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NEW CURRICULUM Biodevices and Biotechnologies Laboratory
There’s a new course in town, taught by
Assistant Professor Jeff Tithof. ME 4631 is
a newly created senior lab that seeks to
meet the students’ demand for medical
device lab work. This lab teaches seniors
about the design and implementation of
experiments with relevance to biodevices
and biotechnologies. The emphasis will be on
experimental measurement techniques, data
analysis, data interpretation, and uncertainty analysis. Students will also develop and perform one numerical simulation, with associated data visualization and analysis, and improve technical writing skills.
The course includes six lab modules, each with different motivations:
• Differential scanning calorimetry for cryopreservation
• In-shoe pressure sensors for human gait assessment
• Bioelectric signals and response time for electromyography for
neuroprosthetics
• Patient-specific cardiovascular simulations for assessment and
surgical planning
• Low-cost photovoltaics for renewable energy
• Shape memory and superelastic technologies for stents, helmets,
orthopedics, and garments
Students in ME 4631 work on data analysis
AMAZING ALUMNI
CSE Dean Andrew Alleyne met with Ryan Kari (BME 2000), who now serves as Chief Technology Officer of MagCanica, based out of San Diego, CA. Under Kari’s leadership, the company produced magnetostrictive-based torque sensors that are now standard on Formula One racecars.
Ryan Kari (L) shows Dean Alleyne (R) the MagCanica sensor
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