Innovative Global Solutions
Fall 2025 Team Picture
Who are we
Innovative Global Solutions (IGS) is a student enterprise at Michigan Technological University dedicated to designing affordable, high-impact technologies for developing communities. Originally founded in 2015 as International Business Ventures (IBV), the team has produced multiple award-winning global-health projects, including a mobile clinic implemented in Ghana, a vaccine cold-transport device recognized at the 2019 and 2020 Design Expos, and an aquaponics system deplayed in Kenya.
Today, IGS’s flagship effort is the Infant Incubator Project, which focuses on creating a reliable, low-cost neonatal incubator for low-resource settings. In Spring 2025, Incubator earned First Place in the Design Expo Innovation Awards category at Michigan Tech’s 25th Design Expo, highlighting its strong engineering deisng and potential real-world impact.
IGS enables students to take ideas from concept to prototype while collaborating with industry experts and global partners, providing hands-on experience that prepares members for meaningful engineering careers.
Our Strategy
Innovative Global Solutions continues today going strong- designing affordable products for developing countries through the engineering design process. Not only does IGS take an idea from concept to final product, but we also get to collaborate with industry experts and allow members to gain valuable skills and experiences that can be applicable to their future careers.
Current Projects
Infant Incubator
EST. 2020
Developing a low-cost, low-power incubator to foster an optimal environment for infants in sub-Saharan Africa.
Focusing on the housing unit and controls, including temperature, humidity, and heart-rate.
Medical Tent Environmental Control
EST. 2023
Producing a supplementary product that will be used in temporary emergency shelters. This device will enhance the patient/provider interaction by affecting the nearby environmental characteristics.
Emergency Respiratory Filtration System
EST. 2024
Developing a lightweight, low-cost, low-power CPAP machine to assist in emergencies in sub-Saharan Africa. Focusing on filtration of air, controls, and casing of the device.
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About Enterprise
Enterprise at Michigan Technological University is when students work in teams on real projects, with real clients, in an environment that’s more like a business than a classroom. With coaching and guidance from faculty mentors, 26 Enterprise teams work to invent products, provide services, and pioneer solutions.