14/09/2026
Last week, our team presented our work at the x Biomedical Industry & Research Showcase 2026, bringing our Total Artificial Heart project alongside some of Brisbane’s leading biomedical researchers, industry organisations and student teams.
We had some fantastic engagement at our stall, with our members sharing the engineering behind our Total Artificial Heart and the progress we’ve made through the Heart Hackathon. Events like this give our students the opportunity to represent QUT, build genuine industry connections and showcase how engineering and medical engineering can come together to tackle real-world healthcare challenges.
A massive thank you to the QUT Heartbeats members who volunteered their time to run the stall and represent the team. The enthusiasm and technical knowledge you brought to every conversation was a great reflection of what this team is about. 💙🩷
Special recognition goes to our Clinical Lead, Eden C., who took the lead on our involvement in the showcase. Eden put a huge amount of work into making the night happen and did an outstanding job!
It was also fantastic to share the room with organisations including Cook Medical, Cochlear, Philips, Materialise,Vaxxas, BPEQ, Engineers Australia, Critical Care Research Group, Queensland Health, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Southern RNA 🧬 , Gelomics, Bionics Gamechangers Australia, and Kimaritec PTY LTD.
Thank you to UQ Biotechnology Society, UQ Biomedical Engineering Society (UQ BMES), QUT BiOMS, FoME QUT and all of the other student organisations involved in bringing the biomedical communities together.
QUT Centre for Biomedical Technologies, QUT Biofabrication & Tissue Morphology Group, QUT Engineering, Architecture and Built Environment, QUT (Queensland University of Technology), Heart Hackathon, Eden, Aidan, Nicholas, Saffiyah, Cassie, Paco, Lara, Matthew.
