Senior design teams showcase innovations for real medical needs
Following formal presentations, the teams demonstrated their devices in a spacious, state-of-the-art capstone design lab in the Weldon School’s new Innovation Wing. The teams had worked with faculty and staff advisors and industry and clinical mentors throughout the fall semester to identify and characterize existing needs; develop an approach; and build, test, and refine their devices. All of the teams developed their products to as close of a finished prototype as possible; some teams are working with Purdue’s Office of Technology Commercialization to patent their devices.
At the culmination of the event, four outstanding teams were recognized. The top three teams were selected by faculty and staff advisors, while the audience voted for the People’s Choice Award. The following are the winning teams.
1st Place: NUTRIX - Breast Milk Analyzer to Improve Infant’s Individualized Fortification

Team Members (left to right): Renxiang Tang, Maria del Mar Davila, Bethany Doehrman, Maryam Nuru.
Learn about NUTRIX.
2nd Place: ENLIGHTEN - Device for Nursing Student Training in Sterile Catheter Procedures

Team Members (left to right): Srinivas Govindan, Ali AbuSaleh, Apoorva Bhagwat, Sawyer Kieffer
Learn about ENLIGHTEN.
3rd Place: Automating Bacillus Cereus Detection in a Human Milk Bank Setting

Team Members (left to right): Elizabeth Manes, Kallista A. Dentice, Dalton Sullivan, Sameer P. Leley,
Learn about this system.
People’s Choice Award: OnePill – Redesigning the Prescription Bottle for Pediatric Medication Safety

Team Members (top, left to right): Nick Laten, Drew Fox, Jason Ummel. (Bottom, left to right): Prisca Mbachu, Megan Hofstetter
Learn about OnePill.
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Senior Design at the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering