Sample Student Projects

  • Konstantin Avdashenko - Design of a Wireless EMG System – Union College under Dr. Shane Cotter
  • Anna Bastian - Redesign of a Pair of Auxiliary Crutches – Union College under Dr. Andy Rapoff
  • William Black - Design of a Mechanical Arm to Aid above Elbow Amputees in Weightlifting – Union College under Dr. William Keat
  • John Boyle - Development of a Technique for Liquid Crystal Shear Stress Analysis in Live Cell Cultures – Union College under Dr. Ashok Ramasubramanian
  • Christine Farrell - Investigation of Flow Through the Mitral Heart Valve and Optimization of the Flow Simulation System – Union College under Dr. Jennifer Currey
  • Rachel Fitz and Matthew Adams - The Photogrammetry of Bullfrog Hearts – Union College under Drs. Ron Bucinell and Leo Fleishman
  • Cory Gionet and Michael Schreiber - Auto-Caddy: Device to Tee Up Ball for the Disabled Golfer – Union College under Dr. Andy Rapoff
  • Kaitlin Graham - Investigation and Design of an External Fixator that will Control the Load and Motion Places on a Fracture – Union College under Dr. Jennifer Currey
  • Alexandra Guernon - Manufacturing and Analysis of an External Bone Fixator Designed for a Mouse Tibia – Union College under Dr. Jennifer Currey
  • Travis Hoh - Designing and Implementing a High-density Electromyogram Sensor Array for Neural Control Applications - Union College under Dr. Robert Olberg
  • Peter Homnick  and Charles Waters - An Exoskeletal Element to Mimic the Human Hand Grip – Union College under Dr. Andy Rapoff
  • James Maher - Investigation of Bullfrog Hearts During Simulated Heart Attacks – Union College under Dr. Ron Bucinell
  • Thomas Metzmaker - Pressures Inside an Artificial Knee Joint – Union College under Dr. Andy Rapoff
  • Alex Perkins - A Portable Fall Detection System Based on the Arduino Platform – Union College under Dr. Shane Cotter
  • Diana Polli - Leg Exerciser for Elderly – Union College under Dr. William Keat
  • Selin Whitman - Investigation of Blood Vessel Development in Chicken Embryos – Union College under Dr. Ashok Ramasubramanian
  • Vedant Borad - Translesion Polymerases Suppress UV-Induced Recombination in Yeast - Orday Institute, University at Albany, working under Dr. Michael Fasullo
  • John Boyle - Investigating LiquidCrystals for Measuring Shear Stresses in Biological Cultures - Union College working under Dr. Ashok Ramasubramanian
  • Philip Castonguay - The Relationship Between Habitat Light and Dewlap Colorationin Jamaican Anolis Lizards - Union College working under Dr. Leo Fleishman
  • Diane Crawford - The Influence of Stimulus Motion Patterns in Eliciting Visual Attention Responses in Anoline Lizards - Union College under Dr. Leo Fleishman
  • Cory Gionet - Converting Micro-CT Scans to Structural Finite Element and Scaled Rapid Prototyped Models - Union College working under Dr. Andy Rapoff
  • Moosa Haider - Test Fixture for Simulating Muscle Forces on Anthropoid Mandibles - Union College working under Dr. Andy Rapoff
  • Elliot Harmon - Use of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Skeletal Tissue Engineering - Oregon Health Sciences University working under Dr. Brian Johnstone
  • Carolina den Hartog - Biomechanics of Gut Looping - Union College working under Dr. Ashok Ramasubramanian
  • David Harwood - Human Perception of Lightness Constancy - University of Pennsylvania under Dr. David Brainard
  • Laura Hutchinson - Mathematical Modeling of Photosynthesis and Related Plant Functions in Pleurozium schreberi - Union College under Dr. Kelly Black
  • Jaclyn Krolick - The Role of Membrane Transporters in Multidrug Resistance and Carcinogen Susceptibility in Cancer Cells - Wadsworth Institute, University at Albany, working under Dr. Erasmus Schneider
  • James Maher - Experimental Evaluation and Theoretical Modeling of Biological Soft Tissues - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute working under Dr. David Corr
  • Jesse Mango - Using Canopy Characteristics To Model Photosynthesis in Pleuroziumschreberi - Union College under Dr. Steven Rice
  • Dan Martinelli - Combating Salmonella Infection on Mucosal Surfaces: A Link between the Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems - Wadsworth Institute working under Dr. Nick Mantis
  • Jenna Monaster - The Genetic Basis of Drug Resistance in Escherichia coli - Syracuse University working under Dr. Dacheng Ren
  • Dean Pasquerelle - Torsional Stiffness Analysis of Great Ape Mandible using Matlab - Union College under Dr. William Keat
  • Trevor Porter - Converting Micro-CT Scans to Structural Finite Element and Scaled Rapid Prototyped Models - Union College working under Dr. Andy Rapoff
  • Matthew Roginski - Bone Density Phantom Calibration Using Micro-Computed Tomography - Union College working under Dr. Andy Rapoff
  • Christian Sikora - Living Microlenses - University of Massachusetts working under Dr. Alfred Crosby
  • Kenny Williams - A Neural Network Model fora Line Tracking, Mobile Robot - Union College under Dr. Steven Rice
  • HuiQing Zheng - Purification and Confirmation of Engineered Escherichia coli for Higher Butanol Tolerance - Syracuse University working under Dr. Dacheng Ren