Below are the pitch videos and abstracts for each of the 23 Senior Capstone Design student groups. This year's Senior Capstone Design competition will take place virtually on Monday, May 10th, from 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
 

The link to access this event is: https://bioecapstone.event.gatherly.io/ 

General attendee instructions and tips are available onlineIf you are serving as a primary category judge during this year's live event, you should have received personalized instructions. Please email Alyssa Tomlinson with any questions.

4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.  Welcome from BIOE Chair, Dr. John Fisher

4:20 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.  Capstone Judging
Each Capstone group will present to at least three judges. Guests are encourage to "walk" around the event and view presentations, or meet individually with Capstone students/attendees. Judges will be identified as such throughout the event. If viewing a group's presentation to a judge, we kindly ask general attendees to keep their microphone muted until the judge has finished asking their questions. This is to respect that the judges' feedback factors into each student's grade.

5:30 p.m.  Finalist Presentations

6:15 p.m.  Awards Announced

6:30 p.m.  Close of Event

The Fischell Department of Bioengineering thanks the following organizations for their generous support for Spring 2021 Capstone projects:

Mpowering the State       

The Fischell Department of Bioengineering extends sincere thanks to Dr. Robert E. Fischell and Susan Fischell, the founding sponsors of our Senior Capstone Design competition. We also thank the MPowering the State Strategic Partnership, as well as this year's faculty and clinical mentors for their tremendous support of our students.  In addition, we thank our BIOE Advisory Board members and the Bioengineering Graduate Student Society (BGSS-UMD) for serving as judges for this year's competition. 

 
Urine Particle Analysis in Body Fluid Images Using Machine Learning
Group 1 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Tara Basir, Fadhili Maina, Ananya Mathur, Dana Ronin, Colin Skeen

*Project sponsored by Beckman Coulter Inc.

COVID-19 App Suite for Contact-Free Patient Screening
Group 13 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members:  Samantha Kraus, Yutong Liang, Darshi Shah, Alana D. Tillery, Jillian Weiss


Injection of Ethyl Cellulose-Ethanol to Prevent Cervical Cancer
Group 2 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Katherine Eckart, David Garvey, Philip Marcum, Marisa Patsy, Danielle Restaino


Radiomics feature prediction of survival in patients with high-grade gliomas
Group 14 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Michael Buckberg, Sabrina Cauton, Katherine Dura, Claire Rutkowski


Assessment of Fall Risk: A cell-phone application to conduct at-home fall-reduction training based on monitoring data
Group 3 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Alyssa Arminan, Martha David, Gloria Kim, Owen Roy, Diandra Youta

*Project sponsored by Medtronic


Artificial Intelligence to Read Abdominal X-Rays as Part of a Bowel Management Program for Children with Constipation and Fecal Incontinence
Group 15 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Ali Aslam, Chaitali Chitnis, Jorge Guzman, Nealyn Ashraf, Keerthana Srinivasan


Neonatal Bag-Mask Ventilation Controlling for Tidal Volume
Group 4 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Cassidy Craig, Joseph Forbin, Kylie Giordano, Margaret Reese, Leah Rock


Using Airflow Simulations to Design a More Efficient and Cost-Effective N95 Facemask
Group 16 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Mary Carbonell, Asma Farooqui, Diego Laboy-Morales, Christian Lazaro, Lina Tchangalova


An Educational SARS-CoV-2 Genome Browser
Group 5 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Jessica Boyer, Matthew Brandon, Gillian Kramer, Elena Mirkovic, Sanjori Mukherjee


Custom Radiolucent Alignment Board For Intraoperative Lower Extremity Deformity Correction
Group 17 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Ryan Lee Everich, Anna Filatova, Shreya Khanna, Akorede Olayiwola, Vaani Shah


Monitoring SpO2 at a site close to the injury of larger limbs
Group 6 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Tara Cecil, Katherine Dapkus, Michael McCreary, Juliana Pitzer, Gabriella Shahine


Artificial intelligence for reading of Hirschsprung's pathology slides
Group 18 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Lina Betu, Eyram Koudji, Cole Marra, Caitlyn Nguyen, Prateek Swamykumar


Engineering β-cyclodextrin-based Nanoparticles for Sustained Release of Anti-Leukemia Therapeutics
Contact Alyssa Tomlinson with questions

Team Members: Arjun Cherupalla, Samhita Chundury, Justin Morgan Longest, Nahom Michael, Praneeth Thota


Computer vision assessment of fall risks with machine learning for older people or patients post stroke
Group 19 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Aodu Guo, Philip Kloner, Benjamin Lee, Emersen McCoy, Mark Melvin


Describing Inaccuracies in Wearable Heart Rate Monitors: A Dynamics Optics Simulation
Group 8 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Chenchen Handler, Nima Karodeh, Ann Rizkallah, Rebecca Vaudreuil, Ashley Williams


Ultrasound Guided Pediatric Hip Aspiration Training Phantom
Group 20 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Shahed Bader, Christopher Garliss, Sandra Lavrenov, Brittney Murugesan, Devon Strozyk


Telerehabilitation platform to analyze 3D movement of stroke patients performing occupational tasks
Group 9 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Jennifer Biaksangi, Shawn Byrne, Chloe Keller, Catherine Levi, Fatima Mikdashi


Building Supervised Machine Learning Models on Hematology Data to Aid in Diagnosis of COVID-19
Group 21 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Rohan Laljani, Rebecca Mathew, Justin Turner, Vinay Veluvolu

*Project sponsored by Beckman Coulter Inc.


3D-Bioprinting Biomimetic Materials to Differentiate Stem Cells into Osteoblasts for Bone Regeneration
Contact Alyssa Tomlinson with questions

Team Members: Demitra Karalis, Priscilla Lee, Emory Charles Mummert, Caroline Olson, Zoe Roussos


Computational Flow Dynamic Model of COVID-19 Transmission and Face Shields
Group 22 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Eric Frank, Angela Lee, Brendan Reilly, Neel Sanghvi, Pranav Varrey


Vascular Guidewire with Microvalve to Prevent Inadvertent Loss Within Body
Group 11 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Julia Cicalo, Cesar Funes, Sarah Levendusky, Celia Maiorano, Blake Michael Zucco


Liquid Level Analysis with Machine Learning
Group 23 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Ewuradjoa Amoah, Jonathan Kim, Natasha Kodgi, Adam Landa, Sarah Martin

*Project sponsored by BD


Automated Feature Detection for Custom Conformal Respirator Design
Group 12 Video Pitch  | Abstract

Team Members: Deborah Acheampong, Zachary Dorsey, Jae Jung, Sojeong Lee, Trevor Mollot


 

 


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