2012-13 BME Capstone Design (BME 484-485)
	Project	Advisors	Industrial Sponsor	IRB Approval	URIA* Application	Conference presentation**	Award	Students	Title of the conference paper
1	Wearable activity analyzer	Ying Sun, Eugene Chabot	Burbank Industries	V	V	NEBEC, AT, URI Showcase	URIA ($400)	Tanya Wang Josh Harvey	Activity Analyzer for Guided Independent Living Environments (AAGILE): A preliminary study on healthy young adults.
2	Visual to auditory substitution	Ying Sun, Eugene Chabot	TechACCESS	V	V	NEBEC, AT		Cameron Elliott Garabed Tashian Jeffery Crispo	Motion based visual to auditory substitution.
3	Frequency response of breathing sounds	Ying Sun, Eugene Chabot	Philips	V	V	NEBEC, URI Showcase	NEBEC Senior Design Competition (2nd place)	Andy Spiewak Brittany Alphonse Erik Walder	The effect of recording methods on the frequency response of breathing sounds measured with an electronic stethoscope
4	Pressure-controlled stethoscope	Ying Sun, Eugene Chabot	Philips		V	NEBEC, URI Showcase	URIA ($400)	Brittany Alphonse Andy Spiewak Erik Walder	Development of a pressure-sensing handle for a stethoscope
5	Environmental control system	Ying Sun, Eugene Chabot	TechACCESS		V	NEBEC, AT, URI Showcase	URIA ($400)	David Ramsay Brian Kennedy	Economical design process for integrated single input environmental control systems as a commercial alternative for in-home assistive technologies
6	Electromyogram based controls	Ying Sun, Eugene Chabot	TechACCESS	V	V	NEBEC, AT, URI Showcase	URIA ($400)	Kaitlin Abbate Thomas Franklin Morgan Rosenberger	Determining strength of muscle contraction using electromyogram
7	Neuron emulator	Ying Sun, Eugene Chabot	Neuroscience Tools		V	NEBEC, URI Showcase		Stephen Sladen Angela Phongsavan	Development of an electrophysiological instrument for Universal Clamp testing
8	Upper airway model	Ying Sun, Eugene Chabot	Philips		V	NEBEC, URI Showcase		Thaeje Shanker Gemma Downey	A silicone human head model for testing acoustic properties of the upper airway
9	Voice activations with a smartphone	Ying Sun, Eugene Chabot	TechACCESS		V	NEBEC, AT, URI Showcase	URIA ($400)	Nicholas Mulhern Neil McCaffrey Nicholas Beretta	Designing Android applications using voice controlled commands
	*   URIA: Undergraduate Research Initiative Award (URI Research Office / Provost Office) ** NEBEC: Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Syracuse, NY, April 5-7, 2013.     AT: Assistive Technology Conference, Warwick, RI, November 31, 2012.     URI Showcase: Research & Innovation Showcase, Memorial Union, URI, April 10, 2013.