Student Project Listing 2002-2003 BME 272-273
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# indicates team leader
Final Poster Presentation April 22, 2003, Featheringill Lobby, 2-5PM
+ indicates Arnold Prize winner (Best Design Project)

Group
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Name(s)

Advisor

Topic

1 Emily Mowry - #
Roy Sunderland
Ames Brown (CS)
Hudson. Levy (ME)
Dr. David Black
 - Aegis
Urine Sample Automation System in Forensic Drug Analysis
2 Payal Sehgal
Trent Roszell
John Pappalardo
Dr. John Penn
- VUMC
Retinopathy in newborns
3*+ Amir Durrani
Santosh Tumkur
Ben Hoagland
Lucas Burton
Dr. Thomas Ryan
 - Ethicon
Improving CABG Surgery
4* Taya Furmanski
Albert Attia
Dr. Thomas Doyle
 - VUMC
Pulmonary flow resistance device
5 Emily Salmon Dr. Norman Purvis
 - Esoterix
Development, Simulation and Optimization of Oncology Laboratory Sample Processing Automation
6* David Brogan
Darci Phillips
Daniel Schultz
Dr. Thomas Doyle
- VUMC
PDA Closure Device Development
7 Eric Mauri
Matt Kasztejna
Michael Marquis
Dr. Wes Ely
 - VUMC
Delirium Detection
8 Charles Houssiere
Matthew Clemens
Robert Allen/Ben Schnitz
 - Micronova Tech.
MicroPredict Asthma Wheeze System
9

Elizabeth Kanter
Matt Keller

Dr. Anita Mahadevan-Jansen
 - VUBME
Endoscopic Raman Probe for Laparoscopic Detection of Ovarian Cancer
10

R. McLean Coble, III
Jeff Servoss (ME)

Dr. Tom Doyle
 - VUMC
Patent Foramen Ovale occlusion device
11* Sherry Mahomedally
Pooja Shah
Nicole Serago
Robert Allen/Ben Schnitz
 - MicroNova Technology
NovaMouse (TM) Pulse Oximeter
12 Puja Vyas
Rebecca Zambon
Dr. Dan France
 - VUMC
Systems Errors in Emergency Medicine
13 Terri Ellen Burd
Tammer Elaini
Joel Guinn
Claire Honeycutt
Allen Newton
Dr. Wes Ely
 - VUMC
Determining Long-Term Neuropsychological Impacts of Hypoxia on Patients in the ICU.
14 Jung  Kim
Trey Smith
Austin Chamberlain
Jaime Alvarez (ME)
Jason Roberts
 - State of TN
Assistive Device Development
15 Sanjay Athavale
Ashwath Jayagopal - #
Amit Parikh
Dr. Dennis Hallahan
 - VUMC
Localized Drug Delivery in Tumors by Magnetic Nanoparticles
16* Abbas Bandukwala
Padmavathy Chunduru
Christopher Harvey
Dr. Raul Guzman
 - VUMC
Continuous Wave Doppler Measurement System
17 Michael Dinh Dr. Joseph Bruner
 - VUMC
Fetal Stabilizer for Extrauterine Surgery
18 Darnita Mims
Connie Saelzler
Anna Suarez
Ashley Hammann (ME)
Richard Fries
- Datex-Ohmeda
Medicine Advisor/Dispenser
19 Abigail Adkins (ME)
Shaun Grubert
Hudson Levy (ME)
Dr. Bill Layman
Dr. Stanley Braun

 - VUMC
The Dental Wire  Project moved to Mechanical Engineering in January 2003.
20 Peter Claise
Barbara Visher
Dr. Lloyd King
 - VUMC
Hair Loss Evaluation Efficiency
21 Scott  Renkes David Noelle
 - VUEE
Artificial muscle based on Flexinol motor wire: a novel approach to prosthetic actuators
22 Justine Carter Rich Fries
 - Datex-Ohmeda
Cable Line Management

* indicates student groups that need to schedule out of the 9-10 time period