{"id":271,"date":"2016-11-04T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T20:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/?p=271"},"modified":"2025-07-28T17:03:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T21:03:55","slug":"bme-design-team-wins-bmeidea-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/news\/bme-design-team-wins-bmeidea-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"BME Design Team Wins BMEidea Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/FastCast-Team-768x513-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272\" style=\"width:406px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/FastCast-Team-768x513-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/FastCast-Team-768x513-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The BME Design Team, which is made up of seven graduate students, has cause to celebrate. The team, now being referred to as the FastCast team, won first place in the BMEidea competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first place prize includes $10,000 and the BMEidea trophy, which is the equivalent of the Stanley Cup of this competition. The team will keep the trophy for one year and then it will be passed on to the winner of next year\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team, who is led by MABE Associate Professor Xiaopeng Zhao, won the competition with their FastCast design. The FastCast is an orthopedic cast they say will improve patient experience and save cost and time. The FastCast overcomes a lot of the problems associated with the common cast that\u2019s made of plaster by being easy to apply and remove, waterproof, allowing visualization and breathability of skin, and applicable to any extremity. The FastCast uses a new \u201cparticle jamming\u201d technique that makes application possible in less than two minutes compared to the 30-60 minutes it takes for a plaster cast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the first place prize, the team also won the TREAT award, which includes an additional $1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BMEidea trophy is currently on display in room 410 of the Dougherty Engineering Building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BME Design Team made up of seven graduate students won first place in the BMEidea competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[58],"class_list":["post-271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bme-design-team"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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