Carnegie Mellon Biomedical Engineering

	Undergraduate Programs
	"Sensing and Actuating Life"

Senior Design

This course sequence introduces Biomedical Engineering students to the design of useful biomedical products. Students will learn how to identify product needs, define the problem, and use project management tools. Methods to develop creativity in design will also be introduced.

The course sequence is comprised of two parts:

42-401 is offered in the Fall semester and meets once per week as a 3-unit course. It also provides the students opportunity to form project teams and select, and define a project.
42-402 is offered in the Spring semester as a 9-unit full semester course, meeting twice per week to implement and execute the plan that was developed in the prior semester. This course culminates in the completion of a prototype and design summary.

The class is organized into teams of four or five students each, with an emphasis on diversification of expertise within the teams to help promote multi-disciplinary collaboration. Each team typically consists of students with a second major covering different areas of traditional engineering.

Previous Projects

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	Oxygen Concentrator and Sensor for Developing Nations (2,418KB) Courtney Baker, Nikunja Kolluri, Laura McKee, John Sexton, Eric Shyr (class of 2011)
	Low profile corrective lumbar system for Spondylolisthesis (1,747KB) Brianne Burton, Kelly Collier, Phil Manor, Alice Mayfield, Greta Michalczuk, Divya Krishnamoorthy (class of 2011) NCIIA BMEstart 2011 Honorable Mention
	Affordable Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria (3,129KB) Christopher DeFrancesco, Christopher Lacko, Matthew Ondeck, Keshav Raghavan, Marianna Sofman (class of 2011)
	Demand Oxygen System using Mechanomyography (2,633KB) Amber Xu, Arianna Golden, Brad Holden, Marco Dyer, Suyog Sonwalkar, Youngeun Kim (class of 2011)
	Design of a Cold-Weather Mask for Asthmatics (620KB) Emily Bayer, Princess Parker-Smith, Sebastien Persaud, Jane Sun, Ellen Twor (class of 2011)
	Implanted Creatinine Sensor for Cardiopulmonary Bypass Patients (1,000KB) Itthi Chatnuntawech, Jennifer David, Conan Park, Ben Shimomura, April Watt (Class of 2011)
	Tuff-Huff: Active Cycle of Breathing Computer Game for Children (965KB) Pallavi Nair, Robert Piston, Kenneth Yan, Wendy Shung, Pojung Chen, Allison Kator (class of 2011)
	SmartSole: Foot Ulcer Detection (679KB) Leo Ahnn, Mana Ameri, Josh Heuslein, Samantha Tan, Priyanka Venkatesh, Seung Ho Yang (class of 2011)
	The Pittsburgh Flex Brace: A Dynamic Way to Treat Scoliosis (148KB) Kelsey Briggs, Jen Buse, Khevna Desai, Scott Kunz, Gabrielle Page, Murrel Pereira (class of 2012)
	ThinAir: A One‐Time Use, Ultrathin Rescue Asthma Inhaler (779KB) David Morse, Alex Chou, Allen Chen, Stephen Tsaur, Deborah Gruner (class of 2012) NCIIA BMEstart 2012 Third Place
	Procalcitonin (PCT) Detector (3,840KB) Robert Tisherman, Jake Divone, Courtney Joe, Abigail Ondeck, Ina Joo, Soohyun Park (class of 2012)
	At Home Diabetic Plantar Ulcer Detection Device (3,930KB) Mrtika Bhaumik, Matt Biegler, Mark Loh, Robert Mohard, Allison Tran, Alex Yoshikawa (class of 2012)
	OsteoTest: At Home Osteoporosis Test (1,500KB) Clara Cheung, Alix Dixon-Ernst, Aditi Gogineni, Travis Horst, Marcia Solorzano, Jia Jia Zhang (class of 2012)
	Ambulatory Extracorporeal Blood Oxygenation Assist Device (4,801KB) Joe Kromka, Bryan Good, Heath McAlister, Erica List, Jason Ma, Brad Edelman (class of 2012)
	My‐NR: Coumadin Monitoring and Dosing System (2,082KB) Kyle Andrews, Lauren Ellis, Yong Ha Jung, Dan Lawler, Victor Nunez, Jay Rockwell (class of 2012)
	Go Klean: Revolutionizing Healthcare Professionals Hand Sanitation (732KB) Kathryn Kukla, Ben MacDonald, Jessica Santana, Teja Shah, Chris Shellhamer, Jocelyn Zhao (class of 2012)

(Updated 08/18/2012)

Undergraduate Programs

"Sensing and Actuating Life"

Senior Design

Previous Projects