Undergraduate Student Projects in Bioengineering and Computational Biology

  • Department of Biological Sciences
    • Nicole Schneider '03.  Canopy size and shape influence evapotranspiration in Leucobryum glaucum.
    • Claudia Gutman '04.  Laser scanning presents a novel approach to assessing bryophyte canopy structure
      Recipient of the Union College Sigma Xi Award for Excellence in Research.
    • Alex Heinecke '04.  The significance of cushion size and surface roughness in differing wind tunnel flow regimes for three species of mosses.
    • Adam Pallus '05. Visual motion detection of biologically relevant stimuli
    • Stephen Haller '06. Flow modeling of low Reynolds number conditions: A study of the aesthetascs of the American lobster Homarus americanus
    • Alex Baumbach '07.  A novel method to visualize flow in a prosthetic bileaflet heart valve
    • Moosa Haider '10.Test fixture for simulating muscle forces on anthropoid mandibles
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
    • David Chapin '01.  Application of marine animal propulsion to man-made vessels
    • Lindsay Pacuska '03.  A biomedical application of the Pohlemus FASTRAK system
    • Scott Robinson '03.  Measuring myocardial deformation in bullfrog hearts
    • Katie Arthur '04.  An investigation into safe touch temperatures
    • Adam Grieco '04.  Photogrammetry of bullfrog hearts
    • Rob Mathews '04 Quantifying human errors associated with archery
    • Glenn Sanders '04.  Designing a six-degree-of-freedom Stewart platform for the purpose of testing spinal tissue
    • Matthew Worth '05. Shoulder stabilization and rehabilitation
    • Keith O'Hearn '05. Design of a fluid biped walking robot
    • Patrick Allen '06. Design of a vascular tissue reactor
    • Mike Beatty '06. Design and implementation of a data acquisition system for biomechanical testing
    • Ben Brown '06. Image-based torsion analysis of skeletal elements
    • Bryan Campbell '06. Biomimetic composite plate based on the microstructure near a natural hole in bone
    • Rebecca M. Farrell '06. Drug delivery to tumor sites In the human liver with the use of iron nanoparticles and an external magnetic field
    • Amanda Goodman '06. Photogrammetry of bullfrog hearts
    • David Merkel '06. Understanding the cross-sectional morphology of flight feather shafts
    • Karl Okeson '07. Microindentation of bone
    • Craig Avalone '07. Re-designing the prophylactic knee brace
    • Robert Bode '07. Design of a shoulder lift for shoulder surgery
    • Brendon Keinath '07.Two-dimensional working model of knee ligament failure
    • Ryan McNulty '07. Design of an artificial knee
    • Gordon Single '07. Emergency cricothyroidotomy
    • Laura Eyman '08. Development of a portable toughness tester for biological materials
    • Alexander Weintraub '08. Determination of loading on bird feather shafts
    • Peter Homnick '09. An exoskeletal element to mimic the human hand grip
    • Thomas Metzmaker '09. Pressures inside an artificial knee joint
    • Charles Waters '09. An exoskeletal element to mimic the human hand grip
    • Kaitlin Graham '09. Investigation and design of an external fixator that will control the load and motion placed on a fracture
    • Christine Farrell '09. Investigation of flow through mitral heart valve and optimization of flow simulation system
    • Cory Gionet '10. Converting micro-CT scans to structural finite element and scaled rapid prototyped models
    • Trevor Porter '11. Converting micro-CT scans to structural finite element and scaled rapid prototyped models
       
  • Department of Physics
    • Matt Roginski '07. Investigating the user-specified parameter space of a microcomputed tomography system

       
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    • Lisa DeMar '03.  A biomedical application of the Pohlemus FASTRAK system.
    • Jan Dolezal '06. Analysis of EEG waves.
    • Laura DeMar '06. Using an elementary motion detector model to study visual perception by animals of movement in natural scenes
    • Margaret Capotosto '09. Development of the front/back vowel distinction in young children

       
  • Department of Computer Science
    • Ryan Metzer '03.  Bioinformatics.