AUC students win first place at Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition 2022

AUC students win first place at Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition 2022

Five students from the Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering at the American University in Cairo won first place globally in the Johns Hopkins University Healthcare Design Competition 2022 in the digital health track for their device, GlucoClip, a glucose blood monitoring device for diabetics.

The team, made up of Maha Shata, Fatima Luqma, Mostafa Nossier, Ahmed al-Ghoul and Seif Ahmed (university graduate in 2021), is the only Egyptian team amongst the finalists.

“We are proud to represent the American University in Cairo and Egypt in this international competition,” says Nossier, adding that the GlucoClip device will have a wide impact on the lives of 537 million diabetics around the world.

The competition attracted undergraduates and alumni from around the world, and saw 120 projects submitted by 74 universities and 18 countries.

GlucoClip succeeded in obtaining first place after being nominated among seven other candidates for the digital design track.

The students began designing and developing the GlucoClip as part of their graduation project under the supervision of Professor of Electronics and Communications Engineering at the university, Hassanein Amer.

Safer, easier alternative for diabetics

The device monitors blood glucose level with a high level of accuracy, safety and non-invasiveness using near-infrared spectroscopy.

It aims to help diabetics, and