Phase 5 · Final Milestone & Public Showcase
Grand Pitch Symposium: Presentation & Deliverable Guidelines
Comprehensive evaluation protocol for the final course milestone: 15-minute public pitch, interactive virtual demonstration, technical dossier compilation, and translation awards.
Course: IDNE 701 (Fall 2026)
Milestone Date: Dec 04–11, 2026 (Week 14)
Venue: Grand Showcase Salon & Web Stream
Instructor: Mark Bolding, PhD
01. The Three Final Course Deliverables
Each student engineering team must submit the tripartite deliverable package prior to final defense:
Deliverable 1: Technical Design Dossier
A comprehensive 25-page technical report covering forward physical formulation, sensor array CAD/schematics, noise budget calculations, reconstruction algorithms, safety dose simulations (SAR/MPE/Thermal), and FDA 510(k)/De Novo regulatory roadmap.
Deliverable 2: Simulation Codebase Repo
A clean, documented GitHub repository containing the end-to-end digital twin: substrate anatomical generator, forward operator, noise/motion injector, and reconstruction/ML biomarker pipeline with reproducible Jupyter notebooks.
Deliverable 3: Executive Pitch Deck & Brief
A polished 15-minute slide deck and 1-page clinical executive summary tailored for venture evaluators, clinical department chairs, and FDA review officers.
02. Symposium Pitch & Live Demo Timing
| Time Segment |
Format & Content |
Evaluation Focus |
| 00:00 – 08:00 |
Problem Formulation & Biophysical Innovation |
Unmet clinical need (Grand Challenge 06), biophysical contrast mechanism, and transducer array architecture. |
| 08:00 – 12:00 |
Live Interactive Simulation Demonstration |
Real-time software execution: data stream, motion corruption, reconstruction, and biomarker extraction. |
| 12:00 – 15:00 |
Safety, Regulatory Roadmap & Clinical Translation |
FDA classification, predicate device justification, IRB human subjects protocol, and commercialization timeline. |
| 15:00 – 22:00 |
Guest Panel Defense (Q&A) |
Rigorous defense against challenging questions from faculty clinicians, engineers, and regulatory mentors. |
03. Symposium Awards
🥇 Grand Prize: Best Neuroengineering Innovation
Awarded to the team demonstrating the highest technical rigor in combining novel forward physics with high-performance sensor hardware.
👶 Neonatal Translation Excellence Award
Recognizing the team that best addresses the fragile clinical constraints of Grand Challenge 06 (NICU compatibility, zero-abrasion skin safety, bedside biomarker utility).
💻 Best Computational Pipeline
Awarded for exemplary open-source codebase architecture, algorithmic efficiency, and reproducible inverse reconstruction.