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Biomedical Engineering
Conventional chemotherapy encounters significant challenges, including low tumor targeting efficacy, systemic toxicity, and limited tissue penetration. To address these issues, a novel ZnO n…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Major challenges exist in detecting infectious diseases early on as biomarker concentrations are often below the limit of detection (LoD) of conventional assays. This detection failure leads…
Biomedical Engineering
Non-invasive BCIs such as EEG and fNIRS are limited by low spatial resolution and high latency, while invasive neural implants require surgery and pose biocompatibility risks. Existing close…
Biomedical Engineering (inferred)
Exoskeleton robots hold great promise for stroke rehabilitation with upper limb impairments. However, conventional motion-based exoskeletons often lack brain-driven control, limiting user en…
Biomedical Engineering
This project seeks to address the global need for affordable, early screening tools for diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) by engineering a low-cost, self-contained wearable glove that qua…
Biomedical Engineering
This project designs anti-cancer peptides that inhibit PDEd, a chaperone regulating KRAS signaling. Using the PDEd crystal structure (PDB: 4JV6), RFdiffusion generated peptide backbones, Pro…
Biomedical Engineering
Elopement/wandering affects nearly 49% of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and 71% of these cases result in fatal outcomes. Existing tracking systems rely on cellular subscripti…
Biomedical Engineering
Distal pulse assessment during closed fracture reduction in pre-hospital emergency care is typically performed intermittently and subjectively, leaving windows where vascular compromise may…
Biomedical Engineering
Background Heart failure affects 64 million people annually. Transplants are in chronic shortage, especially for pediatric patients. Total artificial heart (TAH) promises a solution; however…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
Ovarian cancer subtype diagnosis in current clinical practice remains challenging because it relies on expert pathologists and advanced computational infrastructure, which are often unavaila…
Biomedical Engineering
The growing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections has impacted tens of millions of lives by reducing antibiotic effectiveness and worsening infections, which increases heal…
Biomedical Engineering
OralSense is a smart toothbrush system designed for passive, non-invasive detection of early gingival disease and pre-diabetes risk during routine brushing. It consists of a reusable electro…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Nearly half of the world's population, 47%, has little to no access to diagnostic testing, which can delay care until conditions become critical. This gap in diagnostic access limits timely…
Biomedical Engineering
Observing the mobility difficulties faced by wheelchair users, it becomes evident that the wheelchair model is often inadequate in relation to the daily environment and the accessibility nee…
Biomedical Engineering
Hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a cerebral blood vessel ruptures, creating an urgent need for intervention to prevent fatality. Developing a neuroprotectant designed to form a synthetic barri…
Biomedical Engineering
Modern High-Throughput Screening (HTS) is a system used in drug discovery labs that can rapidly test hundreds of thousands of chemicals against a target in a disease with the aim of developi…
Biomedical Engineering
Partial-thickness burns make up 85.4% of all clinical cases (Ji et al., 2024). At the same time, those in underrepresented areas display higher burn incidences and are less likely to adminis…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Obstructive and restrictive respiratory diseases are major global health challenges and are associated with prolonged exposure to smoke and air pollution. Among these conditions, Chronic Obs…
Biomedical Engineering
symptoms of childhood Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) may lead to socioeconomic consequences in adulthood, including long-term unemployment. Access to traditional clinical ca…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Purpose or Problem: Millions of people suffer from stammering, and adult severe stammering patients have a low chance of recovery. Other temporary alleviation methods are not consistent or a…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
Primary liver cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. However, one of its standard treatments, transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), often has low target vessel speci…
Biomedical Engineering
Tympanic membrane perforations affect over 320 million people worldwide and are a large cause of preventable hearing loss. Current procedures rely on manual skill, limited visualization of t…
Biomedical Engineering
Bleeding poses as the most serious cause of death in traumatic injury. Whenever someone is bleeding from one of their limbs, a tourniquet (TQ) is vital for stopping hemorrhage. TQs work by t…
Biomedical Engineering
This is a new direction in the development of athlete health monitoring and the analysis of performance in relation to maximum capacity. A crucial and important aspect in both amateur and pr…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
Diaphragm dysfunction is a major cause of respiratory failure, affecting millions of patients worldwide. Current assistive solutions rely on invasive approaches with high complication rates,…
Biomedical Engineering
Peripheral neuropathy is a progressive condition that reduces sensation in the feet, leading to impaired balance, altered plantar pressure distribution, and increased risk of falls or injuri…
Biomedical Engineering
Ultrasound(US)-guided vascular access requires a high level of expertise as the clinician must understand the spatial relationship between US probe, imaging, and the patient’s anatomy. Furth…
Biomedical Engineering
Background: Parkinson's Disease significantly impairs quality of life through motor deficits like tremors. Current pharmacological treatments often carry side effects, while physical therapy…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
Decellularization is essential for producing extracellular matrix (ECM) scaffolds used in regenerative medicine. Conventional detergent-based methods can achieve effective cell removal but o…
Biomedical Engineering
The global incidence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is on a continuous rise. Probiotic therapy has emerged as a research hotspot due to its synergistic advantages in "regulating intesti…