BME 181 Biomedical Engineering Seminar I (Used to be BME 282)
Seminar series given by instructor, invited experts, and
students
with focus on biomedical electronics, medical devices, rehabilitation
engineering, and microprocessor-based medical instrumentation.
(Seminar) Pre: sophomore standing in biomedical engineering or
permission of instructor. (II, 1)
Class photos:
2000,
2001,
2002,
2003,
2004,
S2005,
F2005,
2006,
2007,
2008,
2009,
2010.
Spring 2010 seminar
abstracts:
Wednesday 1 pm
section
- Walker, Kayla: 1. Diabetes and
glucose monitoring
.
- Wang, Tanya: 1. The
artificial liver .
- Alphonse, Brittany: 1. Cochlear
implants .
- Downey, Gemma: 1. Prosthetic
technology .
- Kennedy, Brian: 1. Electromyography,
myoelectric signals and their use in controlling prosthetic limbs
.
- Mohammed, Riyad: 1. Advancements
in the biomechanical sub-field of biomedical engineering .
- Tashain, Garabed: 1. Diabetes
and biomedical engineering .
- Walder, Erik: 1. Diagnosis
and treatment of acetabular labrum tears .
- Zinckgraf, James: 1. Tissue
engineering .
Fall 2009 seminar
abstracts:
Wednesday
2 pm section
- Andrew Ruggeri: 1. Pathogen
containment, 2. Magnetic
resonance imaging.
- Cameron Elliott: 1. Cochlear
implants, 2. Future
ambulances.
- Evan Lum: 1. Lasik,
2. Retinal implant.
- Elizabeth Ameno: 1. The
da Vinci System , 2. Artificial
bone marrow.
- Ilya Ryaboy: 1. Ulnar
collateral ligament, 2. Gamma
knife.
- Jahdiel Franco: 1. Automated
external defibrillators (AED), 2. The electronic nose.
- Laura Klotz: 1. Oxygenators,
2. Total intervertebral disc
replacement.
- Neil McCaffrey: 1. Epilepsy
and trigeminal nerve stimulation, 2. Hybrid assistive limb.
- Nicholas Beretta: 1. Spinal
Injuries, 2. Nerve
transplantation.
- Nick Mulhern: 1. Vaccines
and cancer vaccine, 2.Excimer
Lasers.
- Paul Rocha: 1. The
articial heart, 2.Ultrasound
imaging.
- Ryan Johnson: 1. Tissue
engineering, 2. Genetically
modified crops.
- Stephanie Barrena: 1. Deep
brain stimulation, 2. Mechanical
heart valve.
- Thaeje Shanker: 1. Diabetes
and the insulin pump , 2. The
Smart T-Shirt.
- Vanessa Landes: 1. Total
knee replacement, 2. The
anti-G suit.
- Weston Cook: 1. Insulin
pumping, 2. Synthetic
blood.
Friday 2 pm
section
Fall 2008 seminar abstracts:
Wednesday
section
- Alissa McKechnie: 1. Autism
and biomedical research, 2.
Prosthetics for runners: The Cheetah Flex.
- Amanda Neves: 1. C-Leg,
2. The HemCon Bandage.
- Amber Dumas: 1. Robotic
microsurgery, 2. Neuroprosthetics
.
- Andrew Dunne: 1. Ossur
power knee, 2. Bone-anchored
hearing aid.
- Brandon Brunelle: 1. Brain
computer interface. 2. Artificial
heart.
- Courtney Dulude: 1. Paralysis
and the human tongue, 2. Blood
brain barrier inhibitor.
- David Kennedy: 1. DEKA’s Luke
Arm, 2. Artificial
cells.
- Dipak Intwala: 1. Pacemakers,
2. The total knee replacement.
- Erica Duncanson: 1. Mouth
to anus capsule endoscopy, 2. The
I-Port.
- Gabriel Ausfresser: 1. Pacemaker,
2. Ergonomics.
- Kasey Tipping: 1. Knee
replacement, 2. Heart
valve replacement.
- Kevin Sylvestre: 1. Photoacoustic
imaging, 2. Cortical
microstimulation .
- Kyle Rafferty: 1. Proton
beam therapy, 2. Carbon
Nanotubes: Bone Growth.
- Lauren Lafond: 1. Auditory
steady-state response, 2. Turner
syndrome and nutropin.
- Laurie Roberts: 1. Neurostimulation
, 2. Open and
upright MRI scanners.
- Matthew Sampson: 1. Artificial
limbs, 2. Prosthetic
Vein Valve.
- Marah Holland: 1.Cross
species transplant (xenotransplant), 2.
EsophyX transoral incisionless fundoplication.
- Misha Madore: 1. Biomechatronics
and the i-LIMB hand, 2. Cochlear
implants..
- Nathan Longtin: 1. MC3’s
BioLung,
2. HAL 5.
- Patrick Merida: 1. Vagus
nerve stimulation, 2. Cell
saver and bloodless surgery.
- Shunzaburo Kida: 1. Virtual
reality, 2. Solar
backpack.
- Timothy Alberg: 1. Nerve
Cell Regeneration, 2. Artificial
red blood cells.
- Tonya Ruggieri: 1. Solar-powered
optical implant, 2. MyoSpare®
neuromuscular electrical stimulation.
- Victoria Rogers: 1. Heart
arrhythmias, 2. Horseshoe
crabs
and modern medicine.
- Vishnu Devalla: 1. Life
recovery systems 2. Da
Vinci surgical system.
Friday section
- Adam Silva: 1. The
artificial heart, 2. Physiological
monitoring systems.
- Andrew Seitler: 1. Molecular
nanotechnology, 2. Proton
therapy.
- Brian Schaeffer: 1.
Anabolic steroids. 2. CPRGlove.
- Brian Shiels: 1. , 2. Radar
breast imaging.
- Donna Salamey: 1.
The ORMED gmah ARTROMOD® SP3, 2.
Microbots.
- Gregory Fortin: 1. Neurostimulation,
2. The artificial lung.
- Mason Wilson: 1. Brain-computer
interfacing, 2. The
Argus™ II retinal stimulation System.
- Nishat Hossain: 1. Tissue
engineering, 2. The
light device helps heal wounds.
- Robert Farley: 1. Neuroprosthetic
devices, 2. Total
knee replacement.
- Ruba Hadidi: 1. Robot
with a biological brain!, 2.
Artificial hearts.
- Sean Agular: 1. Using
radio waves to cure cancer, 2. Magnetic
resonance imaging.
Fall 2007 seminar abstracts:
- Matin Amani: 1. Epigenetics,
2. Transgenic bacteria.
- Ryan Andrews:
1. Ventricular assist devices,
2. Endorphins.
- Irving Azor: 1. EndoSure
AAA wireless pressure measurement system,
2. The Leksell gamma knife.
- David Dionisopoulos: 1. Nanorobots,
2. Gamma knife.
- Nicholas Ferrer: 1. Regenerative
medicine,
- Jonathan Fortunati: 1. brainSUITE,
2. The artificial stomach.
- Eric Frattura: 1. Use
of the LAP-BAND,
2. Artificial eye.
- Michael Giuliano:
1. Neuroprosthetics,
2. Edwards Lifesciences.
- Minori Keefe:
1. Genetic engineering,
2. Neurotechnology.
- Erin LaBarge: 1. Deep
brain stimulation: Parkinson's disease,
2. Digital breast tomosynthesis.
- Grace Lynch:
1. Artificial pacemaker,
- Justin Martin: 1. LASIK
corrective eye surgery,
2. Stereolithography.
- Kristin Meader:
1. OmniSonics Medical
Technology, Inc. OmniWave technology, 2. Boston Scientific's clampless
heart surgery: HEARTSTRING II proximal seal system,
- Chelsae Meier:
1. Haptic Master: cerebral
palsy and CP technology, 2. NuvaRing.
- Brendan Murphy: 1. Stem
cells,
2. Bio-Suit system.
- Afeez Olalekan: 1. Pulse
oximeter, 2. The
electronic nose.
- David Pancarowicz Jr: 1. Laparoscopic
surgery, 2. Magnetic
resonance imaging.
- Daniel Reinhard:
1. Amplatzer septal occluder,
2. Total knee replacement.
- Sarah Schlatter: 1. Neurprosthetics:
CPG chip,
2. Tissue engineering:
scientists grow mouse teeth,
- Michael Tamayo: 1. Digital
hearing aids,
2. Artificial blood.
- Kyle Waterman:
1. Defibrillators, 2. Laser surgery.
- Andrew Westover: 1. The
use of permanent catheters in chemotherapy,
2. Touch Bionics' iLIMB hand.
- Alyssa Williams: 1. Dermatos
prostheses,
2. Computer assisted minimally
invasive hip replacement.
Fall 2006 seminar abstracts:
- Craig Haverly:
1. Electroactive polymers - the
future of
artificial muscle,
2. Functional electrical
stimulation.
- Elizabeth Patnode:
1. Computer-aided diagnosis
system,
2. US FDA: strengthening
postmarket
program.
- Evan Crouse:
1. How inhibiting telomerase
could cure
cancer,
2. Magnetoencephalography (MEG).
- James Brien:
1. Nanotechnology applied to
medicine,
2. Bacterial driven micromotors.
- Jeremy Brousseau:
1. Brain-computer interface,
2. Animal testing.
- Kyle Torres:
1. AbioCor artificial heart,
2. Gamma knife.
- Matthew Gallagher:
1. BOSE: multi-axis
kinematic spine
simulator,
2. Proprio foot.
- Matthew Young:
1. SafeGuard system,
2. Biiofelt.
- Momodou Mbye:
1. Peritoneal dialysis,
2. Digital mammogram.
- Peter Schiffman:
1. Biomedical nanotechnology.
- Rebecca Boduch:
1. AbioCor implantable
replacement heart,
2. Haptic technology.
- Richa Gujarati:
1. Human genome project.
- Sarika Saran:
1. Pharmacogenomics,
2. Optical coherence tomography.
- Sean Murphy:
1. Infusion pumps,
2. Retinal implants.
- Will Roman:
1. Photosynthetic solar cells,
2. Robotic surgery.
Fall 2005 seminar abstracts:
- Alexandra Dempsey:
1. VeriChip,
2. Biothermal battery.
- Alison O'Malley:
1. Intervertebral disc replacement,
2. Detecting fainting:
insertable loop
recorder.
- Ally Tukey:
1. Aradigm's AERx pulmonary
delivery
system,
2. Plant extracts helps prevent
lung cancer.
- Andrew Burke:
1. Eye technology,
2. Regeneration.
- Christian Apollon:
1. Sleep apnea,
2. Avian flu.
- Curtis Richard:
1. LASIK eye surgery,
2. Future force warrior.
- Eric Butkua:
1. Nanotechnology and its
medical benefits,
2. HAL: hybrid assistive limb.
- Graeme O'Connell:
2. Brain morphing: the future
of DBS.
- Hamed Lahijani:
1. Stem cell research,
2. Diabetes and the Insulin pill.
- Jenna Lipka:
1. Artificial heart,
2. Sonic flashlight.
- Jenna Marcus:
1. Implantable miniature
telescope,
2. Brain Gate natural
interface system.
- Jeremy Helbig:
1. Insulin inhalers: a hopeful
alternative,
2. Artificial noses.
- Jon Doda:
2. Liquid adhesive bandages.
- Kou Yang:
1. Rhakic intraocular lenses,
2. Total knee replacement.
- Kristin Lane:
1. Artificial pacemaker.
2. Cochlear implants.
- Kristina Bruen:
1. Neural prosthesis,
2. Electroactive polymer
artificial
muscle.
- Louis Chen:
1. Hearing aids,
2. Embolune.
- Maria Cieslewski:
1. Omnipod insulin management
system,
2. Artificial Kidney.
- Nikola Mrvaljevic:
1. Artificial muscle,
2. Gamma knife.
- Rebekah Wigton:
1. Biofeedback,
2. Haptic technology.
- Ryan Zaczynski:
1. Transdermal drug delivery via
microneedles,
2. Galvanic vestibular
stimulation.
- Tanios BouRamia:
1. 64 slice CT scan.
- Whitney Capwell:
1. Mandibular advancement
devices,
2. LifeGuard monitoring
systems.
- Whitney Michalek:
1. Human genetic engineering,
2. Integra Dermal
regeneration template.
- Zack Weber:
1. Artificial bones,
2. Brain-computer interface.
Spring 2005 seminar abstracts:
- Andre Doyon:
1. C-Leg knee joint system,
2. New Boston digital arm system.
- Andrew Aubee:
1. Laser Doppler flowmetry,
2. Electronic nose.
- Armen Donoian:
1. Neurofeedback,
2. Brain-computer interfacing.
- David Marcus:
1. Automatic external
defibrillator,
2. Artificial lungs.
- David Segala:
1. PET scans with myocardial
applications,
2. Artificial neural networks.
- Emily Santurri:
1. Gene therapy,
2. Artificial blood.
- Garrett Whitney:
1. Artificial retina,
2. Artificial heart.
- Matt Kastan:
1. Testing for otoacoustic
emissions,
2. Cochlear implants.
- Robert Schultz:
1. The da Vinci surgical system,
2. Heart failure device therapy.
- Sheena Campbell:
1. Stem cell research,
2. Laser eye surgery.
Spring 2004 seminar abstracts:
- Andrew Greene:
1. Implantable microscope
technology,
2. Electronic nose.
- Bethany Therrien:
1. Intel's Raman bioanalyzer
system,
2. A microprocessor-based
multifunction myoelectric control system.
- Christopher Mackenzie:
1. Left ventricular assist
device,
2. PET technology.
- David Flanagan:
1. Assistive exoskeletons.
2. Radiofrequency ablation in
the treatment of Wolfe Parkinson White syndrome.
- Erin Dworkin:
1. Artificial hearts,
2. Artificial intervertebral
discs.
- Joe Giguere:
1. The Gamma Knife,
2. Artificial sight.
- Jonathan Caserta:
1. Percutaneous myocardial
revascularization,
2. Transcranial magnetic
stinulation.
- Jonathan Kurowski:
1. Laser eye surgery,
2. Artificial vision.
- Meghan Fahey:
1. Artificial heart transplants,
2. External insulin.
- Nick Samos:
1. Sonic flashkight for
ultrasonic vision,
2. Synetetic skin.
- Nicole Normandin:
1. Artificial bones,
2. Bionic ear.
- Shaun Russell:
1. Microneedle technology,
2. Linking the mind to machines.
- Suchismita Datta:
1. Trans-chatheter closure of
VSD,
2. Applications in
psycho-physiology.
- Zac Canders:
1. Atificial retina,
2. Kidney tansportation.
Spring 2003 seminar abstracts:
- Brian Lavoie:
1. Cardiac resynchronization
therapy,
2. Beating heart surgery.
- Brent Marsden:
1. Gore-Tex vascular grafting,
2. The human genome project.
- Christina Drake:
1. Left ventricular assist
system,
2. Drug dispensing contact
lenses.
- Christopher Pizza:
1. Robotic surgery,
2. Artificial retina.
- Evelina Ruszkowski:
1. Surgical robots,
2. SHARE: Rehabilitation
engineering.
- Frank Breau:
1. Stem cell research,
2. Implantable artificial heart.
- Gabrielle Murphy:
1. Functional electrical
stimulation,
2. Brain-machine interface.
- Gary Comtois:
1. Microscopic bar code,
2. Needle-free blood analysis.
- James Finneran:
1. Stem cell researh,
2. The smart T-shirt.
- Jeb McCluskey:
1. Curing cancer with telomerase,
2. Cochlear implants
- Kathleen Cooper:
1. Isulin pumps,
2. Gamma knife.
- Kimberly Peloquin:
1. Computational fluid dynamics,
2. Probiotics.
- Sareh Rajaee:
1. Predicting evolution of
bacteria,
2. Cochlear implants.
- Shyla Booker:
1. Transdermal drug delivery,
2. PET/CT imaging system.
- Stephen Furlani:
1. Prosthetic control,
2. Synthetic muscles.
- Tanyn Boulay:
1. Implantable
cardioverter-defibrillator,
2. Bone marrow biopsy needle.
- Thomas Harrington:
1. The E-nose,
2. Respirocytes.
Spring 2002 seminar abstracts:
- Amy Wright:
1. Anti-aging treatments,
2. Implantable replacement heart.
- Anna Wagner:
1. Magnetic resonance imaging,
2. Full body scan.
- Dan Kelsay:
1. Insulin inhalers,
2. Angiogenesis.
- Dan Schaefer:
1. Tissue engineering,
2. Nanotechnology.
- Ellaine Abueg:
1. Surgical robots,
2. Laser eye surgery.
- John Coughlin:
1. Myostatin and its
possibilities,
2. Insulin pill.
- John DiCecco:
1. Gene doping,
2. Left ventricular assist
devices.
- Meghan Collin:
1. Assistive technology -
vocal cords,
2. Syringe pumps: Medifusion
in the NICU.
- Nicole Baugh:
1. Pain therapies.
1. Gamma knife.
- Tim Swaby:
1. Myoelectric prosthesis,
2. Exoskeletons.
- Tom Cavaliere:
1. Implantable identification
technology,
2. Tapping into nerves.
Spring 2001 seminar abstracts:
Spring 2000 seminar abstracts:
- Artificial
Neural Networks,
George Dib, Feb. 14, 2000.
- Implantable
Cardioverter Defibrillator,
Paul T. Cabral, Jr., Feb. 14, 2000.
- Human
Cloning,
Hoangthi Le, Feb. 14, 2000.
- Ocular
Prosthetics,
Rachel Starr, Feb. 22, 2000.
- Laparoscopy,
Leonard Sherman, Feb. 22, 2000.
- Human-Based
Bioengineered Skin
Substitudes, ThuyDuong Le, Feb. 22, 2000.
- Left
Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD),
Karen L. Fandozzi, Feb. 28, 2000.
- Nuclear
Medicine: Lung Scan,
Jillyan M. Morano, Feb. 28, 2000.
- Human Genome
Project,
Shelley A. Silva, Feb. 28, 2000.
- Minimally
Invasive Stereotactic
Neurosurgery, Josh Mundy, March 6, 2000.
- Cellular Grafts,
Amy Kobayashi, March 6, 2000.
- Atrial Septal
Defect,
Rachel Starr, Apr. 3, 2000.
- Insertable Loop
Recorder,
Paul T. Cabral, Jr., Apr. 3, 2000.
- Harmonic
Phase Magnetic Resonance
Imaging, Hoangthi Le, Apr. 3, 2000.
- Gene Therapy
Using Viral Vectors,
Tyler Albert, April 17, 2000.
- Arrhythmias
and Cardiac Ablation,
Karen L. Fandozzi, April 17, 2000.
- Angiogenesis,
Amy Kobayashi, April 24, 2000.
- Digital EEG
System frm Grass,
George Dib, April 24, 2000.
- The Gamma Knif,
Josh Mundy, April 24, 2000.
- Bilateral
Femoral Angiogram,
Jillyan M. Morano, May 1, 2000.
- Zeus Robot
Surgical System,
Tyler Albert, May 1, 2000.
- Growth
Factors and Tissue Repair, ThuyDuong Le, May 1, 2000.