2014 Capstone Design Showcase

On April 18, The 7th Annual Engineering Capstone Design Showcase was held in the Archie Griffin Ballroom, at the Ohio Union. The showcase is a culmination of senior undergraduate capstone design projects from all engineering disciplines. Individual students or student teams presented their projects and selected findings to a team of judges comprised of industry and faculty.

The Senior Capstone Design course in Biomedical Engineering is the culminating experience for the students, and the two-semester design course provides all project teams with a real-world opportunity to solve an open-ended problem as identified by individuals with disabilities, or by community groups whose mission is to help those with disabilities. The overall goal of this program is to build a dynamic Senior Design program, that fosters multi-disciplinary efforts at the student, mentor and University level, and promotes outreach to the disabled community.

In the 2014 EEIC Engineering Capstone Design showcase, 60 BME students from the BME Capstone and 7 BME students from the Multi-Disciplinary Capstone collaborated with students from multiple engineering and clinical departments. The BME students who participated comprised 24 total teams—19 from the BME Capstone and 5 from the Multi-Disciplinary Capstone. The showcase consisted of 10 divisions: Computer Science Engineering I, II, and III, Biomedical/Mechanical Engineering, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Motorsports Capstone Projects, Multidisciplinary Engineering, Integrated & Systems Engineering (6-Sigma), and Integrated & Systems Engineering.

Winners in the Biomedical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering division were: 

EZ-Gas AccuPuncture

Students: Alex Autran (BME), Rebecca Bennett (BME), Erin Kosel (BME), Kedryn Marquart (BME)

Faculty Advisors: Mark Ruegsegger, Associate Professor of Practice (BME) and Jim Bott, OSU Medical Center Respiratory Therapy

Goal of Project: The team created a device that uses ultrasound to help guide needles for easy arterial blood gas draw.

Without a Paddle

Students: Ashley Chiu (BME), Kyle Bodnyk (BME), Greg Huffman (ME), Ryan Donnelly (ME), Eisman Morales (BME)

Faculty Advisors:, Theresa Berner, Clinical Instructor School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Division of Occupational Therapy; Sandra Metzler, Assistant Professor of Practice, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Goal of Project: The team designed an assistive device to help persons with assymetric, upper arm weakness paddle a kayak.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering would like to commend these teams as well as the other teams who participated for a job well-done! We would also like to extend our thanks and appreciation to Mark Ruegsegger, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies of BME, David Lee, Assistant Professor, BME and Ben Jones, Instructional Laboratory Supervisor, BME.