Center for Biodevices sponsors six 2021 capstone design projects
The Bernard M. Gordon Learning Factory will launch its spring 2021 project showcase on April 30, highlighting research collaborative research projects across disciplines. Six of these projects are the result of capstone design teams currently working on biodevice-related projects this semester, sponsored by the Center for Biodevices Innovation Grants.
Wearable functional chest patch for detecting critical conditions from coronavirus
- Sponsor: Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
- Team members:
Tyler Douglas, mechanical engineering
Patrick Finn, electrical engineering
Ninad Mahajan, biomedical engineering
Joshua May, mechanical engineering
Nicholas Ross, mechanical engineering
David Sheffey, electrical engineering
Low-cost extrudable biocompatible catheter body for the physical-plasma cardiovascular catheter
- Sponsor: Sean Knecht, assistant teaching professor of engineering design
- Team members:
Sabrina Dobron, biomedical engineering
Joseph Gluzman, mechanical engineering
Ethan Goodstein, mechanical engineering
Dax Hoffman, materials science
Seth Laporta, mechanical engineering
Abhijeet Maniktala, materials science
Non-invasive neurostimulatory device to improve mobility in Parkinson’s Disease
- Sponsor: Xiao Liu, assistant professor of biomedical engineering
- Team members:
David Dzordzorme, mechanical engineering
Lingqi Li, mechanical engineering
Stephen Lombardo, materials science
Connor Moore, biomedical engineering
Shengkai Xu, electrical engineering
Development of improved face mask fixation method to attach mask to head
- Sponsor: Michael Hickner, professor of materials science and engineering and chemical engineering
- Team members:
Patrick Flynn, mechanical engineering
Yuetong Hao, biomedical engineering
Olivia Mattessich, biomedical engineering
Sarah Peters, biomedical engineering
Nicholas Robibero, mechanical engineering
Qi Sui, mechanical engineering
A deep learning prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma response to transcatheter arterial chemoembolization
- Sponsor: Christian J. Park, diagnostic radiology resident, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- Team members:
Jena Everett, biomedical engineering
Liam Raehsler, computer science
Ares Vega, biomedical engineering
Zeyuan Wang, data sciences
Ziyu Wang, data sciences
Zhimin Zhang, data sciences
Exploring the feasibility of remote monitoring of allostatic load and delivery of ecological momentary interventions (EMI) to quarantined COVID-19 patients using wearable biodevices
- Sponsor: Jennifer Frank, associate professor of education
- Team members:
Nicholas Doolittle, biomedical engineering
Mutian Fan, computer science
Daniel Melo Cruz, computer science
Brian Siroka, biomedical engineering
John Smith, computer engineering
