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Two teams of UC San Diego undergraduate bioengineering students won Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) awards from the National Institutes of Health. Now in its 12th year, the DEBUT Challenge calls on teams of undergraduate students to produce technological solutions to a broad spectrum of unmet health needs.
Both projects were completed as part of the bioengineering capstone senior design project.
NCI Technologies for Cancer Prevention, Diagnosis, or Treatment Prize:
NCI Technologies for Cancer Prevention, Diagnosis, or Treatment Prize:
MiaFit, University of California-San Diego
MiaFit, University of California-San Diego
MiaFit is a low-cost expandable vaginal dilator designed to comfortably treat vaginal stenosis, a narrowing and shortening of the vagina that can cause significant pain and discomfort.
Award Recipients
Ritika Singh, BS ‘23
Ritika Singh, BS ‘23
Prospective Future Plans: Virginia Tech - Biomedical Engineering PhD Student (working with Dr. Raffaella De Vita)
Stella Kotzabasakis, BS ‘23
Stella Kotzabasakis, BS ‘23
Prospective Future Plans: MIT - Master of Finance and Healthcare Certificate Candidate
Melina Tsotras, BS ‘23
Melina Tsotras, BS ‘23
Prospective Future Plans: NYU- Master of Science in Data Science on the Biomedical Informatics (Medical School) Track
German Gonzalez, BS ‘23
German Gonzalez, BS ‘23
Prospective Future Plans: Continuing research at UCSD and looking for work in medical devices.
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, NICHD Rehabilitative and Assistive Technologies Prize: Adjustable Prosthetic Socket, University of California-San Diego
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, NICHD Rehabilitative and Assistive Technologies Prize: Adjustable Prosthetic Socket, University of California-San Diego
A new adjustable prosthetic socket is designed to adapt to the daily volume changes in the residual limbs of amputees using force sensing elements and air bladders, avoiding complications associated with poor fit such as sores and skin irritation.
Undergraduate students Anton Gerasimov, Jay Chok, and Savanna Turner won the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, NICHD Rehabilitative and Assistive Technologies Prize of $15,000 for their adjustable prosthetic socket. The socket is designed to adapt to the daily volume changes in the residual limbs of amputees using force sensing elements and air bladders, avoiding complications associated with poor fit such as sores and skin irritation. Learn more in the video they made.
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