Project Overview

Menopausal women have hot flashes, which cause discomfort, sleep disturbance, and work interruption. Therapeutic drug testing requires objective measurement of hot flashes.

The project is to develop a miniature skin color sensor to record hot flashes, or, to say precisely, a device to detect a change in skin color, as skin turns red during hotflash.

The working principle of the device base on the difference of light absorbed by different colors: black absorbs light the most while white reflects most of the light. The difference of light reflected can be picked up as an electric signal and recorded.

Files

• PDS(10/17) (October 17, 2007)
• Mid-Semester Presentation (October 19, 2007)
• Mid-Semester Report (October 24, 2007)
• Final Poster (December 11, 2007)
• Final Report (December 12, 2007)

Contact Information

Team Members

• Jack Ho - Team Leader
• Patrick Kurkiewicz - Communicator
• Brian Ginter - BSAC
• Joseph Yuen - BWIG

Advisor and Client

• Prof. William Murphy - Advisor
• Prof. John Webster - Client

Related Projects

• Fall 2008: Measuring hot flash occurrence using skin color
• Spring 2008: Skin Color Sensor to Monitor Hot Flashes
• Fall 2007: Measuring hot flash occurrence using skin color (skin_color_monitor)