Biomedical Engineering

Anika Attaluri Ava Claire Lariego Anushka Limaye Neha Shakir Tina Ton

Modular Optical System that Acts as an Adapter for Smart Devices

This project aims to develop a low-cost, smartphone-adaptable ophthalmic imaging device that can be used to improve access and quality of eye care, particularly in emergency departments (i.e., triage contexts) and resource-limited settings (e.g., remote and/or rural clinics). Current tabletop ophthalmic imaging tools can be expensive and bulky, and thus not widely or easily available…

Jocelyne Espinoza Simone LaMagna Riley Perez Kylie Peterson Alexis Williams

Post-Partum Hemorrhage

Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide, affecting about 1 in 5 women after childbirth. It’s defined as a blood loss of 500 mL or more within 24 hours of vaginal delivery and 1000 mL or more after a cesarean. Despite its severity, PPH is often detected through visual estimation or…

Vibha Kannan Ava Marushak Tatum McMillan Ssinzi Maria Nabatanzi Anusha Patibandla

Bone Breaker

Within the last hundred years, a considerable stall in fracture research at the growth plate has contributed to inadequacies in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric orthopedic fractures, sometimes leading to lifelong pain, immobility, and deformities. This issue is the result of a lack of research devices to study and better understand growth plate fractures….

Ella Gleason, Allyiah Gomez, Kylie Hartana, Nicholas Steele, and Isabella Valli-Doherty

Developing an Automated, Continuous Counting Inventory Module for Medication Management and Drug Diversion Prevention

PharmAccount is developing an innovative module that integrates continuous medication counting into medication management systems like the BD Pyxis™ MedStation to address inefficiencies and vulnerabilities in hospital medication management. Hospitals face challenges in maintaining accurate medication inventory, preventing drug diversion, and reducing administrative burdens on nursing staff. The reliance on manual blind counts is time-consuming,…

Sofia Andrade, Ruhi Dharan, Ashley Hill, Sheetal Jha, and Lillian (Lily) Moffatt

Women’s Health

 Biomarkers available in the vaginal canal can provide valuable and accurate information for reproductive health. Accurate monitoring can provide insights into fertility, cycle tracking, and infection detection. This development includes an intravaginal sensor that measures temperature and pH levels. Data would be available on a HIPAA complaint, encrypted app for patient and clinician use. Data…

Batool Abuzeina, Luis Andrade, Carlos Escandon, Brianna Grice, and Andrew Zehnder

Breast Localization

As of 2024, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, with 313,510 new cases and 42,250 deaths in that year alone. Most patients are eventually treated with breast-conserving surgery (BCS). The current treatment paradigm in patients undergoing BCS involves at least three invasive procedures including (1) biopsy; (2) placement…

Brain NMR Metabolomics Using Extracted Liquid Samples vs Focused Beam Microwave Fixed Solid Tissues

Magic Angle Spinning (MAS) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy is known for its ability to produce sharper, more resolved peaks compared to traditional liquid chemical extraction NMR. The broad, poorly resolved peaks typically observed in liquid NMR average out in solid-state MAS, resulting in higher quality data, especially when applied to complex samples such as…

Local Field Potential Modulations in the Motor Cortex Arising from Different Tactile Cues and Visual Feedback in a Mixed Reality Environment

Multisensory integration is a complex integration of multiple senses used to form percepts that are critical for interacting with one’s surroundings. Mixed reality platforms are a way to study multisensory integration. In a recent study from the lab, a mixed reality platform was used to examine effects of different tactile cues and arm visual feedback…

Discovering the 6th Degree of Freedom: How to Incorporate the Electrode Lead in the DBS Automatic Leksell Frame Adjuster Device

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a neurosurgical treatment that uses electrical stimulation to targeted portions of the brain to treat conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, Tourettes, OCD, and obesity. The current Leksell frame Adjuster is an antiquated device that neurosurgeons have been using that is very tedious and outdated for them. I will be…

Student posing in front of a robotic arm

Assessing Cognitive Performance during Dynamic Activities with Varying Insole Textures

Assessing the data quality and overall presence of current excited signal is an important stage of screening and processing the data produced from Magnetic Resonance Electrical Impedance Tomography (MREIT) experiments. To do this, Signal to Noise (SNR) analysis and two methods of subtractive comparison were utilized. The data analyzed consisted of previously collected MREIT scans…