International Student Design Showcase
Tuesday, April 10, 5:30-7:30, Heritage Gallery, McNamara Alumni Center

Organizer: Just Herder, Delft University of Technology

The purpose of this showcase was to promote and publicize excellence in medical device design by teams of undergraduate and graduate students conducted as part of their course work.

Winning Teams:

3RD PLACE WINNERS “BabyBeats: Fast, Reliable and Low-Cost Fetal Heart Rate Monitor”
Pictured: (left to right) Geoffrey Russell, Creighton Petty and Lauren Smith

2ND PLACE WINNERS “The SinuGlide Device: An insert for treatment of chronic sinusitis”
Pictured: (left to right) Creighton Petty, Anastasia Borok, Matron Varady and Lauren Smith

GRAND PRIZE WINNERS “MAID: Magnet-Assisted Intubation Device”
Pictured: (left to right) Alexander Cooper, Jacob Thompson and Shawna Hagen

Competition Presenters:

“Bison Microventure”
Cody Mathison, Andrew Dalman, Brittany Korynta, and Dustin Mueller, Manufacturing Engineering, North Dakota State University (DMD-SDS_2012-01)

“Design of a Fully-Implantable Miniature Cardiac Electrical Stimulator for Research Purposes in a Rat”
Andy Crisman, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota (DMD-SDS_2012-02)

“The Solution to Postpartum Hemorrhage”
Anastasia Borok, Adam Clark, Luke Jungles, and Nathaniel Moller, Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, Johns Hopkins University (DMD-SDS_2012-03)

“Mobile Vision: The Mobile Optometry Clinic”
Kevin Beale, George Chen, Richard Latimer, Minhee Park, and Adam Samaniego, Departments of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering, Rice University (DMD-SDS_2012-04)

“Flexible Endoclips for Effective Hemostasis of Gastrointestinal Bleeds”
Barath Udayasuryan, Divya Sanghvi, and Krishan Prem Kumar, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan (DMD-SDS_2012-05)

“The Globoscope: A Cost-Effective, Portable Option for Endoscopy in Low-Resource Settings”
Rebecca Hernandez, Charisma Kaushik, Jean Kim, Amy Liao, and Sabha Momin, Bioengineering, Rice University (DMD-SDS_2012-06)

“Pneumatically Actuated Automated Suturing Device for Rapid Closure of Long Surgical Incisions”
Carmen M. Graves, Faye Y. Wu, Steven Lam, Omar Y. Carrasquillo, Andrew T. Erickson, and Kyle R. Eberlin, Mechanical Engineering Department, MIT (DMD-SDS_2012-07)

3RD PLACE WINNERS “BabyBeats: Fast, Reliable and Low-Cost Fetal Heart Rate Monitor”
Lauren Smith, Brian Rayburn, Creighton Petty, and Geoffrey Russell, Biomedical Engineering Department, Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, Johns Hopkins University (DMD-SDS_2012-08)

“Needle Tip and Syringe Pistol Design to Maximize Cellular Uptake in Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsies”
Robert Brik, Kevin Chen, Jisoo Kim, and Alex Speltz, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT; Alex Lesman, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT; William C. Faquin and Sareh Parangi, Massachusetts General Hospital (DMD-SDS_2012-09)

2ND PLACE WINNERS “The SinuGlide Device: An insert for treatment of chronic sinusitis”
Anastasia Borok, Creighton Petty, Lauren Smith, and Matron Varady (MSE Candidates), Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (DMD-SDS_2012-10)

“An Assisted Obstetric Delivery Device for Resource Limited Settings”
John P. Hessburg, Prithvi Murthy, Keval D. Patel, Daniel P. Ostrowski, and Kathleen H. Sienko, Departments of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan (DMD-SDS_2012-11)

“Minimally-Invasive Specimen Removal with Contractible Mesh”
Erika M. Bildsten, Deema Totah, Tyrel Waagen, Subarna Basnet, and Melody Kuna, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT; Ian Makey, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (DMD-SDS_2012-12)

“Design of an Assisted Blood Flow Occlusion Device for Liver Resection”
Matthew Estrada, Yashraj Narang, Randall Briggs, Yamicia Connor, and Daniel Fourie, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT (DMD-SDS_2012-13)

“On-chip bacterial detection and diagnosis with integrated mechanical micropump for low-resource settings”
Ayeeshik Kole, Erica Curtis, and Erik Werner, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University; Brian Lesniak and Ben Brantley, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University (DMD-SDS_2012-17)

“Cell phone based decision making and referral platform for pregnancy related complications in rural settings”
Amir Sabet Sarvestani, Alparslan Emrah Bayrak, Vaibhav Jaguste, Alex Gardner, and Kathleen Sienko, University of Michigan, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Department (DMD-SDS_2012-19)

GRAND PRIZE WINNERS “MAID: Magnet-Assisted Intubation Device”
Alexander Cooper, Elizabeth Flanagan, Shawna Hagen, and Jacob Thompson, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (DMD-SDS_2012-20)

Panel Judges:

Alec Johnson, University of St. Thomas

Christopher Scorzelli, Kablooe Design

Jay Kokate, Boston Scientific Corporation

Jorie Soskin, Medtronic, Inc.

Karen Kaehler, Office for Technology Commercialization, UMN

Scott Smith, Medical Design Consultant

Showcase Presentation

• All Selected Papers will be presented in the International Student Design Showcase on Tuesday, April 10, 5:30pm-7:30pm in the Heritage Gallery, McNamara Alumni Center

• Please be dressed appropriatly in Business attire

• Set-up time is on Tuesday, April 10 from 4:00pm-5:00pm

• There will be space available to store your posters during the conference. Please see conference staff at the registration desk if you wish to store your poster. *NOTE* pre-shipment of posters is NOT available.

• Professional judges will review entry documents and the presentation by the students at the showcase to determine prize winners.

• Three cash prizes: $500, $300, $200. At least one member of the student design team must be present at the Design Showcase to be considered for a prize.

Presentation Specifications

• The allotted tackable poster space is 91”wide x 45” tall.

• There will be a table-top availible to display your design next to your poster board,
*NOTE* there WILL NOT be AC power next to your board.

• Push Pins will be provided.

• Please follow good design principles in preparing your poster.

• The title should span the top of your poster and be in letters that are at least one inch tall.

Certificate of Presentation

If you require a Certificate of Presentation, e-mail Trisha Johnson (johnsont@umn.edu) with the subject heading "Showcase Presentation Certificate Request" AFTER April 16th, 2012.

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