Seniors present projects designed to solve healthcare challenges
Recently, 30 teams of Biomedical Engineering students (a record 140 students) shared their projects in the Senior Design 2023 competition.
Projects spanned imaging, diagnostics, at-home care, pharmaceuticals, injury rehabilitation and detection, early detection, adaptive and assistive technologies and emergency care.
The Senior Design program builds students’ engineering skills and ability to solve important clinical needs through the development of translatable medical devices and systems.
“Several teams have submitted patent applications or have them in the works,” said Aem Aboelzahab, lead instructional labs and senior design projects coordinator. for the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering.
The Senior Design Project winners are:
Aesthetic Design: BoneBuddy
Members include: Charles King, Abhinav Krishnan, Sherya Krishnan, Richa Louis and Andrew Wacker.
Particular attention was paid to creative design, final prototype aesthetics, finishes and well-thought out details.
Translational Design: Diagnostix
Members include: Alex Bergendorf, Jett Stad, Priyadarshini Subramaniam, Svenie Thalor and Molly Tredway.
Project/prototype are well-placed for translational work to progress in the product development cycle. This could be related to IP potential, advanced testing (animal testing, human subject testing, etc.), manufacturing considerations in current prototype.
User Impact: ResiComfort
Members include: Grace Stephenson, Mackensie Hall, Leia Schiltz and Maggie Hanlon.
The solution has potential to impact many people, solve traditionally complex or life-threatening problems, or improve healthcare accessibility and make solutions available to under-served populations.
Design Iteration: Ostomeasure
Members include: Diya Sakhrani, Sathveka Sembian, Nikita Rao, Nick Buffo and Maya Federle.
Evidence of multiple design iterations to achieve final prototype. While this may not be explicitly covered in video, consider the iterations that would have been needed to achieve final prototype presented, including materials, integration difficulty.
Design Innovation: CAUTICare
Members include: Iris Layadi, Patricia (Pei-Lun) Chen, Allison Garrard, Shravan Ranganthan and Dhruv Patel.
The project device/prototype solves the problem in a unique way compared to industry standards or current technologies. This may involve using components in non-traditional ways, developing an unexpected solution, or achieving outcomes that drastically surpass current solutions.
Engineering Rigor: EchoEase
Members include: Jordan VanArsdale, Kaitlyn Reagen, Sasha Gonzalez, Logan Garvey and Sydney Loudermilk.
A high level of technical knowledge, experience and design involved in prototype development. Consider the total system, steps for integration, number of components, extent of testing, and difficulty inherent to the design.
Best Overall – SonicTap
Team members Zein Chehab, Rama Coimbatore, Nikki Kulkarni, Radhika Kulkarni and Tessa Wanthal.
2nd Place Overall– Harmoniject with team members Josh Sexton, Shaiv Mehra, Andrew Gangstad and Tommy Mullin.
3rd Place Overall – MI Track with team members Abbey Painter, Alyssa Hudgins, Alyssa Richards, Arthur Klein and Neha Rajeev.
4th Place Overall - Allaware with team members Aavya Srivastava, Ari Aghevli and Allison Lao.
The senior design projects course is offered each fall semester as the capstone course in the engineering design process. Teaching engineering design begins in the second year of the biomedical engineering program with several projects that teach design ideation and testing as components of technical biomedical engineering core courses.
“Our student successes are due in large part because of the mentors and sponsors who support the design projects with their time, expertise and financial support, said Hyowon (Hugh) Lee, associate professor and director of the Center for Implantable Devices. “We also appreciate our alumni who served as judges for the competition.”Recently, 30 teams of Biomedical Engineering students (a record 140 students) shared their projects in the Senior Design 2023 competition.
Projects spanned imaging, diagnostics, at-home care, pharmaceuticals, injury rehabilitation and detection, early detection, adaptive and assistive technologies and emergency care.
The Senior Design program builds students’ engineering skills and ability to solve important clinical needs through the development of translatable medical devices and systems.
“Several teams have submitted patent applications or have them in the works,” said Aem Aboelzahab, lead instructional labs and senior design projects coordinator. for the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering.
The Senior Design Project winners are:
Aesthetic Design: BoneBuddy
Members include: Charles King, Abhinav Krishnan, Sherya Krishnan, Richa Louis and Andrew Wacker.
Particular attention was paid to creative design, final prototype aesthetics, finishes and well-thought out details.
Translational Design: Diagnostix
Members include: Alex Bergendorf, Jett Stad, Priyadarshini Subramaniam, Svenie Thalor and Molly Tredway.
Project/prototype are well-placed for translational work to progress in the product development cycle. This could be related to IP potential, advanced testing (animal testing, human subject testing, etc.), manufacturing considerations in current prototype.
User Impact: ResiComfort
Members include: Grace Stephenson, Mackensie Hall, Leia Schiltz and Maggie Hanlon.
The solution has potential to impact many people, solve traditionally complex or life-threatening problems, or improve healthcare accessibility and make solutions available to under-served populations.
Design Iteration: Ostomeasure
Members include: Diya Sakhrani, Sathveka Sembian, Nikita Rao, Nick Buffo and Maya Federle.
Evidence of multiple design iterations to achieve final prototype. While this may not be explicitly covered in video, consider the iterations that would have been needed to achieve final prototype presented, including materials, integration difficulty.
Design Innovation: CAUTICare
Members include: Iris Layadi, Patricia (Pei-Lun) Chen, Allison Garrard, Shravan Ranganthan and Dhruv Patel.
The project device/prototype solves the problem in a unique way compared to industry standards or current technologies. This may involve using components in non-traditional ways, developing an unexpected solution, or achieving outcomes that drastically surpass current solutions.
Engineering Rigor: EchoEase
Members include: Jordan VanArsdale, Kaitlyn Reagen, Sasha Gonzalez, Logan Garvey and Sydney Loudermilk.
A high level of technical knowledge, experience and design involved in prototype development. Consider the total system, steps for integration, number of components, extent of testing, and difficulty inherent to the design.
Best Overall – SonicTap
Team members Zein Chehab, Rama Coimbatore, Nikki Kulkarni, Radhika Kulkarni and Tessa Wanthal.
2nd Place Overall– Harmoniject with team members Josh Sexton, Shaiv Mehra, Andrew Gangstad and Tommy Mullin.
3rd Place Overall – MI Track with team members Abbey Painter, Alyssa Hudgins, Alyssa Richards, Arthur Klein and Neha Rajeev.
4th Place Overall - Allaware with team members Aavya Srivastava, Ari Aghevli and Allison Lao.
The senior design projects course is offered each fall semester as the capstone course in the engineering design process. Teaching engineering design begins in the second year of the biomedical engineering program with several projects that teach design ideation and testing as components of technical biomedical engineering core courses.
“Our student successes are due in large part because of the mentors and sponsors who support the design projects with their time, expertise and financial support, said Hyowon (Hugh) Lee, associate professor and director of the Center for Implantable Devices. “We also appreciate our alumni who served as judges for the competition.”
Learn more about the senior design projects course at: https://engineering.purdue.edu/BME/Academics/Undergraduate/Current/SeniorDesign
