A high percentage of women aged 15-65 avoid pelvic procedures involving speculums due to fear of discomfort, which can lead to increased rates of reproductive health issues. But one Senior Design team at the Weldon School devised a solution includes a novel opening mechanism, a tri-valvular conical blade design, variable blade sizes, and a novel locking mechanism. This novel design allows for easy insertion and less patient discomfort, and with transparent blades, physicians will have improved visualization of the vaginal wall.

Four senior design teams were recognized for outstanding achievement at the annual Purdue University Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Projects Presentations and Demonstrations. On Dec. 13, 18 teams presented innovative engineering solutions to address various real patient, clinical, and healthcare needs to an audience that included the teams’ industry and clinical partners, the Purdue community, and the public.

Four Purdue University students in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering have developed a novel anatomically correct and hands-on breastfeeding simulator system to assist the training of perinatal nurses and professionals.

Magic can happen when senior design teams are mentored by seasoned industry and clinical partners. A real-needs project brought to a creative student team can yield surprising and wonderful results and is rewarding for both mentors and mentees. The Weldon School welcomes a diverse mix of mentors and sponsors and provides a supportive environment for development of a vast array of projects.

Four students from the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering took on the challenge of using engineering to try to save lives in Ecuador and other countries, and their efforts have been nationally recognized.

A student team from Purdue's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering will participate in the prestigious Rice Business Plan Competition in April. The same team brought home $15K for their second place finish at Purdue's 30th Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition.

A team of Weldon School senior design students won first place at Purdue’s Spark Challenge in December 2016. The team presented their project, “StrideSmart,” a smart assistive cane attachment for the geriatric population to help monitor patient walking patterns and potentially prevent falls for users. The device would notify users of irregular walking patterns in real-time through a companion smartphone application.

At every Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Exposition, a "Best Senior Design Project" is chosen via a popular vote. Here is a list of the winning projects from 2013 to 2016.

A team of Weldon School senior design students who created and prototyped an economically feasible method for diagnosing tuberculosis in small children won first prize in the 2016 NIH NIBIB/VentureWell Design by Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) competition.

HemoTherm, led by biomedical engineering seniors Tori Clift and Stephanie Eichman and Sahil Sanghani, a senior in electrical and computer engineering, won the $20,000 top prize in the Black Division for their device to treat hypothermia.