BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T000445Z UID:E78E6760-B942-4318-A8FE-63BD0D537058 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260210T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260210T210000 DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid in-person and online event. Pre-registration i s required for either.\n\nWhat does it take to engineer a system that must run nonstop for years\, without failure\, inside the most hostile environ ment imaginable—the human body? In this talk\, Ian Coll McEachern shares lessons from two decades designing Class III medical devices\, surgical r obotics\, and most notably\, contributing to the architecture and developm ent of an artificial heart. Instead of focusing on any single invention\, this talk reveals the methodology behind navigating extreme technical risk when dozens of tightly coupled subsystems must evolve simultaneously.\n\n Ian will walk through a practical framework for managing complexity: ident ifying unknowns early\, building parallel test beds\, using simulation to reduce risk before fabrication\, and validating assumptions through rapid physical prototyping. Attendees will see how constraints—size\, power\, fluids\, mechanics\, biocompatibility\, and reliability—become a forcing function for innovation rather than a barrier\, and how disciplined itera tion beats brute force engineering every single time.\n\nWhile rooted in l ife-critical medical devices\, these principles apply far beyond healthcar e. Whether designing robotics\, storage hardware\, automation systems\, or high-reliability consumer products\, this presentation will present a fie ld-tested roadmap for tackling daunting engineering challenges\, orchestra ting cross-domain complexity\, and building systems that must not fail.\n\ nSpeaker(s): Ian Coll McEachern\n\n925 Thompson Place\, Sunnyvale\, Califo rnia\, United States\, 94085\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/5 18440 LOCATION:925 Thompson Place\, Sunnyvale\, California\, United States\, 9408 5\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/518440 ORGANIZER:dmsnyder@ieee.org SEQUENCE:20 SUMMARY:Designing an Artificial Heart: A Systems Approach to Building the I mpossible URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/518440 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>This is a hybrid in-person and onl ine event. Pre-registration is required for either.</strong></p>\n<p>What does it take to engineer a system that must run nonstop for years\, withou t failure\, inside the most hostile environment imaginable&mdash\;the huma n body? In this talk\, Ian Coll McEachern shares lessons from two decades designing Class III medical devices\, surgical robotics\, and most notably \, contributing to the architecture and development of an artificial heart . Instead of focusing on any single invention\, this talk reveals the meth odology behind navigating extreme technical risk when dozens of tightly co upled subsystems must evolve simultaneously.</p>\n<p>Ian will walk through a practical framework for managing complexity: identifying unknowns early \, building parallel test beds\, using simulation to reduce risk before fa brication\, and validating assumptions through rapid physical prototyping. Attendees will see how constraints&mdash\;size\, power\, fluids\, mechani cs\, biocompatibility\, and reliability&mdash\;become a forcing function f or innovation rather than a barrier\, and how disciplined iteration beats brute force engineering every single time.</p>\n<p>While rooted in life-cr itical medical devices\, these principles apply far beyond healthcare. Whe ther designing robotics\, storage hardware\, automation systems\, or high- reliability consumer products\, this presentation will present a field-tes ted roadmap for tackling daunting engineering challenges\, orchestrating c ross-domain complexity\, and building systems that must not fail.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR