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Our Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science students from the Henry Samueli School of Engineering have been perfecting their design projects all year. Check out what we've been working on.



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ANTgineers

ANTgineers

Team 1: ANTgineers

We are a student team working with Nxgen Port to reproduce their optical system and obtain viable images. This information will assist them in the process of miniaturization and ultimately integrating the optical system into a port catheter.

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AptamerBiodiagnostics

Aptamer BioDiagnostics

Team 2: Aptamer BioDiagnostics

Developing a novel electrochemical sensor using aptamers to detect Covid-19, CSF, cortisol, and more in minutes.

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SmartFlex

SmartFlex

Team 3: SmartFlex

The SmartFlex Microscope is an integrated, low-cost, 3D-printed, smartphone-based microscope capable of two imaging modes: transmission and fluorescence.

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KneedsMet

KneedsMet

Team 4: KneedsMet

An assistive device to improve long-term rehabilitation of musculoskeletal knee injuries to mitigate or prevent the development of inappropriate walking gaits.



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WheelchairRockers

Wheelchair Rockers

Team 5: Wheelchair Rockers

Currently developing a headrest support system for users with Athetoid Cerebral Palsy. The Wheelchair Rockers can customize headrests just for you,so that you can rock on!

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teamsuperplasticity

Team Superplasticity

Team 6: Team Superplasticity

Ceramic superplasticity can allow for facile part modification and enable new applications for ceramics.

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bcio

bc.io

Team 7: bc.io

bc.io is an electroencephalogram (EEG)-based brain-computer interface (BCI) system that will prevent roadway accidents caused by drowsy driving by detecting driver drowsiness in real time and providing wakefulness inducing stimuli. This system will be implemented as a safety feature in motor vehicles.

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Sapien6

Sapien 6

Team 8: Sapien 6

A custom catheter that safely retrieves radially torn balloons via a novel procedure during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).

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TE2Biomedical

(TE)2 Biomedical

Team 9: (TE)2 Biomedical

Our device continuously measures changes in the interstitial fluid pressure for early detection of heart failure through a minimally invasive procedure involving a portable needle-based application.

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TeamYouKneed

The Team You Kneed

Team 10: The Team You Kneed

To develop benchtop knee surrogates to objectively test orthotic devices and provide a method for companies to evaluate the efficacy of various knee brace products.

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NeuroDetect

NeuroDetect

Team 11: NeuroDetect

Low-cost microelectrode array capable of recording neuronal action potentials to diagnose and assist treatment of patients with epilepsy.

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AmorphologyMSP

Amorphology MSP

Team 12: Amorphology MSP

We develop novel Ti-based metal matrix composites for the future.

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TeamDiality

Team Diality

Team 13: Team Diality

Synthesis of a cost effective ammonium adsorbent for the removal of ammonium converted from urea in Diality’s portable hemodialysis system.

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Anatomxx

Anatomxx

Team 14: Anatomxx

A dot tracking software and force detection set-up is proposed to measure vessel displacements and forces during TAVR procedure simulations using a catheter and an anatomical model of the femoral artery.

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ChipCheck

Chip Check

Team 15: Chip Check

Check yourself! - Immunotherapy diagnostic tool brought to you in a handheld, cutting-edge microfluidic device.

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MuscleSense

Muscle Sense

Team 16: Muscle Sense

A low-cost, portable, and interactive wearable muscle strength feedback sensor for musculoskeletal rehabilitation.

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Flowell

Flowell

Team 17: Flowell

Flowell is developing an endovascular device for the simulation of the hemodynamic parameters such as Heart Rate and Pulsatile Pressure.

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HeartSoul

Heart Soul

Team 18: Heart Soul

Our mission is to improve the quality of treatment for patients needing heart valve replacement by developing a novel, expandable bioprosthetic.

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TheVisionaries

The Visionaries

Team 19: The Visionaries

The artificial cornea device utilizes biocompatible polymers with imprinted nanopatterns to control cell growth and promote surface antibacterial properties.

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Grayink

Grayink

Team 20: Grayink

Grayink aims to optimize a micro-computed tomography system that integrates an experimental CdTe detector to identify micro-scale defects in catheter development testing.

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ZoomingEngineers

Zooming Engineers

Team 21: Zooming Engineers

Our product is a portable fluorescence microscope to be used in a clinical setting to classify pathogen DNA blood samples for diagnosis of sepsis.

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Relativity

Relativity

Team 22: Relativity

A superior nickel-based alloy for additive manufacturing to be used in aerospace applications.

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TheToothFairies

The Tooth Fairies

Team 23: The Tooth Fairies

Dental restorations with improved aesthetics using a novel technique that enhances the translucency of zirconia.

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DBSLearner

DBS Learner

Team 24: DBS Learner

A physical model for neurosurgeons to practice implantation of a Deep Brain Stimulator device.

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hummingbird

Hummingbird

Team 25: Hummingbird

The PenEEG seeks to provide physicians and emergency healthcare professionals immediate insight into the brain through a portable four lead hand-held EEG.

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RedGenerative

RedGenerative

Team 26: RedGenerative

The only light that'll patch you up.

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SoundDose

SoundDose

Team 27: SoundDose

SoundDose aims to improve the accuracy of radiation dose treatments in prostate cancer patients by verifying radiation beam location and dose amount through a novel ultrasound detection system.

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PedsPak

Peds Pak

Team 28: Peds Pak

Peds Pak offers a compact and wearable alternative to standard infusion systems that improves pediatric patient treatments and helps them reach developmental milestones.

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TheFantasticSix

The Fantastic Six

Team 29: The Fantastic Six

The bottle-syringe (and adapter) device is a feeding device for premature infants which seamlessly combines gavage feeding and bottle feeding by using a novel adapter to create an air-tight chamber within the gavage-syringe component of the device and to facilitate threading of the slow-flow bottle nipple component of the device to induce sucking reflexes.

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NAPR

NAPR

Team 30: NAPR

We are developing a portable negative airway pressure respirator device to protect the healthcare workers from the spread of aerosol transmitted diseases during taking care of their patients by integrating the condition of the negative pressure room and PPE.

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forMED

forMED

Team 31: forMED

forMED Technologies improves glaucoma management by providing patients and doctors with an at-home, non-deforming intraocular pressure (IOP) monitoring system.

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HeartBeat

HeartBeat

Team 32: HeartBeat

Our team is developing a cardiac energy harvesting device to help lengthen the lifetime of leadless pacemakers and reduce the need for surgery using electromagnetic induction and the natural pumping motion of the heart.

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Dentaero

Dentaero

Team 33: Dentaero

We aim to create a novel hand held device that decreases the risk of aerosol transmitted diseases for both the patient and clinician by reducing emitted aerosols in an ergonomically-friendly way.

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IdeneMedical

Idene Medical

Team 34: Idene Medical

Idene Medical is developing a patent pending grab bar that can assist wheelchair users with various mobility tasks in a portable and independent manner.

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Rocketeers

Rocketeers

Team 35: Rocketeers

This product provides a stable headrest behind someone’s head on their wheelchair.

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Plego

(P)Lego

Team 36: (P)Lego

(P)Lego aims to make an environmental impact by recycling PET plastic and 3D printing plastic bricks needed for construction instead of using traditional bricks to venture into sustainable housing.

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Upcoming Events





The Bioengine Biomedical Device Design Symposium

We will be celebrating the culmination of the Biomedical Device Design capstone course at UC Irvine. Join us over food and drinks as the senior design teams showcase their prototypes and compete for a chance to win BioENGINE Fellowships and Capstone Design Awards.

*Note: BioENGINE Fellowship candidates are also eligible for Capstone Design Awards





Date: May 31, 2022

Location

UCI Applied Innovation (The Cove)

5141 California Ave, Suite 200



Please direct event questions to:

The Bioengine Team

Past Events





The Bioengine Industry Networking Night

We will be hosting our winter industry networking night. This will be a networking event that will consist of 2 minute reverse pitches from companies and networking booths to be able to meet and recruit our students after graduation.





Date: February 15, 2021

Location

UCI Applied Innovation (The Cove)

5270 California Ave #100, Irvine, CA 92617



Please direct event questions to:

The Bioengine Team





Bioengine Unmet Clinical Needs reverse Pitch Night

We will be hosting our kick-off event, the Unmet Clinical Need Reverse Pitch Night. This will be a pitch event where all mentors will pitch their projects to our students who can then match to the project and team of interest.





Date: October 13, 2020

Location

Zoom



Please direct event questions to:

The Bioengine Team







Learn More about Becoming a Mentor for the BioENGINE Program

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We need your support!

We are seeking old medical equipment to assist our students with design and innovation.



Please direct mentorship and equipment donation questions to:

Dr. Christine King







About the instructors

Dr. William Tang

Dr. William Tang is a Professor at UC Irvine. Dr. Tang is also the Associate Dean for Research at UCI. He research consists of ultra-low-power, high-Q and high-frequency resonators for wireless communications and signal processing, biological fuel cells, and single-cell physiology and engineering. His work experience includes tenure at the Ford Research Laboratory, Ford Microelectronics, Inc. and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He was a DARPA MEMS Program Manager. He is a Member of Technology Advisory Board at Discera, Inc. Dr. Tang served as a Member of the Technical Advisory Board at Virtus Advanced Sensors, Inc. His contributions also encompass the use of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) in the automotive industry, including crash sensors for air-bag deployment systems. He holds two patents for automotive accelerometers and has authored more than 40 papers in the MEMS field. Dr. Tang holds a BS, MS and PhD degrees in EECS from the University of California-Berkeley.

Dr. Michelle Khine

Dr. Michelle Khine is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at UC Irvine. She is also the Director of Faculty Innovation at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering. Dr. Khine received her BS and MS from UC Berkeley in Mechanical Engineering and her PhD in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley and UCSF. She was the Scientific Founder of 4 companies: Fluxion Biosciences, Shrink Nanotechnologies, Novoheart, and TinyKicks. Dr. Khine was the recipient of the TR35 Award and named one of Forbes ’10 Revolutionaries’ in 2009 and by Fast Company Magazine as one of the '100 Most Creative People in Business' in 2011. She was awarded the NIH New Innovator's Award, was named a finalist in the World Technology Awards for Materials, and was named by Marie‐Claire magazine as 'Women on Top: Top Scientist'. Dr. Khine also started a novel co-op with her students, “A Hundred Tiny Hands,” and is currently leading the Bioengineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship program, BioENGINE, at UC Irvine.

Dr. Christine King

Dr. Christine King is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Biomedical Engineering at UC Irvine. She received her BS and MS from Manhattan College in Mechanical Engineering and her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from UC Irvine, where she developed brain-computer interface systems for neurorehabilitation. She was a post-doctorate in the Wireless Health Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a research manager in the Center for SMART Health, where she focused on wireless health monitoring for stroke and pediatric asthma. Her current research is on engineering education.

Dr. Chris Hoo

Dr. Christopher Hoo is a Project Engineer at the Advanced Materials Division at 3M and a Lecturer at UC Irvine. He has spent the last 6 years working in the Aerospace and Defense industries. His areas of expertise include materials characterization and processing, design for manufacturability, new product introduction (NPI), implementation of lean processes, disruptive technology implementation and manufacturing scale up. Dr. Hoo received his BS, MS and PhD degree in Materials Science Engineering from the University of California-Irvine.