Below is a comprehensive list of all 2020 Design Day projects from undergraduate and graduate BME students. To learn more about a specific project, please visit the BME Design Day 2020 website.
Undergraduate Design Teams
HerniAid: Non-Invasive, Real-Time Monitoring of Hernia Growth and Development
Team: Eric Guan, Varun Naga, Anisha Palasamudrum, Ranjani Ramasubramanian, Celina Shih, Alan Xu, Ryan Zhao, Stanley Zhu.
Advisors: Jonathan Thomas; Sebastien Ladet, PhD; Hien Nguyen, MD; Elizabeth Logsdon, PhD; Medtronic: Jonathan Thomas; Daniel Broom
UroDeflect: Ureteral Occlusion Device that Diverts 100% of Urine from Damaged Urinary System Tissue
Team: Nehali Gupta, Sahana Kumar, Sean Healy, Jay Mandavilli, Shivam Rastogi, Ben Treutler, Chris Shallal, Nicky Zhang
Advisors: Clifford Weiss, MD; Vishal Kadakia; Collin Shale; Timothy Weihs, PhD; James Wright, MD
Luminate: Real-Time Position Monitoring of Neonatal Endotracheal Tubes
Team: Aidan Aug, Marianna Elia, Eli Foster, Ashley Li, Claire State, Matthew Wang, Samantha Weed, Sam Zmily
Advisors: Nicholas Durr, PhD; May Chen, MD; Maide Ozen, MD; Lawrence Nogee, MD; Nicholas Dalesio, MD; Jen Organ, RRT; Lynn Morooney, NNP; Grace Weyand
AgileStand: Novel One-Arm Drive Mobile Stander for Children with Hemiplegia
Team: Yurie Hong, Robert Huang, Ashley Koenig, Nyeli Kratz, Rachel Li, Jackelyn Navar, Danielle Vaithilingam, Ivan Vuong
Advisors: Stacy Suskauer, MD; Christopher Joseph, MSPT; Shababa Matin; Scott Paul, MD; Tom Benassi
PneuTech: Increasing Sample Yield and Decreasing the Risk of Pneumothorax
Team: Gohta Aihara, Sean Darcy, Jacob Desman, Katia Kovrizhkin, Tatiana Pereira, Bibhav Poudel, Ashley Tsang, Deborah Weidman
Advisors: Robert Liddell, MD; Shababa Matin; Harjit Singh, MD; Brian Holly, MD; Clifford Weiss, MD
VestiTech: Making Early Concussion Screening More Accessible with VR
Team: Emily Burnette, Sarah Bortel, Vicky Chen, Nick Gutierrez, Jakob Heinz, Jae Park, Tori Rose, Maggie Wang
Advisors: Michael Schubert, PhD; Mark Shelhamer, ScD; Collin Shale; Grace Weyand; Kathleen Cullen, PhD; Kemar Green, DO; Jorge Otero-Millan, PhD
MUSE for Mohs: Optimizing Skin Cancer Treatment with a Rapid, Slide-Free Margin
Team: Walee Attia, Vinay Ayyappan, Sujai Jaipalli, Afareen Jaleel, Seoyoung Kwon, Shreya Narayan, Wally Niu, Hadley VanRenterghem
Advisors: Elise Ng, MD; Nicholas Durr, PhD; Alexander Baras, MD; Greg Mckay; Danaher Corporation (Leica Biosystems): Tracy DeGeer; Martha Davis
Improving Gastric Enteral Access in Neonates and Infants: Optimization of Pediatric Gastrostomy Tubes to Reduce Tube Displacement
Team: Mihika Aedla, Charlotte Cheng, Jocelyn Hsu, Kathy Hu, Jason Qian, Kevin Sompel, Siya Zhang, Anson Zhou
Advisors: Karun Sharma, MD; Elizabeth Logsdon, PhD; Vahe Badalyan, MD; Ginny Gebus; Anthony Ho; Alina Andrews; Children’s National: Karun Sharma; Anthony Ho
Urinefo: Data-Driven Urinary Catheter Monitoring Device
Team: Emily Chang, Clara Kochendoerfer, Rodrigo Lamas, Maya Lapinski, Silu Men, David Shi, Allen Wang, Justin Zhou
Advisors: Stuart Ray, MD; Nicholas Durr, PhD; Disha Mankodi; James Fackler, MD; Kieren Marr, MD; Mason Chen
Identifying Source of Pulsatile Tinnitus to Provide Targeted Treatment for Patients
Team: Chun Hei Ryan Chan, Tara Foley, David Kavteladze, Alisha Kodibagkar, Min Jung Kim, Albert Lee, Joshua Ni, Eesha Verma
Advisors: Ferdinand Hui, MD; John Carey, MD; Daniel Sun, MD; Shababa Matin; Deepa Galaiya, MD; Ian McLane; Rajat Mittal, PhD
EdgeSense: Tumor Cavity Fiducial Marker for Improved Postoperative Breast Cancer Care
Team: Pascal Acree, Amee Kapadia, Darsh Patel, Ronak Mahatme, Lucia Zhang, Charlie Almoney, Morgan Kofsky, Brian Park
Advisors: Mehran Habibi, MD; Sara Alcorn, MD; Kristin Broderick, MD; Shababa Matin
Thrombotect: Wearable Temperature Sensor for Continual Deep Vein Thrombosis Monitoring
Team: Sneha Batheja, Timothy Bedard, Shayan Hemmati, Sarah Kulkarni, Ayon Mitra, Aryaman Shodhan, Isabel Vanderzee, Bill Zhang
Advisors: Adam Sapirstein, MD; Collin Shale; Elliott Haut, MD; Michael Streiff, MD; Steven Tropello, MD; David Maher
Auditus: Improving User-Centered Hearing Technology for Older Adults with Dementia
Team: Shubhayu Bhattacharyay, Eshan Joshi, Annie Liang, Ben Straus, Cindy SeYeon Choi, Alex Rovalino, Mohan Peddada, Rumani Kafle
Advisors: Carrie Nieman, MD; Shababa Matin; Kunal Parikh, PhD; Kevin Franck, PhD; Tilak Ratnanather, DPhil
HydroGene: Driving Gene Delivery from Pipette to Patient
Team: Siddharth Arun, Betul Celiker, Joshua Devier, John John, Kisha Patel, Pranav Reddy, Ana Rosu, Shreya Sharma
Advisors: Florin Selaru, MD; Vivek Kumbhari, PhD; Yervant Ichkhanian, MD; Shababa Matin; Jordan Green, PhD; Robert Kruse, MD; Yuting Huang, MD; Shayan Roychoudhury; Tom Benassi
Pediatric IV Infiltration: Improving the Standard for Early Detection of IV Infiltration in Neonates
Team: Kavya Anjur, Laboni Hassan, Sneha Kamada, Taj El-Khalili, Benjy Monteagudo, Rebecca Mosier, Sophia Triantis, Jack Walters
Advisors: Robin Yang, MD, DDS; Collin Shale; Hillary Jenny, MD; Richard Redett, MD; Stephanie Morgenstern, RN; Jim Fackler, MD; Karina Frank
Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery: A Surgical Instrument that Deskills Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Reconstruction
Team: Tejasvi Desai, Arshdeep Singh, Daniel Lewis, Diane Lee, Kaitlyn Calabresi, Mahita Varanasi, Ria Jha, Tianyu Wang
Advisors: Nicholas Rowan, MD; Collin Shale; Debraj Mukherjee, MD; Omar Ahmed, MD; Tom Benassi; David Maher
PostOptiX: Assessing Blood Perfusion Post Free Flap Breast Reconstruction
Team: Kayla Gee, Quinn Hauck, Josh Krachman, Siddharth Krishnan, Matthew Kunkler, Jessica Shen, Aydin Turkay, Zach Zarubin
Advisors: Abhishek Rege, PhD; Jay Kandukuri, PhD; Gedge Rosson, MD; Damon Cooney, MD; Elizabeth Logsdon, PhD; Nicholas Durr, PhD; Vasoptic Medical: Abhishek Rege
Advanced Design
SymMEDtry: Minimizing Limb Length Discrepancy in Total Hip Arthroplasty Procedures
Team: Evan Bender, Akash Chaurrasia, Aditi Jithendra, Robert Li, Katie McCarren, Hannah Takasuka, Claire State, Jerry Yan
Advisors: Amir Manbachi, PhD; Julius Oni, MD; Adam Levin, MD; Robert Sterling, MD; Jeff Siewardsen, PhD; Megan Callanan
PediaCORE: Providing Low-Cost and Accessible Physical Therapy Alternatives to Children with Cerebral Palsy
Team: Teya Bergamaschi, Ricky Cheng, Brian Gabriele, Katharine Lee, Maggie Li, Nicholas Maritato, Joshua Park, Sundari Parise, Samiksha Ramesh, Akaash Sanyal, Everett Xu
Advisors: Amy Bastian, PhD; Elizabeth Logsdon, PhD; Cari Sullivan, PT; Keith Slifer, PhD; Michael Browne, PhD
CottInSight: Minimizing Cotton Ball Retention in Neurosurgical Procedures
Team: Raphael Bechtold, Benjamin Garlow, William Zhu, Renee Liu, Alexandra Szwec, Arushi Tandon
Advisors: Judy Huang, MD; Amir Manbachi, PhD; Collin Shale; Thomas Benassi; Micah Belzberg; Noah Gorelick; Brian Hwang; George Coles; Betty Tyler, Ian Suk, Henry Brem, MD
ObstetriCare: Obstetric Fistula Management in Low-Resource Settings
Team: Erika Bhadra, Kevin Gorman, Pranavi Pallinti
Advisors: Chi Chiung Grace Chen, MD; Laura Keyser, DPT, MPH; Elizabeth Logsdon, PhD; Soumyadipta Acharya, MD, PhD; Tom Benassi; Sarah Lee; Bailey Surtees; Namratha Potharaj
Rehabilitation Engineering
HYDRiA
Team: Lucy Bian, Bailey Robertson, Jesse Wu, Zhiwei Yue
Advisors: Scott Paul, MD; Brian Morris; Brooke Hayley
TRACK-tile
Team: Margaret Jukes, Nikhil Murty, Kalyn Younger, Valerie Zawicki
Advisors: Scott Paul, MD; Brian Morris; Elizabeth Russo
StairWell
Team: SJ Burris, Tre Crittendon, Matthew Garza, Varun Kedia
Advisors: Scott Paul, MD; Brian Morris; Brooke Hayley
ClipZip
Team: Matthew Lee, Evelyn McChesney, Jackelyn Navar, Anish Thyagarajan
Advisors: Scott Paul, MD; Brian Morris; Elizabeth Russo
Precision Care Medicine
Prediagnosing ADHD from Diagnostic Questionnaires: Calculating Personalized ADHD Risk Scores from Patient Data
Team: Sindhu Banerjee, Indranuj Gangan, Aamna Lawrence, Stephen Li, Bhagyashree Maity
Advisors: Luther Kalb, PhD; Sridevi Sarma, PhD; Raimond Winslow, PhD; Joseph Greenstein, PhD; Hieu Nguyen, Han Kim
Predicting Hemorrhagic and Thrombotic Complications in Pediatric Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support (ECMO)
Team: Paige Epler, Chunming Gu, Yuqi Kang, Vy Tran, Xuemin Zhu
Advisors: Melania Bembea, MD; Sridevi Sarma, PhD; Joseph Greenstein, PhD
Predicting Respiratory Decompensation in Ventilated ICU Patients
Team: Akanksha Girish, Beini Hu, Zina Kurian, Yvette Tan, Michael Young
Advisors: Jim Fackler, MD; Jules Bergmann, MD, Raimond Winslow, PhD; Joseph Greenstein, PhD
Advanced Risk Stratification and Prediction of Venous Thromboembolism in Critically Ill Patients
Team: Jinrui Liu, Akilan Meiyappan, Bronte Wen, Elizabeth Wu
Advisors: Adam Sapirstein, MD; Nauder Faraday, MD; Sachidanand Hebbar, PhD; Raimond Winslow, PhD; Joseph Greenstein, PhD; Hieu Trung Nguyen; Hanbiehn Kim
Predicting Acute Kidney Injury after Elevated Risk Non-Cardiac Surgery: Acute Kidney Injury and Kidney Failure Prediction through Machine Learning Algorithms
Team: Jiayuan Kong, Ran Sui, Yinghe Sun, Tony Wei, Evan Yu
Advisors: Lee Andrew Goeddel, MD; Raimond Winslow, PhD; Joseph Greenstein, PhD; Han Kim; Hieu Nguyen
Hypoxemia Prediction in the ICU: Predicting Hypoxemia (Low Blood Oxygen) to Enable Timely Intervention by Clinicians
Team: Chaoran Chen, Stephen Kyranakis, Wen Shi, Ananya Swaminathan, Zhenzhen Wang
Advisors: James Fackler, MD; Jules Bergmann, MD; Raimond Winslow, PhD; Joseph Greenstein, PhD; Hanbiehn Kim; Hieu Nguyen; Nihon Kohden: Timothy Ruchti, PhD
Delirium Prediction and Endotype Identification Using a Large Multi-Center ICU Database
Team: Teya Bergamaschi, Kirby Gong, Joanna Guo, Ryan Lu, Akaash Sanyal
Advisors: Robert Stevens, MD; Jose Suarez, MD; Raimond Winslow, PhD; Joseph Greenstein, PhD; Sridevi Sarma, PhD; Hanbiehn Kim; Hieu Nguyen
AI-Driven Prognostication of Neurological Trauma Patients in the ICU: Leveraging ICU Data to Predict Short- and Long-Term Outcomes for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
Team: Jenna Ballard, Robert Li, Aditya Murali, Samiksha Ramesh, Anil Palepu
Advisors: Robert Stevens, MD; Jose Suarez, MD; Sridevi Sarma, PhD; Hanbiehn Kim; Hieu Nguyen; Joseph Greenstein, PhD
NeuroData Design
Projection-Based Split Criteria for Multivariate Regression with Random Forest
Team: Vivek Gopalakrishnan, Jennifer Heiko, Suyeon Ju, Morgan Sanchez, Celina Shih
Advisors: Joshua Volegstein, PhD; Benjamin Pedigo; Jaewon Chung
mvlearn: The First Broad Multi-View Learning Package for Python
Team: Alexander Chang, Cameron Franz, Richard Guo, Arman Koul, Theodore Lee, Gavin Mischler, Ronan Perry
Advisors: Joshua Vogelstein, PhD; Benjamin Pedigo; Jaewon Chung
Multiscale Comparative Connectomics: From High-Dimensional Neuroimaging Data to Biological Insights
Team: Vivek Gopalakrishnan
Advisors: Joshua Vogelstein, PhD; Carey Priebe, PhD
M2G: Pipeline for Connectome Estimation
Team: Fang Cai, Zhen Hu, Jaylen Kang, Chaunkai Luo, Wilson Tang, Xuemin Zhu
Advisors: Joshua Vogelstein, PhD; Ross Lawrence; Alex Loftus
Graph Statistics in the Brain: Bridging the Gap Between Graph Theory and the Brain
Team: Jayanta Dey, Ali Saad-Eldin, Gun Kang, Sambit Panda, Shan Qiu, Casey Weiner
Advisors: Joshua Vogelstein, PhD; Jaewon Chung; Benjamin Pedigo
Brainlit: A Python Package to Visualize and Analyze High-Resolution, Volumetric Brain Data
Team: Alex Fiallos, Matthew Figdore, Ryan Lu, Sanika Phatak, Jenny Trieu, Bijan Varjavand, Victor Wang, Xi (Stanley) Wang
Advisors: Joshua Vogelstein, PhD; Thomas Athey; Jaewon Chung; Benjamin Pedigo
Independent Design
sojourner: Design and Testing of a High-Performance Software Pipeline for Single Molecule Tracking, from Data Processing to Analysis
Team: Sun Jay Yoo
Advisors: Carl Wu, PhD; Amir Manbachi, PhD; Sarah Lee
A Gene Delivery Method for Treating Blindness in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Designing a Novel Polymer for Gene Delivery to Retinal Cells
Team: Shanelle Mendes
Advisors: Jordan Green, PhD; David Wilson, PhD; Yuan Rui; Peter Campochiaro, MD; Amir Manbachi, PhD; Sarah Lee
Designing a Bioadhesive Hydrogel for Drug Delivery to the GI Tract
Team: Sanjana Eranki
Advisors: Joshua Doloff, PhD; Gina Wang; Amir Manbachi, PhD; Sarah Lee
SpineSight: Using Doppler Ultrasound to Monitor Spinal Cord Blood Flow in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
Team: Sandeep Kambhampati
Advisors: Nicholas Theodore, MD; Amir Manbachi, PhD; Youseph Yazdi, PhD; Ian Suk; Sarah Lee
Novel Conical Conduits for Size-Mismatched Nerves: Designing Nerve Guides to Reduce Secondary Pain After Peripheral Nerve Injuries
Team: Michael Lan
Advisors: Hai-Quan Mao, PhD; Amir Manbachi, PhD; Alison Wong, MD; Sarah Lee
Improving Prostate Cancer Outcomes by Designing Nanoparticles with Enhanced Functionality: Nanoparticles that are More than the Sum of its Parts
Team: Marion Pang
Advisors: Hai-Quan Mao, PhD; Donald Zack, MD; Yizong Hu; Cynthia Ann Berlinicke; Amir Manbachi, PhD; Sarah Lee
A Bioadhesive for Diced Cartilage Glue Graft Applications: Developing an Accessible and Stiff Bioadhesive for Cartilage Grafts in Facial Plastics
Team: Kirby Leo
Advisors: Patrick Byrne, MD; Nicholas Durr, PhD; Laura Ensign-Hodges, PhD; Andrew Lee, MD; Warren Grayson, PhD; Amir Manbachi, PhD; Sarah Lee
MSE Design
Oculy: An Implantable Drug Delivery System for the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema
Team: Brooke Hayley, Niranjanaa Jeeva, Disha Makodi, Natsuha Omori, Shayan Roychoudhury, Noah Yang
Advisors: Kunal Parikh, PhD; Soumyadipta Acharya, MD, PhD; R. D. Ravindran, DO; R. Kim, DO; Chitaranjan Misra, DO; Pradeep Ramulu, MD, PhD; David Green; Namratha Potharaj
revIVe: Pulsatile Flushing Syringe which Ensures Compliance to Nursing Standards
Team: Brooke Hayley, Niranjanaa Jeeva, Disha Makodi, Natsuha Omori, Shayan Roychoudhury, Noah Yang
Advisors: Clifford R. Weiss, MD; Youseph Yazdi, PhD; Ami Kumordzie, MiKaela Olsen
NEC Check: Enabling Earlier Detection of Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Team: Alina Andrews, David Maher, Elizabeth Russo, Madeline Wartan, David Zarrin
Advisors: David Hackam, MD; May Chen, MD; Mark Kovler, MD; Emily Dunn, MD; Youseph Yazdi, PhD; Soumyadipta Acharya, PhD; Aditya Polsani, MS; Medtronic, Minimally Invasive Therapies Group (Boulder, CO)
Safe-T: Improving the Safety of Anesthesia Care Through Alleviation of Upper-Airway Obstruction
Team: Alina Andrews, David Maher, Elizabeth Russo, Madeline Wartan, David Zarrin
Advisors: Jake Abernathy, MD; Akbar Herekar, MD; Sarah Coppola, PhD; Prashanth Reddy, MBBS; Naresh Pagidimarry, MS; Youseph Yazdi, PhD; Soumyadipta Acharya, PhD; Aditya Polsani, MS; Medtronic, Minimally Invasive Therapies Group (Boulder, CO)
NeMo: Development of a Neonatal Monitoring System for Mothers in Rural Uganda
Team: Ryan Bell, Brielle Cenci, Kaveri Das, Grace Weyand, Hannah Sennik, Sneha Shivkumar
Advisors: Soumyadipta Acharya, PhD; Azadeh Farzin, MD; Christopher Golden, MD; Alain Labrique, PhD; Youseph Yazdi, PhD; Aditya Polsani
OSMO: Methods of Reducing Fluid Overload in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease
Team: Ryan Bell, Brielle Cenci, Kaveri Das, Grace Weyand, Hannah Sennik, Sneha Shivkumar
Advisors: Chirag Parikh, MD; John Sperati, MD; Ashish Nimgaonkar, MD; Suzanne Przybyla; Pradeep Mehra, MD; Aditya Polsani; Youseph Yazdi, PhD; Soumyadipta Acharya, PhD
SubTract Medical
Team: Ebenezer Armah, Zack Buono, Sophia Diaz, Karina Frank, Kiley Gersch, Monet Slinowsky
Advisors: Bashar Safar, MD; Chady Atallah, MD
ByteSight Technologies
Team: Ebenezer Armah, Zack Buono, Sophia Diaz, Karina Frank, Kiley Gersch, Monet Slinowsky
Advisors: Jennifer Stevenson, PhD; Yvonne Linton, PhD; Mohamed Bayoh, PhD