Capstone Symposium 2021, May 7, 2021 (Day 2)

Due to the continued impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the 2021 BME Capstone Symposium will be offered over two days on ZOOM. Each group's presentation is 12 minutes with a 3-minute Q&A period. Q&A will be moderated through ZOOM's online chat tool. You are welcome to toggle between sessions (i.e. drop in and out) at your own pace. However, we recommend that you attend one of the 6:00 - 6:15p "Introductions and Procedures" sessions, so that you are well calibrated to the format.

May 7, 2021 Session F "Data Science & Machine Learning"

  • Felipe Barraza, Jonathan Blichar, Emmanuel Edu

    Felipe Barraza, Jonathan Blichar, Emmanuel Edu

    Adapting a Bioinformatics Approach for Analysis of Sex Differences in Human Gene Expression Data

    Advised by Warren Anderson (Center for Public Health Genomics)

    6:15pm | Zoom: | Password: SessionF

  • Annisa Elbedour, Zayyad Siddiqui, Prachi Yadav

    Annisa Elbedour, Zayyad Siddiqui, Prachi Yadav

    Causal Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health

    Advised by Pam Bhattacharya (MITRE)

    6:30pm | Zoom: | Password: SessionF

  • Simone Herron, Hunter Newland, Kunaal Sarnaik

    Simone Herron, Hunter Newland, Kunaal Sarnaik

    Structural Racism as a Barrier to Influenza Vaccination Coverage during Pregnancy in the Americas

    Advised by Sean Moore & Irene Mathieu (Pediatrics), Jason Papin (BME)

    6:45pm | Zoom: | Password: SessionF

  • Alex Hickman, Zack Thomas

    Alex Hickman, Zack Thomas

    A Computational Pipeline for Studying Functional Genome Analysis

    Advised by Chongzhi Zang (Public Health Sciences)

    7:00pm | Zoom: | Password: SessionF

  • Lauren Hughlett, Claire Reagan, Erin Wettstone

    Lauren Hughlett, Claire Reagan, Erin Wettstone

    Sewage Surveillance Tool for Tracking of SARS-CoV-2 in Urban Bangladesh

    Advised by Mami Taniuchi (Infectious Diseases & International Health), Isobel Blake (Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College of London)

    7:15pm | Zoom: | Password: SessionF

  • Rita Anane-Wae, Sarah Meng

    Rita Anane-Wae, Sarah Meng

    Sex Differences in Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotypes

    Advised by Mete Civelek & Redouane Aherrahrou (BME)

    7:30pm | Zoom: | Password: SessionF

  • Divya Balaji

    Algorithm-based Troubleshooting for Improving Skill Acquisition in Toothbrushing

    Natalie Badgett (Supporting Transformative Autism Research Program)

    7:45pm | Zoom: | Password: SessionF

May 7, 2021 Session G "Modeling & Optimization"

  • Connor Amelung

    Connor Amelung

    Creating Accessible Research Opportunities for Undergraduates

    Advised by Brian Helmke (BME)

    6:15pm | Zoom: | Password: Session G

  • Nishita Ardhapurkar, Ryan Finley

    Nishita Ardhapurkar, Ryan Finley

    Optimization Framework for Optimizing Air Ambulance Locations

    Advised by Rob Lieberthal & Sabin Ahmed (MITRE)

    6:30pm | Zoom: | Password: Session G

  • Rebecca Della Croce, Annie Ford, Zoe Garman

    Rebecca Della Croce, Annie Ford, Zoe Garman

    Developing an Astrocyte Signaling Model to Inform and Improve Stroke Treatment

    Advised by Richard Price, Katie Gorick & Delaney Fisher (BME)

    6:45pm | Zoom: | Password: Session G

  • Aidan Houser, Zackary Landsman, Sarah Trans

    Aidan Houser, Zackary Landsman, Sarah Trans

    PROTO: A Solution-Oriented Design Network

    Advised by David Chen (BME)

    7:00pm | Zoom: | Password: Session G

  • Page Murray, Mia Pergola

    Page Murray, Mia Pergola

    Developing a Temperature Dependent Kinetic Model for Human Rhinovirus Infection

    Advised by Kevin Janes (BME)

    7:15pm | Zoom: | Password: Session G

  • Emily Roloson

    Emily Roloson

    Novel 3D Agent-Based Model of Skeletal Muscle Cell Infiltration of MAP Hydrogel Scaffold

    Advised by Don Griffin (BME)

    7:30pm | Zoom: | Password: Session G

  • Claire Hung, Anahita Sharma

    Claire Hung, Anahita Sharma

    Designing an Agent-based Model for Pericyte-to-Myofibroblast Transition in Lung Injury

    Advised by Shayn Peirce-Cottler & Julie Leonard-Duke (UVA), Riley Hannan (Pathology)

    7:45pm | Zoom: | Password: Session G

May 7, 2021 Session H "Tissue Engineering & Biomaterials"

  • Martin Carrasco

    Martin Carrasco

    Evaluating and Quantifying Viability of 3D-Printed Cells with Mathematical Modeling Across Different Bioprinting Methods

    Advised by George Christ & Chris Highley (BME)

    6:15pm | ZOOM: | Password: SessionH

  • Tara Collier

    Developing Novel Biofabrication Technology for Layering Sheet-Like Constructs

    Advised by Chris Highley (BME)

    6:30pm | ZOOM: | Password: SessionH

  • Kathryn Gimeno

    Kathryn Gimeno

    Engineering 3D Spatiotemporally Dynamic Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels with Heterogeneous Mechanics to Mimic Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Advised by Steven Caliari (CHE)

    6:45pm | ZOOM: | Password: SessionH

  • Shannon Grady, Kaylen Kang, Leander Nguyen

    Shannon Grady, Kaylen Kang, Leander Nguyen

    Voxelated 3D Bioprinting Highly Organized Yet Heterogeneous Tissue Constructs

    Advised by Liheng Cai (MSE)

    7:00pm | ZOOM: | Password: SessionH

  • Christian Jenkins, Kyle Limpic

    Christian Jenkins, Kyle Limpic

    Understanding Varied Cellular and Tissue Responses in Microporous Annealed Particle (MAP) Hydrogels with Differing Chemical Compositions

    Advised by Don Griffin, Lauren Pruett, Nicholas Cornell (BME)

    7:15pm | ZOOM: | Password: SessionH

May 7, 2021 Session I "Biomechanics & Orthopedics"

  • Jillian Butler, Rayaan Faruqi, Sarah Schroter

    Jillian Butler, Rayaan Faruqi, Sarah Schroter

    Measuring Jaw Distraction Length via a Position-aware Screwdriver

    Advised by Jonathan Black (Pediatrics)

    6:15pm | Zoom: | Password: SessionI

  • Paul C. Codjoe

    Paul C. Codjoe

    Designing a Novel Device for Femoral Socket Preparation in ACL Reconstruction

    Advised by Mark Miller (Sports Medicine)

    6:30pm | Zoom: | Password: SessionI

  • Sydney DeCleene, Sruthi Gopinathan, Gigo Grillo

    Sydney DeCleene, Sruthi Gopinathan, Gigo Grillo

    Force Sensing Interventional Radiology Device

    Advised by John Angle (Vascular & Interventional Radiology)

    6:45pm | Zoom: | Password: SessionI

  • Nir Diskin, Trent Levy, Jacob Morris, Nathanael Zegarski

    Nir Diskin, Trent Levy, Jacob Morris, Nathanael Zegarski

    Improving Procedural Efficency and Comfort Assosciated with Ultrasound Guided Musculoskeletal Injections

    Advised by Jeremy Kent (Family Medicine)

    7:00pm | Zoom: | Password: SessionI

  • Dhyey Parikh

    Dhyey Parikh

    Brave Virtual Worlds: Implementation of Motion Capture Methodologies for Predictive and Preventative ACL Rehabilitation

    Advised by William Kodama (Brave Virtual Worlds)

    7:15pm | Zoom: | Password: SessionI