2024 Medtronic/BMES Student Design Competition Winners
The Medtronic/BMES Student Design Competition was a tremendous success, showcasing an array of innovative submissions from talented students across the nation. Each project demonstrated creativity and practical solutions in biomedical engineering. Excitement filled the air as participants and attendees celebrated their hard work. Find out who won below!
Chemical/BiologicalFirst Place SNIFF: Smart Neoplasm Identification by Fume Fingerprinting Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Felipe Andrade Villalobos (pictured), Maximiliano Mariné Durandeau, Rosario Willatt Contardo, Ignacio Moscoso Gutiérrez, Javier Castro Guevara Second Place Affinity.Bio: AffiBone - A Protein Codelivery System for Bone Regeneration University of Oregon - Knight Campus Jonathan Dorogin Third Place Axcent: A Novel Approach to Neuronal Repair Following Ishemic Stroke University of California, Santa Barbara Nathan Nasseri, Anirudh Lahiri, Liad Habot, Faizan Azhar, Anant Somani |
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Electrical/Computer ScienceFirst Place Aurora: the next step for in-vivo skin cancer diagnosis University of Rochester Bereket Temesgen Second Place HarVI: Virtual Intervention Planning for Coronary Artery Disease Duke University Cyrus Tanade Third Place Easyringe: Voice-Controlled Syringe Pump University of Florida Gabriella Flinn, Samhita Popuri, Cynthia Liu, Tanmayee Kolli |
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Mechanical/ElectricalFirst Place Cornell DEBUT Phase 2B SteadyStride: The Self-Stabilizing Cane for Parkinson's Disease Cornell University Andrew D'Onofrio, Emma Weiss, Angela Altamirano, Veda Kam, Ally Schwartz, Nina Williams, Reza Ashrafi, Allen Tang Second Place ARCOL: An Autonomous/Remote Control Operating Light for Optimized Surgical Illumination Texas A&M University Carson Benner Third Place DermaVision Technologies: Portable Bruise Spectroscopy Across All Skins Tones University of California, Irvine Gerald Lee (representing University of California, Irvine), Elian Lintag |
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2024 Special Category: AI/ML related to treatment of Sport Injuries and Orthopedic ConditionsFirst Place OsteoAssist: An Opportunistic Screening Tool for Osteoporosis and Fracture Risk Analysis through Bone Mineral Density Prediction Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Sayeed Sajjad Razin, Farihin Rahman Second Place Knee AI Rehab Sleeve (KAIRS): A novel approach to post-op knee rehabilitation using AI Chinmay Singh, Samanyu Dixit, Sahaj Sapovadia Third Place Bioptim.ai University of California, Santa Barbara Anirudh Lahiri, Nathan Nasseri, Faizan Azhar, Bardia Khosravi, Liad Habot |