BME Capstone Projects

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CO2-Based Guidance System for Endotracheal Intubation

Team Members:
Sarah Brady
Renee Chao
Devika Dileep
Irene Zhang

Team Mentors:
William Tyler, PhD - SBHSE
James Bogert, MD - Dignity Health

Autonomous Guidewire and Catheter Insertion Device

Team Members:
James Crichton
Jacqueline Klier
Charmayne Seaton
Summer Suttell

Team Mentors:
Kuei-Chun (Mark) Wang, PhD - SBHSE
Scott Beeman, PhD - SBHSE
James Bogert, MD - Dignity Health

Novel Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Cannula

Team Members:
Chilimba Chishiba
Monyimba Nisong
Sawicki Ari
Tam Matthew

Team Mentors:
Xiaojun Tian, PhD - SBHSE
James Bogert, MD - Dignity Health

Suture Tensiometer: A Novel Device Measuring Suture Tension in Real-Time for Laparotomy Procedures in the Prevention of Hernias

Team Members:
Zachery Camacho
Dante Desimone
Maria Soldevila
Sumayah Wehelie

Team Mentors:
William Tyler, PhD - SBHSE
Tedd Brandon, MD - Surgical Support Services, SBHSE
James Bogert, MD - Dignity Health

Dynamic Operating Room Lights - TADD Lighting Systems

Team Members:
Danielle Bischoff
Devin Marinaccio
Alexis Middleton
Tanja Djurdjevic

Team Mentor:
Paul Del Prado MD - District Medical Group & Maricopa Integrated Health System

Pediatric, Size-Adjustable Aortic Punch for Arterial Switch Operation

Team Members:
Daniella Asare
Priya Borah
Elena Gomez
Bhavya Sharma

Team Mentors:
William Tyler, PhD - SBHSE
Jon Plasencia, PhD - Phoenix Children’s Hospital

Endo-Lectrode: An Endovascular Electroencephalographic Electrode Device For Neurocritical Care And Epilepsy

Team Members:
Emily Hanzlick
Dorothy Palomares
Alexis Ratliff
Anthony Silva
Jacob Schuler

Team Mentors:
Bradley Greger, PhD - SBHSE
Todd Abruzzo, MD - Phoenix Children's Hospital

Biometrics for Rehabilitation Software Tool for Burn Patients with Restricted Hand Mobility / The DigiFlexor

Team Members:
Anna Avila
Randy Etornam Esskipe
Shirley Lowmaster
Carlos Mendez-Arias
Catalina Pardo

Team Mentors:
Sydney Schaefer, PhD - SBHSE
Sara Belko, MS - Thomas Jefferson University (First Year Medical Student)

Hydrogel Dressing for Targeted Antibiotic Delivery in Treatment of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

Team Members:
Fernando Aguilera de Alba
Raneem Asiri
David Leonard Asuncion
Beerjas Bath
Kasandra Sanchez

Team Mentors:
Brent Vernon, Ph.D - SBHSE
Eric Nguyen - Creighton University School of Medicine

Solo-RSI: The Ultimate Tool for Rapid Sequence Intubation

Team Members:
Joshua Gunn
Nicholas Kindseth
Leslie Olivares
Chase Wallace

Team Mentors:
Geoff Comp, DO, FAWM - Creighton University School of Medicine
Eric Nguyen - Creighton University School of Medicine
Clayton J Korson - Creighton University School of Medicine
Bradley Greger, PhD - SBHSE
Andrew B Schlinkert - Creighton University

SmartRescue: A Lightweight Weight Bearing device that Aids Patients with Ankle Sprains Walk on Their Own

Team Members:
Maryah Alalwan
Nazira Kwanda
Emmanuella Tagoe
Loren Yazzie

Team Mentors:
Christopher J. Pardo - Creighton University School of Medicine
Daniel Peterson, PhD - College of Health Solutions, ASU
Geoff Comp, DO, FAWM - Creighton University School of Medicine
Eric Nguyen - Creighton University School of Medicine

Automated ACLS Drug Administration

Team Members:
Mikayla Gerdes
Emily Glagolev
Kaitlyn Nielsen
Sarah Nystrom

Team Mentors:
Apollo Arquiza, PhD - SBHSE
Nicholas Tan - Creighton University School of Medicine

Laparoscopic Detachable Camera Device

Team Members:
Analisa Benites
Sarah Davis
Nicole Haikalis
Lydan McLaws
Aditya Mishra

Team Mentors:
Vikram Kodibagkar, PhD - SBHSE
Natasha Sioda - Crieghton University School of Medicine

ANA Medical: ANAstoCoat

Team Members:
Alexa Ng
Adrienne Parkinson
Natalie Santoro

Team Mentors:
Vincent Pizziconi, PhD - SBHSE
Brent Vernon, PhD - SBHSE
David Row, MD - Dignity Health
Joseph Chung - Creighton University School of Medicine

Neurostimulation Device for the Treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme

Team Members:
Alexis Kiraly
Lauren Lossner
Grace Lowor
Cassie Riggs

Team Mentors:
Bradley Greger, PhD - SBHSE
Benjamin Hendrick, MD - Barrow Neurological Institute
Sarah McBryan, MS - Barrow Neurological Institute
Dakota Graham, BSE - Barrow Neurological Institute

CMC Implant: A Phalangeal Joint Spacer for Osteomyelitis

Team Members:
Jeremy Atkinson
Cesar Carreto
Priscilla Han
Vishnu Karthigeyan

Team Mentors:
Brent Vernon, PhD - SBHSE
George Mastorakos - Mayo Clinic School of Medicine (M4)

MAIKO ring: Innovative Pelvic Circumferential Compression Device

Team Members:
Ian Conley
Alison Dewald
Kameron Moore
Madison Ryder

Team Mentors:
James Bogert, MD - Dignity Health
Lindsay Oleson - Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc

Injection Molding of Complex Hydrogel Geometries for Macroencapsulation of Donor Islets

Team Members:
Alec McCall
Michael Finocchiaro
Maria Perez
Camryn Garza

Team Mentors:
Jessica Weaver, PhD - SBHSE
David Lott, MD - Mayo Clinic

A Hydrogel Delivery System For Ecm Growth Factors That Provides Necessary Moisture And Antimicrobial Resistance That Promotes Tissue Regeneration For Burn Wounds

Team Members:
Tatyana Gonzalez
Taylor Miller
Selena Rodriguez
Liana Soto

Team Mentors:
Apollo Arquiza, PhD - SBHSE
Jessica Weaver, PhD - SBHSE
Kaitlyn Libraro, MS, MPA, RN - William Randolph Hearst Burn Center

Andrew Neading, BSN, RN - MetroHealth, Humabiologics, and Katecho, LLC

GlucoGuard: Autonomous Oral Drug Delivery for the Prevention and Treatment of Nocturnal Hypoglycemia in Diabetics

Team Members:
Michael Grapp
Cade Montplaisir
Ty Promreuk
Mauro Robles
Zachary Smith

Team Mentors:
William Tyler, PhD - SBHSE
Jessica Weaver, PhD - SBHSE

Continuous Wearable Fetal Heart Rate Monitor

Team Members:
Ally Coen
Amy Nystrom
Atlee Lieberg

Team Mentors:
Bradley Greger, PhD - SBHSE
Apollo Arquiza, PhD - SBHSE
Susan Greger, MD

Bacterial Surface Display for Dengue Virus

Team Members:
Jennifer Brodsky
Nicholas Lee
Michelle Mungaray

Team Mentors:
Benjamin Bartelle, PhD - SBHSE
Susan Holechek

Notorious RGB: Color Corrective Contact Lenses

Team Members:
Erik Halsband
Mikaela Hatfield
Amelia Ikuta
Carlie Rein

Team Mentors:
Vincent Pizziconi, PhD - SBHSE
Bradley Greger, PhD - SBHSE

OH-Stim: Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulator for Acute Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

Team Members:
Porter Derrick
Maddy Gordon
Andrew Samanta

Team Mentors:
William Jamie Tyler, PhD - SBHSE
Kristen Valderhaug, MD

Software System for Measurement of Colon Polyps From Endoscope Feed

Team Members:
Teleah Hancer
Mario Mosqueda Crespo
Alexandra Richey
Georgia Sullivan

Team Mentors:
Vikram Kodibagkar, PhD - SBHSE
Jewel Samadder, MD - Mayo Clinic

Cerebelarm: Machine Learning Enabled Vision Assisted Pediatric Prosthetic

Team Members:
Danielle Carpenter
Daniel Brennen Martin
Dylan Mitchell
Justin Pettit
Juan Pablo Robayo

Team Mentor:
Marco Santello, PhD - SBHSE

Wearable Motion Capture Device for CABG Rehabilitation

Team Members:
John Le
Anugraha Pal
Jason Zhang

Team Mentors:
Claire Honeycutt, PhD - SBHSE
Thurmon E. Lockhart, PhD - SBHSE
Sheila R. Pal - CABG and Geriatrics

Implantable Hemo-Hydraulic Electrical Transducer for a Fully Autonomous Pacemaker Solution

Team Members:
Alicia Salas
Luci Morin
Aarya Mecwan
Stone Xia

Team Mentors:
William Tyler, PhD - SBHSE
Apollo Arquiza, PhD - SBHSE
Femi Oladokun - Creighton University School of Medicine

Microneedle Therapy for Basal Cell Carcinoma

Team Members:
Maren Eltze
Rachel Fisher
Anshul Krishnan,
Jinpyo Seo

Team Mentors:
Brent Vernon, Ph.D - SBHSE
Chandrashekhar P. Pathak, Ph.D - ASU
Laura A. Hansen, Ph.D - Creighton University School of Medicine
Jerold L. Powers, M.D - HonorHealth
Yul Yang, M.D., Ph.D - Mayo Clinic

The Plight of Maternal Health: A Solution Aimed to Treat the Leading Cause of Maternal Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

Team Members:
Daniel Bhella
Alexia Kamau
Andrew Opstad
Jonathan Planten
Kayla Zeien

Team Mentors:
Mary Jane Paremtnier, PhD - School for Future of Innovation in Society, ASU
Eric Stribling - Engineer (U.S.)
Barbara Smith, PhD - SBHSE