Welcome to the BME Capstone Digital Expo!
Here we showcase the hard work and innovative biomedical solutions created by this semesters teams! Scroll below to view our student teams and medical innovation projects.
Congratulations to all of our Spring graduates!
BME Capstone Industry Projects Sponsored by:
*Teams with password protected pages will be released on May 15 as our teams facilitate intellectual property management.
| Team Name | Company Sponsor | Project Sponsor | Brief Summary | Student Names | Semester |
| Peachy Clean | BD | Hudson Chancy | An internal fecal management solution to accommodate a wider range of stool types. | Akhil Amin, Katy Petersen, Diya Sharma, Jonathan Loi, and Corinna Wester | Spring 2020 |
| New Kidneys on the Block | Baxter | Nabeel, Aslam, MD; Shawn, Oppegard; Isaac, Martis | DialySafe: An Adjustable Depth Guide Device for Hemodialysis Cannulation | Mary-Catherine Bryant, Chase Cochrane, Jack Fenton, Harrison Hornung, and Caroline Rogers | Spring 2020 |
| SteriPack | Kapstone Medical | Justin, Rowland, B.S. BME, MBA | SteriPack offers a customizable, touchless, sterile packaging solution for small orthopedic hardware | Kathryn Farley, Neeraja Gollamudi, Gillian Foster, Nicholas Colonna, and Joseph Patrick | Spring 2020 |
| KnowSpray | KBLV Medical LLC | N/A | A Smart Nasal Spray for the Safe At-Home Administration of Controlled Substances | Dan Liubovich, Adam Verga, Jacob Banov, Tyra Owens, Stephen Norod, and Kyle Carter | Spring 2020 |
| Mo’ Movement | Motus Nova LLC | N/A | Active Assistance Stroke Rehab Device for Finger Mobility | Luke Jourden, Aditi Kumar, Kajol Shah, and Bianca Shrestha | Spring 2020 |
BME Capstone Projects Sponsored by:
| Team Name | Project Sponsor | Brief Summary | Student Names | Semester |
| New Kidneys on the Block | Nabeel, Aslam, MD; Shawn, Oppegard; Isaac, Martis | DialySafe: An Adjustable Depth Guide Device for Hemodialysis Cannulation | Mary-Catherine Bryant, Chase Cochrane, Jack Fenton, Harrison, Hornung, and Caroline Rogers | Spring 2020 |
| No Hard Fillers | Alison, Bruce, M.B., Ch.B. | Device for localizing arteries to prevent arterial occlusions during dermal filler procedures | Angia Chen, Caroline Kajzer, Evan Shi, Zoe Xu, and Spencer Zhang | Spring 2020 |
BME Capstone Projects Sponsored by:
*Teams with password protected pages will be released on May 15 as our teams facilitate intellectual property management.
| Team Name | Project Sponsor | Brief Summary | Student Names | Semester |
| DiaBeez | Darin Olson, MD PhD | A device to improve the glucose monitoring process for diabetics with limited dexterity. | Omar Ahmed, Savannah Avery, Lauren Feely, Marissa Reinker, and Hannah White | Spring 2020 |
| FibrinOne | Sumir Patel, MD, MBA | FibrinOne developed a trio syringe to effectively deliver fibrin for cerebrospinal leaks. | Gloria Chan, Chloe Collins, Nathan Odonkor, Michael Pang, and Despina Pavlidis | Spring 2020 |
| GI Joes | Anand Jain, MD | Endoscopic Tool for Esophageal Delivery | Nicolas Castro, Julius Chai, Nicholas Riccardelli, Anna Romanov, and Lee-Kai Sun | Spring 2020 |
| IntraVenus | Golpar Ghassemian, NP | UV Blocking IV Medication Bag To Reduce Chemical Breakdown of Pharmaceutical Agents | Caitlin Bowles, Nina Ghosn, Nuzhat Kabir, Anya Kohnke, Mia Paletta | Spring 2020 |
| IV League | Dr. Rebecca Shelton-Thomas, DNP, RN | IV League designed a device preventing catheter failure during serial blood draws. | Manzhen Che, Lina Gu, Bailey McLain, Priya Nair, and Sydney “Sy” Stock | Spring 2020 |
| LUMBARJacks | Dr. Carol Kao, MD | LUMBARPillow: Assistive Positioning Device for Lumbar Punctures in Infants | Joseph Awoyeye, Tiffanie Leeman, Lisa Meyer-Baese, Lola Ojomo, and Cheyenne Stewart | Spring 2020 |
| O2 Crew | Weihua Zhang, RN, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, APRN, MS, PhD, FCCP | Magnetic clasp that secures the nasal cannula to enhance safety during sleep | Emily Greulich, Charlotte Lee, Muskan Raghuwanshi, and Katherine Zhu | Spring 2020 |
| SaniScope | Matthew Brown, MD | Stethoscope Sanitation Device Design to Reduce Hospital Acquired Infections | Miranda Harmon, Alexandra Lewis, Laura Meyer, Joshua Preston, and Anum Ul-Haque | Spring 2020 |
| Squeaky Clean | Scott Fridkin, MD | ChlorihexiScan is a real-time CHG skin concentration feedback system to reduce hospital-acquired infections | Taylor Holtzclaw, Andrew Payton, Cody Schoenfuss, and Aaron Toporek | Spring 2020 |
| Vitopsis | Steven Roser, MD | Digital Pathology Tool for Image Analysis and Pathology Crowdsourcing | Alex Karius, Rachit Kumar, Ranjani Sundaresan, Suveer Sachdev, and Yingnan Zhang | Spring 2020 |
| Wheezy 2 Breezy | Gerald Lee, MD | Universal pMDI asthma spacer providing non-complying patients with information regarding lung health | Andzoa Jamus , Awung Morfaw, Bethany Harrison , and Debora Nya | Spring 2020 |
BME Capstone Projects Sponsored by:
*Teams with password protected pages will be released on May 15 as our teams facilitate intellectual property management.
| Team Name | Project Sponsor | Brief Summary | Student Names | Semester |
| Team Guardwire | Tuan Trinh, MD | An Engineering Solution to Prevent Guidewire Retention in Central Venous Line Placement | Tess Greene, Caroline McKenzie, Margaret Nugent, Jillian Ortner, and Courtney Terrell | Spring 2020 |
| Team Lungevity | Humphrey Lam, MD | Developing an all-inclusive single lung ventilation device for patients under 8. | Cydney Opolka, Gabrielle Rusch, Arshawn Mohseni, Basil McIntosh, and Kyle Jaworski | Spring 2020 |
| Wheezy 2 Breezy | Gerald Lee, MD | Universal pMDI asthma spacer providing non-complying patients with information regarding lung health | Andzoa Jamus, Awung Morfaw, Bethany Harrison, and Debora Nya | Spring 2020 |
| LUMBARJacks | Dr. Carol Kao, MD | LUMBARPillow: Assistive Positioning Device for Lumbar Punctures in Infants | Joseph Awoyeye, Tiffanie Leeman, Lisa Meyer-Baese, Lola Ojomo, and Cheyenne Stewart | Spring 2020 |
BME Capstone Self-Directed Projects:
*Teams with password protected pages will be released on May 15 as our teams facilitate intellectual property management.
| Team Name | Project Sponsor | Brief Summary | Student Names | Semester |
| Queasy Does It | Self-Directed | Uminari Anti-Motion Sickness Eyewear | Alex Chapman, Suraj Greenlund, Brandon Levy, Lee Nguyen, and Qing Zou | Spring 2020 |
| Centennial Medical | Self-Directed | Creating a novel approach to improving surgical sponge traceability in the OR. | Solange Amigues, Sami Belhareth, Madhuri Jois, Tue Dinh Vu, and Zhihao Wang | Spring 2020 |
| SIDS-Stoppers | Self-Directed | A Wearable Breathing Monitoring Infant Garment to Reduce the Risk of SIDS | Akshaya Uthayakumar, Chimara Good, Gilad Stolarski, and Rahul Prabhu | Spring 2020 |
| Flash Four | Self-Directed | A wearable automatically activated device to relieve unpredictable menopausal hot flashes. | Alpravinta Alagesan, Preksha Kukreja, Zoe Stover, and Disha Vaswani | Spring 2020 |
| Top Gum | Self-Directed | Syringe to dispense antibacterial mouthwash and clean the interdental spaces between teeth. | Sarah Autry, Amrit Bhatia, Jonathan Tracey, and Daniel Turner-Figueredo | Spring 2020 |
| WalkNRoll | Self-Directed | The CompressAble: An Assistive Walking Device for Geriatric Patients | Shreenu Sivakumar, Fang Shi, Suraj Vuduta, and Asher Sutherland | Spring 2020 |
BME Capstone Projects Sponsored by:
*Teams with password protected pages will be released on May 15 as our teams facilitate intellectual property management.
| Team Name | Company Sponsor | Project Sponsor | Brief Summary | Student Names | Semester |
| Mighty Molars | Atlanta Dental Center | Josh Benk | Improving dental x-ray diagnoses using an intraoral radiation source. | Nathan Luskey, Mike Kowalski, Kate Genty, and Kalyn Druhot | Spring 2020 |
| Marko Polio | CDC | Ahmed M. Kassem, MD, MPH, PhD, CPH | Working towards the eradication of Polio by reducing counterfeit vaccinations in Pakistan and Afghanistan. | Travis Entrop, Jimmy Forsmo, Jordan Fitzgerald, and Cathy Lei | Spring 2020 |
| RollRight | The Shepherd Center | Brian Maloney, PT, DPT | A Mobile App for Wheelchair Propulsion Monitoring and Form Feedback | Yuyang Dong, Matteo Pergami-Peries, Matthew Ritch, and Katherine Sheffield | Spring 2020 |
| Discovery | The Center for Discovery | Conor, Anderson | Monitoring Stress in the Pediatric Autistic Population Using Galvanic Skin Response | Ashley Bates, Madelyn Conn, Kishore Nathan, and Jacob, Zelko | Spring 2020 |
| Spinal Countdown | Georgia Bone and Joint | Trevor, Turner, MD | Bone marrow aspiration device to optimize mesenchymal stem cell yields | Aaron Metyko, Andrea Guerrero Garcia, Conor Wesolowski, and Corinna Shimalla | Spring 2020 |
| Drug Stored | Hamilton Health Care System | John W. Beckner, MD | Benzo Box: Design of a Benzodiazepine Pill Dispenser | Andy Stevens, Stacy Jung, Sam, Zhan-Moodie, Gylianne Tyndall, and Julian Vitto | Spring 2020 |
BME Capstone acknowledges the generous support provided by Georgia CTSA co-sponsoring many Capstone projects:
“Supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number UL1TR002378. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.”
Thank you to all of our Spring 2020 Project Sponsors.
