Biomedical Engineering
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a cognitive disorder in which a child's brain cannot send direct messages to a body's muscles, resulting in impaired motor functions. It is a common childhood disabili…
Biomedical Engineering
My research this year was devoted to creating a non-invasive method to efficiently detect Bronchial Carcinoma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Emphysema unaccompanied by deleterio…
Biomedical Engineering
The UV light assessment is essential for controlling of the skin and other living organisms getting fragile resulting in the premature aging of the skin, solar elastosis, liver spots, etc. T…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
The major risk factor of skin cancer, one of the most common types of preventable cancers, is exposure to UV radiation, which has recently increased as an effect of global warming. This rese…
Biomedical Engineering
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a shortage of ventilator resources around the world. This situation draws our attention to information about ventilators. Excluding the impact…
Biomedical Engineering
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is an illness common among teenagers. AIS patients have 3D deformation in Sagittal plane, Transverse plane and Coronal plane of their spines. Schroth Gy…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Excessive hemorrhage is a leading cause of mortality for civilians and military personnel under 50 years of age. The current treatment of donor derived platelet transfusion, is riddled with…
Biomedical Engineering
Recent advances in synthetic biology have enabled the conversion of industrial wastes into high-value chemical products, including specialized metabolites such as polyketides. Azo dyes, a ma…
Biomedical Engineering
Skin wounds, either minor or chronic, can quickly become a serious health risk (Kruse, et. al., 2019; Sattar, et. al., 2019). A variety of traditional wound care methods exist; however, appr…
Biomedical Engineering
Carbon monoxide (CO) detectors are not fit for all labor conditions. Depending on a worker's condition (ex. if they are outdoors, if they have asthma), the person may be more sensitive to CO…
Biomedical Engineering
Following surgery, dogs generally experience irritation on the skin around the surgical site due to pain, histamines, and the protein IL-31 (Blue Cross, 2020)(Xu, et al., 2020)(Zimlich, 2021…
Biomedical Engineering
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is cancer to the blood and bone marrow, and its incidence spikes in very young children. Early detection and treatment is key to full recovery. Detection h…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
According to the World Health Organization, there are 240 million cases of preventable blindness globally. Many eye diseases are “silent-killers” of vision and current testing methods are of…
Biomedical Engineering
Sticky Stitchez is an innovative project that deals with a detrimental problem in the medical field. In this project, I invented an item to combat the possibility of wound dehiscence and its…
Biomedical Engineering
Diabetes Mellitus is a prevalent autoimmune disease that results in a deficiency of insulin produced by the pancreas. Technological advancements with innovative testing and treatment methods…
Biomedical Engineering
Swimming is a highly technical sport. Knowing what stroke technique to use and to what extent it should be used is crucial for swimmers to achieve optimal performance. Videos provide some vi…
Biomedical Engineering
First Award
In protein sequences—as there are 61 sense codons but only 20 standard amino acids—most amino acids are encoded by more than one codon. Although such synonymous codons do not alter the encod…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a belligerent, often lethal, form of cancer, with a 5-year survival rate limited to 7%. PDAC is hardly detected in its premalignant stages (when su…
Biomedical Engineering
The human kidney is the most transplanted organ in the United States, numbering more than 24,000 in 2021 alone! But kidney transplantation technology faces many challenges, including a short…
Biomedical Engineering
Due to the rapidity of leukemia progression, some patients are not able to obtain a fast diagnosis before safe treatment options become ineffective. In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelocyt…
Biomedical Engineering
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), the leading cause of death for toddlers and infants with 15,000 annual deaths, occurs for unknown reasons while sleeping, however is detectable through b…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
A reputable study (Heijnsdijk et al., 2002) found that only 62% of grasping actions using laparoscopic graspers were a success. One reason for this low success rate could be the way the grip…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Inspired by the paralympic running blade and drawing on the biomimicry of the tail of the Australian kangaroo, the ‘Walking Tall’ poles are a revolutionary new aid designed to slow down the…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is an incurable disease that hinders the ability of kidneys to filter the blood effectively and in most cases result in renal failure that force patients to depe…
Biomedical Engineering
High-resolution X-rays require greater radiation dosages compared to lower-resolution X-rays. However, lower-resolution low-dose X-rays often lack the pathological detail and clarity require…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Context: There are currently about 82.3 million COVID-19 cases worldwide with 24% of these cases being severe and a 2% mortality rate due to late medical attention. COVID patients have commo…
Biomedical Engineering
In this project, a prosthetic arm was developed using an alternate communication pathway to enable movement in amputees. A brain-computer interface was established, providing the opportunity…
Biomedical Engineering
The scientist set out to further optimize on a previous Bessel Function approach to improving blood circulation using complex ultrasonic waveform. An algorithm and associated C code was deve…
Biomedical Engineering
One in one hundred children born in the United States alone is born with a congenital heart defect (or CHD). A CHD is any defect that is present at birth, which can vary from a hole in the s…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Color Vision Deficiency is the most common genetic disability, affecting over 400 million people in the world, and currently has no cure. There are attempts to mitigate the effect of color v…