — Year One
The first year focuses on research, concept development, and design. Teams validate the problem, explore technical approaches, and prepare the initial proof-of-concept work that becomes the foundation for Phase II.
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Phase II — Year Two
The second year emphasizes prototyping, testing, and refinement. Phase II teams build on the Phase I concept with lab work, iterative design improvements, and competition-ready demonstration of the final solution.
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Business
Patent searches, market analysis, economic feasibility, budgeting, sponsorship, and team operations.