Senior Design
In the senior year, all BME students are required to take a two-semester capstone course: Biomedical Engineering Design. Students work within a team to tackle an open-ended design project in biomedical engineering. The class builds upon all previous BME coursework, and also includes industrial elements such as entrepreneurship, market research and regulatory considerations. Every project is mentored by at least one BME faculty member. Students end their final semester with a demonstration of their prototype device and are judged by a panel of faculty and invited guests from industry.
(Course instructors, Prof. Elizabeth Hillman and Prof. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic)
CLASS OF 2009 PROJECTS
UriPatch
Hydration monitoring device
Advisor: Prof. Clark Hung
Infranostics
Breast Imaging / monitoring technology
Advisor: Prof. Andreas Hielscher
smArt Maps
SMA Motion tracker
Advisor: Prof. Elisa Konofagou
Swim Sense
Anti-drowning device
Advisor: Prof. Gerard Ateshian
Hyperion
Organ transplant viability monitor
Advisor: Prof. Hayden Huang
GlucoVision
Advisor: Prof. Christopher Jacobs
The Heat Elite
Wireless core body temperature and heart rate monitor
Advisor: Prof. Lance Kam
Hearing Mate
Assistive device for the hearing impaired
Advisor: Prof. Elizabeth Olson
Green Dot
Refrigerator accessory for pharmaceutical storage
Advisor: Prof. Samuel Sia
Graviance
Gravity Neutral Orthotic for SMA children
Advisor: Prof. Barclay Morrison
iTrek
Spatial / Audio encoder for the visually impaired
Advisor: Prof. Edward Guo
CLASS OF 2008 PROJECTS
Drug delivery device incorporating EKG-based monitoring and event prediction.Advisor: Prof Kevin Costa.
Concussion-predictive device for young athletes.
Advisor: Prof Ed Guo.
Gravity-neutral orthotic for children with spinal muscular atrophy.
Advisor: Prof Barclay Morrison
Pill dispenser, organizer and scheduler (National Design Competition).
Advisor: Prof Lance Kam
Exercise-cycle based evaluation of ACL repair.
Advisor: Prof Clark Hung
Wireless foot pressure / roll sensor for runners
Advisor: Prof Paul Sajda
Neonatal ventilator for developing countries.
Advisor: Prof Sam Sia
Motion-capture system for evaluation of children with spinal muscular atrophy.
Advisor: Prof Elisa Konofagou
*Participating in the RERC-AMI Senior Design Competition http://www.rerc-ami.org/ami/projects/d/2/2/announce/
IQueue won second place in the RERC-AMI Senior Design Competition 2008.
(Course instructors, Prof. Elizabeth Hillman and Prof. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic)