We're making waves

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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NeoMates

NeoMates

Team 1: Neomates

The NeoMates are delivering peace of mind to parents and hospital staff by creating protective eyewear that increases stability, efficiency, and treatment area for neonates undergoing phototherapy treatment.

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Introspec

Introspec

Team 2: Introspec

A novel and quick mess-free headband for early screening of Alzheimer's Disease.

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German

German

Team 3: German

A software that will give your InMoov robot simple language responses, voice control, facial tracking, and arm motor control to provide cost-effective socially assistive robot therapy.

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HealthSurge

Health Surge: Shockingly Innovative

Team 4: Health Surge

To optimize the electrocautery device for effective hemostasis and cauterization by addressing its current inability to perform effectively. We aim to add necessary features that improve on the overall design and functionality by creating a wireless, resterilizable, and reusable innovation intended for medical personnel of any skill level. Our sustainable innovation, E-Pen, will positively impact future procedures by providing frustration-free cauterizations.



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ForceDetectors

Force Detectors

Team 5: Force Detectors

The force detectors are dedicated to creating accurate, repeatable and reproducible custom test methods to ensure medical device safety within clinical use by evaluating specifications and performance.

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Cervos

Cervos

Team 6: Cervos

cervos is a company that specializes in women's prenatal health. We have designed a minimally invasive device to help women with cervical incompetence reach a full-term pregnancy.

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Cereputics

Cereputics

Team 7: Cereputics

An innovative surgical device that presents a completely novel approach to improving survival and recovery for victims of traumatic brain injury.

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Quantipedics

Quantipedics

Team 8: Quantipedics

Our team is developing a testing device that quantifies the unloading effects of knee braces to better the lives of those affected with Osteoarthritis in the knees.

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PEPAssistance

PEP Assistance

Team 9: PEP Assistance

PEP Assistance strives to create a pulmonary artery catheter filter addition to catch pulmonary embolisms perioperatively.

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VirtualImmersiveSurgerySolutions

Virtual Immersive Surgery Solutions

Team 10: Virtual Immersive Surgery Solutions

We deliver the clinical experience to the classroom through immersive VR.

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HIROHDetection

HIROH Detection

Team 11: HIROH Detection

Our product allows for the differentiation between bacterial and viral upper respiratory infections through the rapid detection of acute bacterial sinusitis.

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BackyardBiomedical

Backyard Biomedical

Team 12: Backyard Biomedical

To reduce the amount of mothers that undergo emergency c-sections and provide a better fetal distress monitoring device, our Fetal pH Analyzer will be an automated device that samples blood and provides a pH reading in under one minute.

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Ossible

Ossible

Team 13: Ossible

Portable, easy-to-use bone fracture screening - believe it's Ossible.

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AutolightEducation

Autolight Education

Team 14: Autolight Education

Autolight Education provides interactive, photonic, science exhibits that detect microplastics in the environment. However, the pandemic has redirected our focus to develop a spectroscopic phone diagnostic application for a rapid Covid-19 assay.

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ictumDiagnostics

Ictum Diagnostics:

Team 15: Ictum Diagnostics

Ictum Diagnostics is developing a hemodynamic monitor to predict and prevent the onset of ischemic stroke in patients with high risk for recurrence.

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KeenDiagnostics

Keen Diagnostics

Team 16: Keen Diagnostics

Making our roads and workplaces safer for everyone.

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Lumos

Lumos

Team 17: Lumos

Our team aims to enhance surgeons' visibility during surgical procedures, illuminating the incision site by integrating a light source onto the ubiquitous and disposable yankauer suction device.

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HIT

H.I.T.

Team 18: H.I.T.

Our goal is to optimize the protective layer of a football helmet to reduce the risk of concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), while increasing the accessibility of the safest technology to athletes of all skill levels.

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PressurePaw

Pressure Paw

Team 19: Pressure Paw

Pressure Paw is bridging the gap between analog anaesthetic machines and difficult to come by veterinary anesthesiologists; our device ensures that traditional anaesthetic machines are up to surgical standards by checking if there are any pressure leaks.

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AER

AER

Team 20: AER

AER is a lightweight handheld air filtration system with embedded system feedback to regulate the user's breathing pattern.

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Ambler

Ambler

Team 21: Ambler

Ambler is a new 2 wheeled walker designed for portability and safety by utilizing a compact folding system, shock absorbing wheels, and a fall detection system.

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XHaleDiagnostics

X-Hale Diagnostics

Team 22: X-Hale Diagnostics

Our device helps asthmatic patients who want to monitor their asthma at home in an easy, cost-effective way.

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AnteaterFitness

Anteater Fitness

Team 23: Anteater Fitness

our product strives to help our customers to reach their ideal bodies using radio frequency penetration.

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TFM

Total Fluid Management

Team 24: Total Fluid Management

TFM's goal is to investigate and improve the use of bioimpedance as a fluid monitoring system. We aim to serve the need for a better standard of care in fluid management, and the we accomplished so far has laid the foundation to do so.

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AcuteTechnologies

Acute Technologies

Team 25: Acute Technologies

We are dedicated to aid in the fight against COVID-19. Here at Acute Technologies, we lead in brilliant design and innovation in order to provide personal protective equipment to the doctors and nurses across the nation. We produce a cutting-edge powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) for healthcare workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

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RTR

RTR

Team 26: RTR

We are developing a Real-Time Reliability System that monitors the status of in-home dialysis machines, secures patients’ safety, and reduces the costs of after-sale maintenance.

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RFID

RFID

Team 27: RFID

Our team utilizes RFID technology to eliminate the risk of retained foreign objects (RFOs) during surgery.

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DZACK

DZACK

Team 28: DZACK

Our product is an external forehand thermometer that can record and send temperature readings through an app to detect early signs of COVID-19.

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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 13, 2020

Location

UCI Applied Innovation (The Cove)

5270 California Ave #100, Irvine, CA 92617



Please direct event questions to:

The Bioengine Team





The Bioengine Unmet Clinical Need 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 1, 2019

Location

UCI Applied Innovation (The Cove)

5141 California Ave, Suite 200



Please direct event questions to:

The Bioengine Team







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The Bioengine Biomedical Device Design Symposium

We are 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: June 6, 2019

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Location

UCI Applied Innovation (The Cove)

5141 California Ave, Suite 200



Please direct event questions to:

The Bioengine Team







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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.