Posts Tagged ‘MEng’
Feature: Ricardo Juarez Martinez, MEng ’21
Ricardo Juarez Martinez, current MEng candidate studying Bioengineering with a focus on Biomaterials and Medical Device Design, shares his vision for innovation and inclusivity in the medical device space.
Read MoreDiego Espinoza wins the Fung Institute Mission Award
Congratulations to BioE MEng student Diego Espinoza, winner of the 2021 Fung Institute Mission Award for his capstone project, “MEDiRoller: Revolutionizing Low-Cost Vaccine and Drug Delivery in Low-Resource Communities.” The award goes to the team best exemplifying the mission of the institute: Creating inclusive leaders who solve the world’s problems through innovation, technology, and collaboration across boundaries.
Read MoreOmokhowa Agbojo wins Technical Leadership Capstone Award
Congratulations to BioE MEng student Omokhowa Agbojo who received the 2021 Fung Institute Technical Leadership Capstone Award for his project, “Harnessing Life Cycle Assessment as a Decision-Making Tool for Environmentally Conscious Design of Cell Therapy Manufacturing Processes.”
Read MoreProject Profile: A Novel Implant for Regulating Excessive Eye Pressure in Glaucoma Patients
This MEng capstone team of bioengineering and mechanical engineering students has designed the I-OPener Tube Shunt, a low-cost patient-specific device which accurately regulates intraocular pressure (IOP) using two degradable blockers encased within a microfluidic chamber to improve the failure rate of tube shunt surgery for glaucoma patients.
Read MoreFeature: Khowa Agbojo, MEng ’21
BioE MEng student Khowa Agbojo talks about her career transition into bioengineering and desire to create opportunities for people in the developing world.
Read MoreProject Profile: Precision Freezing 3D Bioprinter for Large Scale Tissue Engineering
An MEng capstone team of bioengineers and mechanical engineers designed a level-controlled cooling bath to precisely freeze biomaterials as they are printed, providing the bioink with the structural integrity needed to support larger structures and ensuring living cellular material is preserved.
Read MoreProject Profile: Smart eye-drop bottle to monitor medication habits of glaucoma patients
An MEng capstone team of BioE, ME and IEOR students developed a smart device to track patients’ eye drop medication adherence.
Read MoreProject Profile: Personalizing Neurological Patient’s Gait Therapy Using Machine-Learning-Based Electrical Stimulation
This project by a team of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering MEng students uses machine learning techniques to allow the EvoWalk to analyze patients’ gait patterns and provide a personalized stimulation algorithm that most efficiently improves their walking outcome.
Read MoreProject Profile: Wearable Motion Tracking for Clinical Gait Analysis
Master of Engineering students in BioE and Mechanical Engineering have developed GaitTrac, providing wireless, real-time gait analysis for clinical gait diagnosis through seven custom motion sensors.
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