Biomedical Engineering Teams of 2003

Biomedical Engineering Teams and Projects 2002-2003

The teams will present their projects to the public in a showing on Saturday, March 15, 2003, from 1 to 3pm. Boggs Center Lobby, Tulane Uptown Campus. These projects are supported by the Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation.

The Bonobos

Missy Banitt, Jen Berumen, Darryl Dickerson, Meghana Kamath
Our client is a family with a two year old who has cerebral palsy. We are designing a system that provides postural support for play and bathing.

Team LIT

Lorey Flick, Carlos Haro, Scott Wheeler, Amber Williams
Parkinson's disease has severely limited the independence of our 60 year old client. We are designing a chair that will enable her to sit and stand independently. Attachments will assist activities such as eating.

White Noise

Curtis Humphrey, Jorge Nagel, Michael Palazzolo, Albert Stolz
Our client has quadriplegia that prevents normal use of a computer joystick. We are designing an alternative input system that will enable him to practice or play interactive games.

Team Odyssey

Sara Rumancik, Brad Smith, Jeff Ventimiglia, Andrew Voyiadjis
Patients of a brain injury rehabilitation center may overturn their own wheelchairs because of large, uncontrolled motor movements. We are making an antitip system that will reduce the risk of capsizing. The system is able to be fit to different chairs and allow approach by the staff and permit passage through doorways.

Princesses of Power

Megan Mickal, Margo Snyder, Alycia Wanat, Susan Zawaski
Our client, age 9, has spinal bifida and no control from level T2 down. He wants a riding toy that he can use. We are adapting a riding car by providing hand controls and trunk support.

Seattle Seven

Rich Coller, Joe Olberding, Mike Ryan, Kevin Wasco
Age, arthritis, and stroke have caused tremor and other difficulties with feeding. We are designing a portable feeder that will assist her at mealtime.

Crescent City Twilight

Luke Hooper, Erika Jordan, Odelya Levy, Erin Riley, Can Yaman
Our client is a ventilator dependent first grader with spinal bifida. Our system will enable him to move about the home and to play using both arms.

Team W

Jayna Belt, Justin Guay, Daniel Palmer, Hank Routh
Older teens and young adults with spinal bifida need the skills to drive. We are making a desktop training system that will provide lights to be attended to and others that are distractors. When the clients meet attention and reaction time standards, they will be permitted to enter driver training.

Bulldog Wednesdays

Megan Kaneda, Julien Prevost, Casey Ronayne, Matt Struck
Our client is a busy professional wheelchair user who must travel often between work sites. She has a van with a crane that can stow her power chair, but climbing from the chair to the driver's seat presents a problem. We are designing a van mounted lift to assist her.