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BEE 4530 - 2015 Student Papers
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This is a collection of student research papers for Professor Ashim Datta's Biomed BEE 4530/Computer-aided Engineering course for 2015.
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Optimization of Combined Radiation and Gold Nanoparticle Hyperthermia Therapy for Treating Cutaneous Squamous Carcinoma
Sankar, Sitara; Zhang, Michelle (2015-05-19)Radiation therapy offers the ability to kill and shrink tumors non-invasively and serves as adjuvant therapy post-surgery and as primary therapy for patients unable to undergo surgery. But the process is nonspecific and ... -
Optimization of Transdermal Drug Delivery by Hydrogel-Enhanced Sonophoresis
Chapin, Nate; Hung, Michelle; Larsen, Wesley; Pramil, Varsha (2015-05-19)External-field mediated transdermal drug delivery is a new alternative to oral delivery and hypodermic injections. This method allows patients to receive treatments via a drug-infused patch applied to the skin and offers ... -
A Computational Model of Vortex Ring Formation in Hydrogels
Das, Shoshana; Fiore, Alyssa; Hickman, Dillon; Vasthare, Varsha (2015-05-19)Duo An, a PhD student at Cornell University, is developing a method that uses electrospray technique to expel clay hydrogel droplets into an ion solution. Upon contact, the droplets crosslink and form various solid ... -
Predicting Embryonic Dynamics and Development
Francken, Miles; Patish, Levi; Streitman, David; Yoshitake, Sho (2015-05-19)Although the chick embryo has long been used as a model for mammalian embryogenesis, there is a need to understand the changing tissue properties that cause physiological changes. Most imaging techniques have proven ... -
That bites!: the transport of Bothrops asper venom in leg
Hatter, Nick; MacMullan, Melanie; Kwasnica, Marek; Hu, Victoria (2015-05-19)Snake venom has been known to be a deadly toxin for centuries. Although many studies about the dangerous effects of snake venom have been conducted, the spread of venom throughout human tissue has not yet been modeled. The ... -
Modeling Reverse Iontophoresis for Noninvasive Glycemic Monitoring
Cheng, Stephanie; Kuehlert, Esra; Panchap, Latha; Young, Kathleen (2015-05-19)Current methods of glucose monitoring for diabetics are invasive and require blood to be drawn. Despite improved technologies for self-monitoring glucose, patient adherence for these methods is low due to the inconvenience ... -
Optimizing Throughput in a Fetal Cell Magnetophoretic Separator
Flood, Zachary; Jasty, Naveen; Jiang, Chiyu; Park, Jino (2015-05-19)Magnetophoretic separation is a non-invasive method under development for the sampling of nucleated fetal red blood cells (NRBCs). By inducing a magnetic field gradient symmetrically about a microfluidic separatory ... -
Melting fat: Modeling the Effects of RFAL using Invasix BodyTiteTM system
Fung, Ashley; Hua, Kevin; Nadig, Malavika; Wan, Gary (2015-05-19)Radio-Frequency Assisted Liposuction (RFAL) is a recent technique that shows promise compared to traditional procedures in terms of safety, recovery times, and results. Currently, however, there lacks an accurate computational ... -
Modeling an Injection Profile of Nanoparticles to Optimize Tumor Treatment Time with Magnetic Hyperthermia
Eagle, Sonja; Wadsworth, Samantha; Wnorowski, Alexa (2015-05-19)Hyperthermia treatment to destroy cancerous tissue is a highly effective treatment strategy for malignant tumors. The goal of hyperthermia treatment is to raise the tumor temperature high enough to kill cancerous cells ... -
Optimization of reversible electroporation for the destruction of an irregular brain tumor
Ahmad, Taha; Putrevu, Karann; Walk, Remy; Zhang, Xuexiang (2015-05-19)The ability to localize treatments is of great relevance to many diseases, from cancer to blood clots. The drugs used for treatment are often cytotoxic or otherwise deleterious to healthy as well as diseased tissue, and ...