Design Projects

2009-2010 Projects

• Project #1: Arthoscopic Myometer (Supervisor: Dr. Sam Ward)
  Jessica Ha, Gary Johnston, Sarah Morford
• Project #2: Stem Cell Differentiation Using Electromechanical Stimulation (Supervisor: Dr. Adam Engler)
  Aritrick Chatterjee, Naudereh Noori, Sage Olson, Jeffrey Rodvold
• Project #3: Personalized Genome Mapper (Supervisor: Dr. Kun Zhang)
  Hyun June Kim, Rabi Murad, Andrew Vo, Jack G Yee
• Project #4: A catheter design for intestinal lavage (Supervisor: Dr. Geert Schmid-Schonbein)
  Cynthia Cam, Derrick Li, Anna Luan
• Project #5: Design and development of lactate sensors for marine mammal diving and equine exercise training (Supervisor: Dr. Dale Baker)
  Katherine Lee, Benedict Pereira, Justin Tse
• Project #6: Cold Therapy Pad Analysis and Design (Supervisor: Devin LeBrun, BREG)
  James Cheung, Robert Holmes, Kayla Keifer
• Project #7: A low-cost amplifier/conditioner for pressure gauges (Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Omens)
  Marcellinus Harsono, Diana Quach, Nolan Ramseyer
• Project #8: Leg Compression Device Design (Supervisor: Dr. Alan Hargens)
  Aereas Aung, Suhna Jang, Mehria Sayad-Shah
• Project #9: Engineered Pancreatic Iset Device (Supervisor: Dr. David Gough)
  Seung Hyun Kim, Brian Lao, Catherine Shi
• Project #10: The Perfect Nap (Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Omens)
  Allyson Clark, Steve Gorski, Sara Richardson
• Project #11: Swine Flu: Bioengineering Approach to Prevention and Treatment (Supervisor: Dr. Amy Sung)
  Jason Gabunilas, Sho Hosoki, Jennifer Kiang, Maria Prada Fernandez
• Project #12: Knee Measurement System (Supervisor: Dylann Ceriani, BREG)
  Matthew Cantele, Krista Taylor, Veneza Yuzon
• Project #13: Design and Development of hydrogel based vascular grafts (Supervisor: Dr. Shyni Varghese)
  Utsav Gupta, Christopher Lau, Junyoung Park
• Project #14: Low-Cost Respiratory Rate Monitor(Supervisor: Dr. Carlos Vera)
  Ross Fee, Roxana Flores, Nicholas Nolta, Chun-Ju Wang
• Project #15: Designing and building synthetic gene networks (Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Hasty)
  Aaron Bos, Kelvin Cheng, David Lisuk
• Project #16: Designing and constructing microfluidic devices (Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Hasty)
  Amandeep Grewal, Kellie Lim, Michael Tat
• Project #17: MRI-compatible optical imager for space- and time-resolved measurements of neuronal activity using fluorescent indicators with concurrent acquisition of fMRI data (Supervisor: Dr. Anna Devor)
  Daniel Fremgen, SungJun Min, Cory Stevenson
• Project #18: Swine Flu: Bioengineering Approach to Diagnosis (Supervisor: Dr. Amy Sung)
  Ramya Chitters, Joseph Sugie, Joyce Sung
• Project #19: Design of ECG Measurement and Holding Device for Cardiac MRI (Supervisor: Dr. Karen Christman)
  Tapaswini Das, Randy Lee, Robert Turner
• Project #20: Refining Characterization of Nanoparticles used with in vitro Diagnostic Assays (Supervisor: Paul Schlunt, Beckman Coulter)
  Shannon Chang, I-Ling Liu, Afshin Nourmohammadi, Sorena Rahmanian

2008-2009 Projects

• Project #1: Knee Measurement System (Supervisor: Devin LeBrun, BREG)*
• Project #2: Manual Cold Therapy Device (Supervisor: Devin LeBrun, BREG)*
• Project #3: Genetic engineering: creating epitope-tagged proteins via DNA recombination (Supervisor: Dr. Trey Ideker)
• Project #4: Microfabricated Devices for Creating Microemulsions and Nanoparticle Engineering (Supervisor: Dr. Xioahua Huang)
• Project #5: Designing and building synthetic gene networks (Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Hasty)
• Project #6: Designing and constructing microfluidic devices (Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Hasty)
• Project #7: Design of a genome mapping algorithm (Supervisor: Dr. Kun Zhang)
• Project #8: Volume fluctuation measurements in a temperature sensitive oscillating hydrogel (Supervisor: Dr. Shyni Varghese)
• Project #9: Device for In Situ Cardiac Tissue Engineering (Supervisor: Dr. Karen Christman)
• Project #10: Designer E. coli for Restriction Enzyme Production (Supervisor: Dr. Amy Sung)
• Project #11: Mapping Functional Signaling in Cellular Neural Networks (Supervisor: Dr. Gabriel Silva)
• Project #12: Real-Time Imaging of Cartilage Mechanics (Supervisor: Dr. Sam Ward)
• Project #13: Robotic in-vivo mounting of drosophila for automated microscopy (Supervisor: Dr. Andrew McCulloch)
• Project #14: Design a magnetic tweezer for cell mechanics (Supervisor: Dr. Andrew McCulloch)
• Project #15: Measurement of fluid movement across the skin (Supervisor: Dr. Geert Schmid-Schonbein)
• Project #16: Whole body automated detection of skin melanoma lesions (Supervisor: Dr. Geert Schmid-Schonbein)*
• Project #17: Design of a multipurpose arthroscopic device for articular cartilage repair and diagnosis (Supervisor: Dr. Robert Sah)*
• Project #18: Home Glucose Monitor for the Visually Impaired (Supervisor: Dr. David Gough)*
• Project #19: User interface for a cardiac electrical mapping system (Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Omens)
• Project #20: Design and development of a reliable alanine sensor (Supervisor: Dr. Dale Baker)

2007-2008 Projects

• Project #1: Multi-Channel Amplifier for Tissue Electrocardiograms (Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Omens)
• Project #2: The Calorie Pacer (Supervisor: Dr. Geert Schmid-Schonbein)
• Project #3: Real-Time Imaging of Loaded Articular Cartlidge (Supervisor: Dr. Sam Ward)
• Project #4: Instrumentation for the Analysis of Retinal Electrophysiology (Supervisor: Dr. Gabriel Silva)
• Project #5: Engineered Gene Circuits (Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Hasty)
• Project #6: Lab on a Chip: Studying Cellular Behavior (Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Hasty)
• Project #7A: Cold Box for Engineering World Health (Supervisor: Dr. Melissa Micou)
• Project #7B: Design and Development of a Standalone Medical Refrigeration Unit (Supervisor: Dr. Melissa Micou)
• Project #8: Continuous Passive Motion Bioreactor (Supervisor: Dr. Robert Sah)*
• Project #9: Cartilage Tissue Engineering (CTE) Lab: Robotic Mechanical Testing System (Supervisor: Dr. Robert Sah)*
• Project #10: High-throughput Electrocardiography in the Fruit Fly (Supervisor: Dr. Andrew McCulloch)
• Project #11: Dynamic Cell Stretcher for Optical Mapping (Supervisor: Dr. Andrew McCulloch)
• Project #12: Modeling of the Mammalian Stereocilia Cells (Supervisor: Dr. Amy Sung)
• Project #13: Bioinformatics Software for Visualizing Molecular Interactions (Supervisor: Dr. Trey Ideker)
• Project #14: Microfabricated device for creating microemulsions for mechanical shearing of fluids (Supervisor: Dr. Xiaohua Huang)
• Project #15: Analysis and Design of a pH Stat (Supervisor: Dr. David Gough)
• Project #16: Pyruvate Sensor (Supervisor: Dr. Dale Baker)

2006-2007 Projects

• Project #1: Dynamic evolution of spatially and temporally finite networks and its application to biological neural networks (Supervisor: Dr. Gabriel Silva)
• Project #2: Instrumentation for real-time monitoring of heart rate and blood pressure in animal experiments (Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Omens)
• Project #3: Rapid screening of heart function in Drosophila mutants (Supervisor: Dr. Andrew McCulloch)
• Project #4: Image Cytometry Instrumentation (Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Price)
• Project #5: A nasal lavage device for treatment and prevention of allergies (Supervisor: Dr. Geert Schmid-Schonbein)
• Project #6: Design of high-throughput microfluidic platform for single cell fluorescence measurements (Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Hasty)
• Project #7: A "gluco-stat" system for glucose control in an animal model (Supervisor: Dr. David Gough)
• Project #8: Upstream and Downstream processing of enzymes for biosensors (Supervisor: Dr. Dale Baker)
• Project #9: How the Hair Cells in Our Ears Function as a Transducer (Supervisor: Dr. Amy Sung)
• Project #10: Neural Plasticity Following Tendon Transfer Surgery (Supervisor: Dr. Richard Lieber)
• Project #11: Multi-channel amplifier for tissue electrocardiograms (Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Omens)
• Project #12: Bioreactor Bioengineering for Cartilage and Joints (Supervisor: Dr. Robert Sah)*

* More information not available due to intellectual property conflicts