Raga Madhuri Podugu, “A Mobile Application for Monitoring Community Mobility in Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta” Mentor: Jacob Rammer, Biomedical Engineering Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) have increased bone fragility and low bone mass. They face a significant risk of bone…… Read More
Jacob Brewer, “Analysis of Dynamic Muscle Length in Patients with Osteogenesis Impefecta” Mentor: Jacob Rammer, Biomedical Engineering Dynamic muscle length changes during activity to support clinical decision-making, especially in surgical planning. The purpose of this project is to assess muscle…… Read More
Eisa Mohammed Y Alyaqoub, “Converting Medical Imaging to Pre-Processing Computational Grids” Mentor: Mahsa Dabagh, Biomedical Engineering One of the essential medical technologies that are used these days to study different diseases is medical imaging. To take a critical advantage from…… Read More
Isaac Repinski, “Experimental Validity of a Wheelchair Propulsion in Pediatric Manual Wheelchair Users” Mentor: Jacob Rammer, Biomedical Engineering Biomechanical assessment of steady-state manual wheelchair propulsion is often difficult to conduct overground in laboratory conditions, due to space constraints. Wheelchair roller…… Read More
Samantha Schwartz, “Impact of Blood Vessel Wall Stiffness and Atherogenic Flow Profiles on Subcellular Signaling” Mentor: Mahsa Dabagh, Biomedical Engineering Mechanical signal transduction in endothelial cells leads to the differential expression of genes, reorganization of the cytoskeleton, and altered cellular…… Read More
John Quinn, “Modeling of Adhesive Interactions Between Tumor Cells and Endothelial Cells” Mentor: Mahsa Dabagh, Biomedical Engineering Computer simulation has been a growing field, driven in large part by the increase in computing power easily available. One way to harness…… Read More
Melissa Stec, “Plantar Pressure Analysis of Children with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome During Gait” Mentor: Brooke Slavens, Biomedical Engineering and Occupational Science & Technology Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a heritable genetic disorder that causes the collagen in connective tissue to be…… Read More
Raunak Khaitan, “Real-Time Mobility Assistance for the Legally Blind” Mentor: Mohammad Rahman, Biomedical Engineering With increasing autonomous technology around us, this research aims at bringing the vision to the legally blind. We are currently using a rover to develop and…… Read More
Alessandra Ebben, “Role of Cancer Cells on Force Transmission in a Multicomponent, Multicell Model of the Endothelium” Mentor: Mahsa Dabagh, Biomedical Engineering Cancer cells (CC) alter local hemodynamics in their vicinity which will influence the function of endothelial cells (ECs)……. Read More
Adedamola Adeniyi, “Simulating the Blood Flow in Human Vasculature” Mentor: Mahsa Debagh, Biomedical Engineering Advances in computing technology have allowed the field and research of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to evolve and find solutions to an ever-expanding array of complex…… Read More
Brian Myers, “Testing Force & Pressure Deformation of PDMS for Tactile Sensing” Mentor: Veysi Malkoc, Biomedical Engineering Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is the most widely used, silicone-based organic polymer. Silicon wafers are used to design channels, and in our case specific patterns……. Read More
Lisa Collins & Haley Collins, “The Advancement into Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Robotics” Mentor: Mohammad Rahman, Biomedical Engineering The project that has been underway is one that looks into the future of advanced robotic systems and the use of artificial…… Read More
Austin Wesner, “The Role of Activated Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Bone Regeneration After Injury” Mentor: Priyatha Premnath, Biomedical Engineering Bone has the ability to regenerate completely after injury, but diseases like osteoporosis and diabetes impair this healing cascade, sometimes causing…… Read More