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Senior Design Projects 2009-10
At Michigan Tech, our mission is to graduate innovative, world-class engineers. Our Senior Design program connects students and industry through open-ended, industrial projects. Students gain the skills and experience that can launch them into successful careers, while industry partners gain access to tomorrow’s engineers—today.
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Optimizing Evaluation Methods for
Biomimetic Catheter Coatings
Team Members
Ben Bouman, Ali Sheldon, Eli Vlaisavljevich,
and Kate Wold, Biomedical Engineering; Luke
Wohlfeil, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical
Engineering
Advisor
Dr. Rupak Rajachar, Biomedical Engineering
Sponsor
Greatbatch Medical
Project Overview
The purpose of our project is to create a set of
experiments to determine the efficacy of biomimetic
coatings developed to prevent catheter-related
infections. A set of static and dynamic experiments
was designed to test the ability of the biomimetic
coatings to prevent bacterial adhesion under
physiologically relevant conditions. Our final results
will provide an analysis of current Greatbatch
Medical catheter coatings; a set of protocols to
be used to test future catheter designs; and a
novel dynamic flow system to provide a more
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Biodegradable Stent Simulation
Team Members
Jake Edick and Nikki Long, Materials Science
and Engineering; Donisha Das, Justine Farina,
Dan Pierson, and Jonathon Zuidema, Biomedical
Engineering
Advisors
Dr. Jarek Drelich, Materials Science and
Engineering, and Dr. Jeremy Goldman, Biomedical
Engineering
Sponsor
Boston Scientific Corporation
Project Overview
Our goal is to develop a test method that will
accurately simulate the degradation of metal alloys
in a biological system. |
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Hand Washing Detector
Team Members
Beth Geerer, David Heiden, Jenna Joestgen, Liz
Pietela, and Sam Wojda, Biomedical Engineering
Advisor
Dr. Seth Donahue
Sponsor
Portage Health
Project Overview
The goal is to design a simple instrument that
can detect and record how many times a clinician
washes his or her hands (either with hand sanitizer
or soap and water) throughout the day. The device
should be accurate, have a relatively low cost, and
be easily implemented into the health-care setting.
Easy implementation includes compatibility with
the current information systems and ID badges
used in the hospital, ability to attach to current
soap and hand sanitizer dispensers, applicability to
a variety of rooms in the hospital, and something
that doesn’t alter CDC hand-washing protocol. The
device must also be HIPAA compliant, should not
reveal personal employee information, and should
not be used to track employee location. |
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Capillary Refill Time
Measurement Device
Team Members
Danielle Aerts, Jon Congdon, Katie Elicerio,
Matt Johnson, and Justine Wiles, Biomedical
Engineering
Advisor
Dr. Michael Neuman
Sponsor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Project Overview
The time it takes to refill a capillary bed after
the blood has been depleted is a useful way to
measure the dehydration status of a patient. The
goal of our project is to design an instrument
to measure this time by applying a pressure,
releasing it, measuring the rate of blood return, and
outputting the information into a graph. Our client,
Dr. Robert Danish of the University of Texas Health
Science Center, San Antonio, would like to use
this device to more accurately assess the level of
dehydration in his pediatric diabetic patients.
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Wireless Cardiopulmonary Monitor
Team Members
Anthony Sonck, Brock Horton, and Andrew
Korcal, Biomedical Engineering; Jason Green
and Ryan Raymond, Electrical Engineering; Jeff
Floyd, Computer Engineering; Andrew DeRouin,
Biomedical Engineering/Electrical Engineering
Advisor
Dr. Keat Ong, Biomedical Engineering
Sponsor
3M
Project Overview
The goal is to develop a wireless respiratory and
heart rate monitor that can upload the information
in real time to a cloud network via the Internet. The
information could then be received by a physician,
regardless of distance. |
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Absorbing Pad Moisture Indicator
Team Members
Travis Ommodt, Keara Scott, Lindsey Spaude,
Stephen Stafford, and Damon Tolhurst, Biomedical
Engineering
Advisor
Dr. Megan Frost
Sponsor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Project Overview
Incontinence is a common problem for the elderly.
Adult diapers or moisture absorbing pads are
currently used to collect bodily fluids. If such pads
are not changed frequently, painful decubitus ulcers
and other medical issues could occur. We have
developed a sensor to detect the presence of urine
and discretely alert medical staff to the patient’s
condition. The sensor will eliminate the need to
repeatedly check on patients for urine activity,
saving time and money for care facilities. Most
importantly, patients will no longer experience the
uncomfor |
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Compression Device for
Lymphedema Therapy
Team Members
John Albin, Jared Cregg, Stephanie Lindstrom, and
Stuart Mitkey, Biomedical Engineering
Advisors
Dr. Ryan Gilbert and Dr. Jeremy Goldman
Sponsor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Project Overview
Surgical resection and radiation therapy are the
current clinical modes of targeting cancerous
breast tumors. Primary trauma and secondary
events (i.e. chronic inflammation) resulting from the
targeting therapy lead to disruption of the lymphatic
system. Fluid accumulates in subcutaneous
tissue, and patients suffer a range of associated
impairments, including diminished function of joints,
increased extremity weight, pain, and a deficient
healing capacity. One approach to the resolution
of edema is the use of a pneumatic pump that
pushes excess lymphatic fluid towards functional
lymphatics; however, these types of therapies are
poorly understood. Here, we have developed a
cyclic pressure cuff scaled to murine anatomy in
order to study interstitial flow mechanisms—with
the idea that this understanding will lead to better
therapeutic regimens. |
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