Team Members:  Jonathan Chang, Youcef Ouadah, and Daniel Yang

Capstone Client:  Cyrill Hornuss, M.D., UCSF research fellow in anesthesiology

Purpose/Goal:
Lung cancer kills more people worldwide than any other cancer subtype. VOC (volatile organic compound) pattern analysis in exhaled breath is hypothesized to be a reliable strategy for early lung cancer diagnosis. This capstone project created a device to transport patient breath from the mouth into a storage container, to be later analyzed ‘off-line’ for volatile organic compound contents by mass spectrometry.