{"id":21665,"date":"2025-11-14T21:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T21:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/?p=21665"},"modified":"2026-01-12T21:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:35:40","slug":"umcp-fischell-institute-welcomes-two-new-mpower-fellows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/umcp-fischell-institute-welcomes-two-new-mpower-fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"UMCP Fischell Institute Welcomes Two New MPower Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Published on the <a href=\"https:\/\/fischellinstitute.umd.edu\/news\/story\/fischell-institute-welcomes-new-mpower-fellows-chelsea-neumann-and-joel-bannerman?utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--7aQETk65-IjUVhHweHb14JpF0WppyvBD3TuuCA1biN5ayHpHM99GPMpOeDQ__qh8WsOSQ4nSBqc0RsVwbOyvmZzNPlA&amp;_hsmi=389998187&amp;utm_content=389998187&amp;utm_source=hs_email\">Fischell Institute website<\/a><\/strong> | <strong>November 14, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/chelsea-neumann\/\">Chelsea Neumann<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joelbannerman\/\">Joel Bannerman<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;joined the Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices as the seventh cohort of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fischellinstitute.umd.edu\/fischell-institute-and-mpower-entrepreneurship-fellowship\"><strong>Fischell Institute and MPower Entrepreneurship Fellows<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(<strong>MPower Fellows<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MPower Fellowship supports recent graduates from the University of Maryland\u2019s College Park and Baltimore campuses in transforming biomedical or medical device innovations into market-ready products. With help from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fischellinstitute.umd.edu\/about\/fischell-foundry\"><strong>Fischell Foundry<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;and faculty mentor&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fischellinstitute.umd.edu\/clark\/faculty\/1010\/Martha-Wang\">Martha Wang<\/a><\/strong>, who also serves as the Fischell Institute\u2019s assistant director, fellows are guided through the prototyping and commercialization process while simultaneously earning their Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neumann, who is pursuing her M.Eng. in bioengineering, joins the team with a history of medical device research and development. As an undergraduate at UMD, Neumann led the Bioengineering Alumni Cup Team for four years, where she showcased tenacity and an ability to think innovatively, while competing against other engineering departments to conceptualize and build a task-driven machine within limited parameters. Off campus, she spent years caring for and rehabilitating horses and dogs, cultivating her adaptability and empathy. Together, these experiences taught her to problem-solve under pressure and to design with compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During an undergraduate internship, Neumann worked with a medical device startup, opening her eyes to entrepreneurship. That experience, paired with her interest in taking her senior capstone project \u2014 a balloon tracheostomy dilation device meant to decrease procedure time and mitigate risks associated with the current standard of care \u2014 beyond the classroom, solidified her passion for medical device design and biocompatibility, and led her to the MPower fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI learned early on that engineering is as much about empathy as it is about invention,\u201d Neumann said. \u201cThrough this fellowship, I hope to leverage my passion for bioengineering and to make a meaningful impact in the healthcare industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bannerman, who is pursuing his M.Eng. in bioengineering, has long been drawn to the connection between engineering and medicine. 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