{"530151":{"#nid":"530151","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Health Innovation Shines Again at Spring Capstone Design Expo","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt was a big night for health and biomedical engineering (BME) at Georgia Tech\u2019s spring Capstone Design Expo, as teams targeting medicine and wellness took home nearly half of the event awards. Biomedical engineering students received awards in the following categories: overall winner, top biomedical engineering team, and best interdisciplinary team.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe high honor of being Expo\u0027s top overall winner went to Hub Hygiene, a BME student heavy interdisciplinary team that aims to reduce bloodstream infection rates. The group showed off a device that cleans a needleless IV connector. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E The winning Hub Hygiene team members are:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* Pranav Godbole, mechanical engineering (ME) from Peachtree City, GA\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* Ruifu Shi, biomedical engineering (BME) from Beijing, China\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* Bharathwaj Nandagopal, biomedical engineering (BME) from Middletown, DE\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* Timothy Gassner, biomedical engineering (BME) from Atlanta, GA\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* Mary Catherine Adams, materials science and engineering (MSE) from Roswell, GA\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* You Keun Kim, biomedical engineering (BME) from Carson, CA\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe top biomedical engineering team winner was AVMend. Their goal is to develop a method to treat high-flow arteriovenous malformations, by reducing the number of treatments and complications. Arteriovenous malformations are a rare medical condition characterized by a direct connection between arteries and veins. Current treatment methods work effectively in low flow malformations, but treatment options for high flow malformations are limited. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E The winning AVMend team members are:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* Katie Neuberger, biomedical engineering (BME) from Plymouth, MN\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* Emily Evans, biomedical engineering (BME) from Jackson, MS\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* Paige Holbrook, biomedical engineering (BME) from Atlanta, GA\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* Alex Warner, biomedical engineering (BME) from Atlanta, GA\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team winner in the interdisciplinary category was team Infinitis. Their team is designing a more appealing intrauterine device in order to decrease the number of unintended pregnancies in the United States. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E The winning Infinitis team members are:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* Taylor Armstead, materials science and engineering (MSE) from Atlanta, GA\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* Emily Davis, biomedical engineering (BME) from Evans, GA\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* Soleil Schatteman, mechanical engineering (ME) from Lake Hopatcong, NJ\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* Shirin Kale, biomedical engineering (BME) from Pineville, NC\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* Emilie Kundycki, materials science and engineering (MSE) from Canton, GA\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* John Papayanopoulos, mechanical engineering (ME) from West Orange, NJ\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn recent years, health-centric projects have grabbed center stage at the Expo, which is in some ways a compass for Georgia Tech at large. The Expo began as an exhibition for mechanical engineering alone, but it now hosts hundreds of students and reflects the Institute-wide emphases on real-world applicability and human needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach Capstone Design Expo showcases senior projects from about a dozen Georgia Tech schools (most of them in the College of Engineering). The idea is for students to create prototypes that solve problems, though projects at the Expos are as diverse as the students themselves.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany teams work with big-name sponsors \u2013 The Coca-Cola Company, Ford Motor Company, The Home Depot \u2013 to tackle corporate issues like supply chains. Some groups strike out on their own, designing new inventions that sometimes become foundations for full-fledged startup companies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther universities host similar events, but Georgia Tech\u2019s version stands out thanks to heavy alumni involvement and participation from around the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETeam Purrfect Engineering, which designed a better way to make paper tunnels for pet-toy company Dezi \u0026amp; Roo, worked in the Invention Studio to create a prototype.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt just looked like such an interesting project,\u201d said team member Joseph Tenpenny. Thanks to his mechanical engineering team\u2019s work and its Invention Studio creation, Dezi \u0026amp; Roo has a more efficient manufacturing process for its cat tunnels.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETeam Second Self, which won the industrial engineering prize, boasted a different kind of Georgia Tech connection: Its sponsor was a brewery owned by two Tech alumni. And plenty of graduates attended the Expo as either visitors or judges, giving students a chance to network and show off their skills.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA Georgia Tech alum who\u2019s now attending medical school came by our table and said [our project] is really interesting,\u201d said Shirin Kale, a biomedical engineering senior and member of the Infinitis team. Her group, which designed an IUD that\u2019s easier and more comfortable to insert than current models, eventually won the prize for best interdisciplinary project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwelve teams, out of 110 total, ultimately earned awards at the spring Expo. But with so many students competing, prizes aren\u2019t always the point.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe biomedical engineering team All-in-Vein, which developed an automated system to check for IV infiltrations, was sponsored by Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta. Infiltrations happen when IV catheters slip from veins and leak fluid, and because they affect up to 50 percent of pediatric patients, they can mean big trouble.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough graduation is just a couple weeks away for the All-in-Vein members, they plan to continue their work, said group member Kaci Crawford.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe were really encouraged after getting our provisional patent,\u201d she explained.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJudges finished assessing spring Expo teams by 7 p.m., and by 8:30, the evening\u2019s awards, photographs and speeches were all over. But for All-in-Vein and plenty of other teams, the work has only just begun.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/capstone-design-spring-2016-winners\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELink to all team winners at the Spring 2016 Capstone Expo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMedia Contacts:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:wrich@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003EStory by Walter Rich and Lyndsey Lewis,\u0026nbsp;Photos by Candler Hobbs","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Interdisciplinary team Hub Hygiene won the evening\u0027s top award"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2016-04-27 11:50:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:32","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"530121":{"id":"530121","type":"image","title":"Overall Winner - Team Hub Hygiene - Capstone Expo Spring 2016","body":null,"created":"1461942000","gmt_created":"2016-04-29 15:00:00","changed":"1475895310","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:10","alt":"Overall Winner - Team Hub Hygiene - Capstone Expo Spring 2016","file":{"fid":"88925","name":"hub-hygiene.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hub-hygiene_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hub-hygiene_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":671911,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hub-hygiene_0.jpg?itok=eqH5WpAF"}},"530131":{"id":"530131","type":"image","title":"BME Winner - Team AVMend - Capstone Expo 2016","body":null,"created":"1461942000","gmt_created":"2016-04-29 15:00:00","changed":"1475895310","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:10","alt":"BME Winner - Team AVMend - Capstone Expo 2016","file":{"fid":"88926","name":"avmend.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/avmend_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/avmend_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":908323,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/avmend_0.jpg?itok=N-2ParHX"}},"530141":{"id":"530141","type":"image","title":"Interdisciplinary Winner - Team Infinitis - Capstone Expo 2016","body":null,"created":"1461942000","gmt_created":"2016-04-29 15:00:00","changed":"1475895310","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:10","alt":"Interdisciplinary Winner - Team Infinitis - Capstone Expo 2016","file":{"fid":"88927","name":"infinitis.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/infinitis_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/infinitis_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":778416,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/infinitis_0.jpg?itok=2zTQsI5-"}}},"media_ids":["530121","530131","530141"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. 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