BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SENIOR PROJECT PRESENTATIONS

FRIDAY APRIL 26, 2002

12noon - 4:00pm

Becton 102

12:00 - 12:50

Nana Asafu-Agyei (Advisor: Stachenfeld) Racial Differences in the Effects of Sex Hormones on Body Fluid Regulation

Richard Liu (Advisor: Behar/Degraaf) T1 segmentation for determination of voxel white/gray matter compositions in fMRI

Tomer Posner (Advisor: Anderson) Study of Breathing Induced Signal Changes in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Thuyen (TJ) Nguyen (Advisor: Weston-Murphy) Redesign the Folding Wheelchair & Stress Analysis of New Design

12:50 - 1:40

Mark Griffiths (Advisor: Purushothaman) Vascular Flow Mechanics

Ritha Belizaire (Advisor: Sigworth/Klemic) Patch Clamp Technology Research

Kristi Mahaffey (Advisor: Canessa/Sigworth) Characterization of pH sensitivity of ASIC1 from fish

Anne Kim (Advisor: Duncan) A Study of BME Programs in the US

1:40 - 2:30

Collin May (Advisor: Brian Smith) Modulation of Platelet Membrane Adhesion Molecules Under Shear Stress

Linda Chang (Advisor: Klemic/Sigworth) Surface Modification of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) for Planar Patch Clamp Recording

Ryan Makar (Advisor: Cholewicki) Lower Back Analysis using New Backpack attachment prototype

Kevin McGill (Advisor: Cholewicki) Effects of Lumbar Orthoses on Trunk Muscle Response to Sudden Loading

2:30 - 3:20

Jennifer Schriefer (Advisor: Cholewicki) Oxygen Consumption While Wearing a Lumbo-sacral Orthosis

Brian Larkin (Advisor: Panjabi) Assessing inter-vertebral motion in the lumbar spine through mathematical comparison of flexion and extension x-rays

Todd Merchak (Advisor: Reed) An implantable hydrogen peroxide biosensor for epilepsy

Simeon Papacostas (Advisor: Reed) Microfabrication of an implantable cortical epilepsy sensor

3:20 - 3:45

Joe Doctor (Advisor: Lizardi) Molecular Beacons

Brooke Rosonke (Advisor: Gore) Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence: A comparison of self-report and electronic monitoring methods