Project Presentation Day
During the spring term of the academic year, the Biomedical Engineering Department (BME) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute holds its annual Project Presentation Day to recognize the scientific and engineering accomplishments of our BME undergraduate students. These presentations represent year-long efforts by our undergraduates on their Major Qualifying (Senior Design) Projects. This year's Project Presentation Day was held on Thursday, April 23rd. There were sessions focusing on biomedical instrumentation, biomechanics, tissue engineering, biofluids, transport, and biomaterials.
On behalf of the Biomedical Engineering Department we would like to congratulate ALL of the students who participated in Project Presentation Day. Our external judges repeatedly told us that they were VERY impressed with the quality of ALL of the presentations as well as the students' work on their projects.
We would like to congratulate Meghan Pasquali, Nicholas Pelletier, Jennifer Richards and Jonathan Shoemaker for winning the Provost’s Award for their MQP presentation “Development of a New System to Treat Hip Dislocation in Canines”. We would also like to congratulate two MQP groups for Honorable Mentions for their presentations: “Cardiac Scaffold for Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Facilitated Autonomous Pacing” by Helena Alfonzo, Syed Ali, Brian Almeida, and Katie Flynn, and “Design of a Co-culture System Using Collagen Microthreads to Facilitate Neovascularization” by Shawn Carey, Jonathan Charest, Elizabeth Ellis, and Jason Hu. For a complete list of presentations, click here 2009 Project Presentation Day Schedule.
We would also like to thank our panel of judges: Kerry Malone '04 (Navilyst Medical), Ed Peterson (Stryker), Al Prescott (Crescent Innovations), Matthew Phaneuf (BioSurfaces), Harry Wotten '94 (Securos) and Jack Wixted (Univ. Mass. Med. Sch. - Orthopaedic Surgery) for their time and efforts in making the day a success.
Yitzhak Mendelson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Interim Department Head
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