Third Summer Seminar Held
| Event Date: | June 29, 2005 |
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Open to students, faculty, staff, and prospective students, the Summer Seminar series provides students the opportunity to present research and develop presentation skills in a friendly and supportive environment. After the presentation, there is a session for technical questions, then a session to provide feedback and constructive criticism on the presentation itself.
Students who take part in the series are eligible for the Fearnot Prize. Dr. Neal Fearnot, a Purdue alumnus and president of MED Institute, established this award because he felt that the experience he gained as a student presenter at the BME summer seminar series was extremely valuable. The award is presented to the graduate student whose presentation receives the highest evaluation from the faculty, students and staff attending the seminars.
2005-06-29 08:00:00 2005-06-29 17:00:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis Third Summer Seminar Held Graduate student Aaron Kyle has presented the third summer seminar series on Feasibility and Design of an Acoustic Guidance System for Fluid-Filled IV Catheters. Acoustic-guidance has proven to be valuable in the placement and monitoring of air-filled breathing tubes. Yet, some of the greatest potential for use of such systems lies in the areas of vascular and urological medicine, where tubes and catheters in clinical use are liquid-filled. The research being done by Kyle, under faculty advisors George R. Wodicka and J. Stuart Bolton, begins the process of adapting the systems for use in liquid environments. The research has found that acoustic transmission line analysis can be used to accurately model acoustic performance in simple liquid-filled tubes, paving the way for adaptation into complex catheter systems. Purdue University