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Tong Biomedical Design Award

Sponsored by Peter and Janet Tong and the Tong Family Foundation

Awarded to innovative solutions and outstanding prototypes for projects that have performed and in-depth analysis of their commercial and intellectual property potential. Presented by industry judges.

Design Excellence Award

Sponsored by the Day of the Badger Giving Campaign

Awarded to critical path research or specialized one-of-a kind devices for projects that have thoroughly addressed the client's problem through rigorous design, construction, testing and validation. Presented by Faculty judges.

BME and UWSMPH-TECH Collaborative Innovation Award

Sponsored by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Awarded to innovations for real challenges that UWSMPH faculty face through projects that have demonstrated a collaborative effort with the medical school and medical students.

Design Award Winners

Spring 2023

Tong Biomedical Design Award

Winner

Breast MRI Biopsy Positioning and Immobilization Device

Customizable breast immobilization device that aims to create safe pathways for a biopsy of the breast tissue for patients of all breast sizes.

  • Team Members: Cameron Ashford, Emma Brower, Samuel Herzog, Claire Swartz and Helen Treankler
  • Client: Dr. Lonie Salkowski
  • Advisor: Prof. Walter Block

Clip-on torque device for quick and easy wire manipulation during endovascular procedures

The project aims to create a clip-on torque device that enables the operator to easily place the torque device at any location on the guidewire with a single hand.

  • Team Members: Anna Ankerstjerne, Isabelle Gundrum, William Hayes and Jakob Knauss
  • Client: Dr. Dai Yamanouchi
  • Advisor: David Piotrowski

Novel instrument for a safer surgical approach

Creating a novel surgical instrument for use during ulnar nerve decompression surgery

  • Team Members: Logan De Lacy, Srihari Gopalan, Molly Paras, Zach Spears, Kat Tan and Peter Wawrzyn
  • Client: Dr. Kyle Muckenhirn
  • Advisor: Prof. John Puccinelli

Honorable Mention

Endovascular Devices for Cath Lab and Operating Room Procedures

The team will design a proof of concept of a device that allows for surgeons to load and unload guidewires quickly and easily during a procedure.

  • Team Members: Addison Dupies, Lily Gallagher, Victoria Heiligenthal, Rachel Krueger, Tatum Rubald and Benjamin Smith
  • Client: Dr. Dai Yamanouchi
  • Advisor: Dr. Darilis Suarez-Gonzalez

CPAP/BIPAP accessory medicaltether safety device with built-in alarm system to protect patients from mask/hose disconnections while they sleep

Device to alarm the patient or caregiver in the event of a hose/mask disconnection.

  • Team Members: Jade Berget, Joe Clauson, Anna St Martin, Caspar Uy and Elise Vorpahl
  • Client: Branden Boye
  • Advisors: Dr. Melissa Kinney and Prof. John Puccinelli
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Design Excellence Award

Winner

Johnson Health Tech: Adaptive Indoor Rower for Wheelchair Users

The Adaptive Indoor Rower allows for both wheelchair users and non-wheelchair users to complete a rowing workout.

  • Team Members: Josh Andreatta, Annabel Frake, Roxi Reuter, Samuel Skirpan and Tim Tran
  • Client: Ms. Staci Quam
  • Advisor: Prof. Tracy Jane Puccinelli

Device to securely position and hold a vocal cord retractor

Device that effectively maintains the desired position of a vocal cord retractor during endoscopic laryngeal surgeries.

  • Team Members: Eva Coughlin, Kasia Klotz, Jenna Krause, Thomas Kriewaldt, Allison Leasure, Tevis Linser and Anabelle Olson
  • Client: Dr. Tony Kille
  • Advisor: Dr. Russ Johnson

Honorable Mention

Central line hemostatic device

Develop a device that incrementally increases pressure to stop/control hemorrhaging during Central Line Catheter insertion

  • Team Members: Nicole Hanson, Abhi Kumar, Riley Meyer, Alex Pudzisz and Thomas Turinske
  • Client: Dr. Christopher Ford
  • Advisor: Prof. Tracy Jane Puccinelli

High throughput quantitative ex vivo MRI of the mouse brain

Creating a holder design for mouse brains under MRI that prevents loss of orientation and prevents bubble formation

  • Team Members: Mustafa Al Sakhbouri, Erwin Cruz, Anna Mercord, Joel Nitz and Markayle Schears
  • Client: Dr. JP Yu
  • Advisors: Dr. Melissa Kinney and Prof. John Puccinelli

Neonatal thoracic procedural model for thoracentesis and pericardiocentesis, including point of care ultrasound

Our goal is to develop a simulator which will allow trainees to, simultaneously, obtain anatomically accurate ultrasound images, and advance a needle into the pleural or pericardial space under ultrasound guidance.

  • Team Members: Raad Allawi, Johanna Ellefson, Alex Houle, Gabriel Piscitelli, Ethan Runde and Ai Song
  • Client: Dr. Adam Bauer
  • Advisor: Dr. Kristyn Masters
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Student Service Award

Fiorella Fernandez, Meghana Kalluri, Elli Hosokawa, and Samantha Kahr for their efforts in promoting diversity, inclusion, and equity across the first year program, BME curriculum and College of Engineering.

Spring 2022

Tong Biomedical Design Award

Winner

Color changing catheter

Urinary catheter system that changes the color of urine in response to excess protein or pathogenic bacteria.

  • Team Members: Ryan Anderson, Megan Bowers, Elizabeth Liu and Cade Van Horn
  • Client: Ms. Lisa Miller
  • Advisor: Prof. Tracy Jane Puccinelli

Window to the Soul (W2S): Non-invasive multimodal ocular monitoring device for critically ill patients

Ocular device that will continuously monitor all traditional vital signs in critically ill/unconscious patients through a single apparatus.

  • Team Members: Ava Asbury, Emily Masterson, Ishika Mukherjee and Charlie Zhu
  • Client: Dr. Josh Glazer
  • Advisor: Prof. Walter Block

Honorable Mention

Safe and comforting bicycle helmet for African American girls and women with braids

Increase the awareness of bike safety for African American women by designing a helmet that will allow them to be safe and comfortable while bike riding.

  • Team Members: Jiacomo Beckman, Lily Jaeger and Anne Wong
  • Client: Dr. Tracy Downs
  • Advisor: Dr. Darilis Suarez-Gonzalez

Plexus: xDI: Pill dispenser

Automated pill dispenser that can accurately and consistently dispense a patients scheduled and as needed pills for an entire week.

  • Team Members: Aaranyak Bhattacharya, Jiahe Jin, Allie Levin, Sandhya Nagarajan and Riley Norman
  • Client: Dr. Beth Martin
  • Advisor: Prof. John Puccinelli
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Design Excellence Award

Winner

JangoBio: Designing single and multi spinner flasks for organoid culture

Cell culturing vessel that suspends organoids in culture using acoustic waves in collaboration with JangoBio, a biotechnology company investigating regenerative stem cell therapies in Madison.

  • Team Members: Max Christopherson, Sydney Heimer, Jonathan Izban, Matthew Voigt and Christopher Wiegand
  • Client: Dr. Craig Atwood
  • Advisor: Prof. Paul Campagnola

Simulator model to teach the digital rectal exam

Easy-to-use teaching model of the anorectal cavity for physicians to learn the administration of a digital rectal examination.

  • Team Members: Lokesh Kumaravel, Julia Lindahl, Tony Tu and Akshay Vankayala
  • Client: Dr. Lisa Jones
  • Advisor: Prof. Megan McClean

Honorable Mention

Modified vaginal contraceptive ring

Contraceptive ring that will improve the microbiome for better vaginal health and higher clearance of HPV.

  • Team Members: Adeline Drier, Brenton Halvorson, Emma Jansen, Zayn Kayali and Courtney Mohs
  • Client: Dr. Megan Fitzpatrick
  • Advisor: Dr. Darilis Suarez-Gonzalez

Prosthetic Hand

Prosthetic thumb that is affordable and can function well enough for the patient to be able to go back to work.

  • Team Members: Emmalina Groves, Danielle Lefko, Karen Scharlau and Stephanie Silin
  • Client: Ms. Shirley Katz
  • Advisor: Mitchell Tyler

Controllable, handheld injector for intra-operative stem cell treatment for cardiac repair

Injection system that can be used to deliver stem cells to the heart via a catheter for cardiac repair.

  • Team Members: Parker Esswein, Macy Frank, Lars Krugel, Vanessa Obrycki and Gabrielle Zuern
  • Client: Dr. Amish Raval
  • Advisor: Dr. Melissa Kinney

Johnson Health Tech: Adaptive indoor rower for wheelchair users

Wheelchair accessible rowing ergometer

  • Team Members: Josh Andreatta, Dhruv Biswas, Cate Flynn, Samuel Skirpan and Tim Tran
  • Client: Ms. Staci Quam
  • Advisor: Prof. John Puccinelli
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BME and UWSMPH-TECH Collaborative Innovation Award

Winner

Elevator for the Impacted Fetal Head During Cesarean Section

Create a disposable device that elevates the impacted fetal head from the pelvis in a safe and easy way to limit complications during a cesarean section.

  • Team Members: Nesya Graupe, Ansley Hartney, Lauren Hicks, Annika Rossebo, Sakina Tariq and Elizabeth Wacker
  • Client: Dr. Jay Lick
  • Advisor: Dr. Melissa Kinney
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Student Service Award

This individual volunteered her time above and beyond over the past year to support the department with contributions to the BME Visibility Committee: Annika Rossebo.

These individuals volunteered their time above and beyond over the past year to support the department with contributions including developing new content to promote diversity, inclusion, and equity in the first-year classroom (InterEgr 170), including fun activities, and new criteria for peer evaluations that explicitly includes language on diversity, inclusion, and equity, as well as running a table at EXPO on universal and inclusive engineering design, writing a monthly newsletter and more: Loukia Agoudemos, Raad Allawi, Elli Hosokawa, Lily Jaeger, Milica Lukic, Shankar Sundaresan.

Spring 2021

Tong Biomedical Design Award

Winner

Automatic intraventricular drainage system

Accurately controls inter-cranial pressure

  • Team Members: Ronnie AlRamahi, Andrew Budde, Saketh Challa, Yue Mo, Amber Rollette and Sarah Thornton
  • Client: Dr. Joshua Medows
  • Advisor: Prof. Sarah Sandock

Ultrasound guided neonatal lumbar puncture: A simulation training model for dynamic lumbar punctures

Ultrasound simulation trainer that provides repeatable, precise, and accurate training for spinal tap providers performing neonatal lumbar punctures.

  • Team Members: Megan Baier, Seth Gehrke, Jenny Piciw, Noah Pollard, Laura Robinson and Michael Walz
  • Client: Dr. Brady Hauser
  • Advisors: Dr. Kip Ludwig and Dr. James Trevathan

Honorable Mention

Contact Free Neonatal Heartbeat and Respiratory Monitor

Monitoring device for neonates in the Neonatal ICU without touching their body.

  • Team Members: Neal Duong, Angela Houghtaling, Isabella Lenz and Susan Xia
  • Client: Dr. Harpreet Singh
  • Advisor: Prof. Amit Nimunkar

Amplified stethoscope probe to attach to lung ultrasound probe

Combine stethoscope (attach a speaker) and ultrasound probe for comprehensive lung examination

  • Team Members: Nomita Chandra, Eric Cimino, Yicheng Ma, Joshua Myszewski and Shankar Sundaresan
  • Client: Dr. Micah Long
  • Advisor: Dr. Aviad Hai
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Design Excellence Award

Winner

Noise Hazard in the Operating Room

Surgical suctioning device for aspirating bodily fluids during a medical procedure that mitigates the amount of noise produced.

  • Team Members: Charles Hower, Akshith Mandepally, Jacob Schmidt and Jessica Suderski
  • Client: Dr. Rahul Samtani
  • Advisor: Dr. Darilis Suarez-Gonzalez

Color changing catheter

Urinary catheter system that changes the color of urine in response to excess protein or pathogenic bacteria.

  • Team Members: Ryan Anderson, Megan Bowers, Elizabeth Liu and Clarissa Tjoanda
  • Client: Ms. Lisa Miller
  • Advisor: Prof. Megan McClean

Honorable Mention

Disabled exercise gimbal chair

Device that enables wheelchair users to move from the sitting to the standing position, allowing them to strengthen muscles, aid in bodily functions, and help reduce their current movement limitations.

  • Team Members: Marissa Harkness, Benjamin Lawonn, Jonathon Murphy, Naman Patel and Jenna Warden
  • Client: Mr. Keith Wanta
  • Advisor: Mitchell Tyler

Creation of a Urothelial Permeability Culture Chamber

Multi chamber system capable of fixing the urothelium at a constant diameter within a Transwell-like cell culture system.

  • Team Members: Brenton Halvorson, Tae Lee, Vera Shurygina and Cade Van Horn
  • Client: Dr. Michael Wood
  • Advisor: Prof. Pamela Kreeger
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BME and UWSMPH-TECH Collaborative Innovation Award

Winner

Alternative Epinephrine Delivery Method During Anaphylaxis for Pediatric Patients

Oral delivery method for epinephrine that will effectively counteract the symptoms of anaphylaxis in pediatric patients.

  • Team Members: Alexus Edwards, Alyssa Fleischman, Gwendolyn Johnson, Katarina Martinet, Sophia Nehs, Grigor Simitian and Marisa Vattendahl Vidal
  • Client: Dr. Lenard Markman
  • Advisor: Prof. John Puccinelli
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Student Service Award

These individuals volunteered their time above and beyond over the past year to support the department with the remote transitions, developing new content and in supporting a welcoming and inclusive environment: Melissa Bouharati, Juliana Damberg, Isabel Erickson, Quinton Heney, Courtney Lynch, Connor Quirk, Seth Roge, Ani Srinivasan, Mengizem Tizale, Ryan Yost, and Jessica Wang.

Spring 2019

Tong Biomedical Design Award

Winner

Dialysis solution analysis for infection prevention

  • Team Members: Sindhu Battula, Amanda Cave, Tanya Iskandar, Christopher Rupel and Kaela Ryan
  • Client: Dr. Roy Jhagroo
  • Advisor: Prof. Amit Nimunkar

Near infrared pen

  • Team Members: Ben Knudsen, Courtney Lynch, Janmesh Patel, Tarika Patel and Amber Rollette
  • Client: Dr. Nicholas Albano
  • Advisor: Dr. Darilis Suarez-Gonzalez

Honorable Mention

Rapid needle alignment for localizing breast tumors

  • Team Members: Kari Borowski, Kevin Fantl, Alexander Henry, Colin Schrof and Gopika SenthilKumar
  • Client: Dr. Frederick Kelcz
  • Advisor: Prof. Beth Meyerand

A single insertion catheter for delivering intra-tumoral injection and brachytherapy

  • Team Members: Anna Keller, Alex Locsin, Nur Amira Mohd Razuan and James Tang
  • Client: Dr. Zachary Morris
  • Advisor: Dr. Darilis Suarez-Gonzalez
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Design Excellence Award

Winner

Real-time measurement of ciliary activity

  • Team Members: Gabriela Betancourt, Aman Nihal, Tyler Ross and Benjamin Viggiano
  • Client: Dr. Jonathan Lenz
  • Advisor: Dr. Jeremy Rogers

Microfluidic device to competitively measure biofilm dispersion potential-Junior

  • Team Members: Grace Li, Adrian Omidfar, Simon Schirber and Victoria Trantow
  • Client: Prof. Megan McClean
  • Advisor: Prof. John Puccinelli

Honorable Mention

Osteochondral transplant system

  • Team Members: Alexander Babinski, David Fiflis, Alexander Teague and Zachary Wodushek
  • Client: Dr. Brian Walczak
  • Advisor: Prof. Tracy Jane Puccinelli

Lower Extremity Strength Testing Device

  • Team Members: Eric Arndt, Samuel Parmentier, Hayley Raj and Daniel Wildner
  • Client: Dr. Bryan Heiderscheit
  • Advisor: Dr. Darilis Suarez-Gonzalez
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Student Service Award

This year a special award was presented to Rebecca Jean Alcock for her dedication and service to the department especially for her work as BSAC Chair and originating and organizing the first Annual BME Showcase.

Spring 2018

Tong Biomedical Design Award

Winner

Device for capturing IVC filters

  • Team Members: Joseph Ashley, Lexi Doersch, Will Flanigan, Emily Foran and Brett Struthers
  • Client: Dr. Paul Laeseke
  • Advisor: Prof. Paul Thompson

Novel At-Home Risk Detector for Kidney Stones

  • Team Members: Tyler Bambrough, Jack O'Keefe, Will Olson and Carl Parent
  • Client: Dr. Roy Jhagroo
  • Advisor: Prof. Chris Brace

Honorable Mention

Prosthetic ankle with biomimetic motion for weight lifting

  • Team Members: Jason Dekarske, Sahand Eftekari, Hannah Mrazsko and Rachel Tong
  • Client: Prof. Peter Adamczyk
  • Advisor: Dr. Joseph Towles

TherVoyant: Compact guide for minimally invasive surgery in an MRI scanner

  • Team Members: Molly De Mars, Zachary Hite, Bailey Ramesh and Caitlin Randell
  • Client: Dr. Terrence Oakes
  • Advisor: Prof. Beth Meyerand
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Design Excellence Award

Winner

Implantable light source for driving optogenetic constructs

  • Team Members: Ian Baumgart, Stephen Early, Clinton Heinze, Karam Khateeb and Marisa Tisler
  • Client: Dr. Jay Yang
  • Advisor: Dr. Jeremy Rogers

Real-time measurement of ciliary activity

  • Team Members: Gabriela Betancourt, Aman Nihal, Tyler Ross and Benjamin Viggiano
  • Client: Dr. Jonathan Lenz
  • Advisor: Prof. Pamela Kreeger

Honorable Mention

Creation of a Urothelial Permeability Culture Chamber

  • Team Members: Austin Feeney, Emma Herrig, Hunter Johnson, James Jorgensen and Andrew Miller
  • Client: Dr. Michael Wood
  • Advisor: Prof. Tracy Jane Puccinelli

Rapid needle alignment for localizing breast tumors

  • Team Members: Kari Borowski, Kevin Fantl, Alexander Henry, Colin Schrof and Gopika SenthilKumar
  • Client: Dr. Frederick Kelcz
  • Advisor: Prof. Beth Meyerand
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Spring 2017

Tong Biomedical Design Award

Winner

Digital biofeedback device to teach abdominal breathing

Abdominal breathing training device for patients who suffer from asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cardiac disease, and other disorders

  • Team Members: Anupama Bhattacharya, Ms. Jessica Brand, Kayla Huemer, Hannah Lider and Melanie Loppnow
  • Client: Dr. Ken Kushner
  • Advisor: Mitchell Tyler

Ergonomic laboratory vortex mixer

  • Team Members: Lexi Doersch, Stephen Early, Emily Foran and Brett Struthers
  • Client: Dr. Robert Radwin
  • Advisor: Prof. Megan McClean

Honorable Mention

Dialysis solution analysis for infection prevention

  • Team Members: Austin Evans, Thomas Feustel, Matthew Knoespel and Randal Mills
  • Client: Dr. Roy Jhagroo
  • Advisor: Prof. John Webster

Automatic intraventricular drainage system

  • Team Members: Savannah Kuehn, Eric Solis and Ricardo Zuniga
  • Client: Dr. Joshua Medows
  • Advisor: Prof. Megan McClean
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Design Excellence Award

Winner

Device to measure fungal biofilm dispersion

  • Team Members: Rebecca Brodziski, Nicholas Hoppe, Madalyn Pechmann and Jason Wan
  • Client: Prof. Megan McClean
  • Advisor: Prof. John Webster

Force monitoring model for casting a distal radius fracture

  • Team Members: Andrew Baldys, Keshav Garg, Trace Jocewicz III and Marshall Schlick
  • Client: Dr. James Stokman
  • Advisor: Prof. John Puccinelli

Honorable Mention

Automated quality assurance system for clinical CT systems

  • Team Members: Samuel Brenny, Connor Ford, Rachel Reiter and Heather Shumaker
  • Client: Dr. Tim Stick (Szczykutowicz)
  • Advisor: Prof. John Webster

A modified Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) balloon

  • Team Members: Hanna Barton, Austin Feeney, Hunter Johnson and James Jorgensen
  • Client: Dr. Shahzeb Munir
  • Advisor: Dr. Kris Saha
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Spring 2016

Tong Biomedical Design Award

Winner

Dialysis solution analysis for infection prevention

  • Team Members: Alyssa Acker, Nicholas Gilling, Eric Howell, Nathan Leppert and David Schmidt
  • Client: Dr. Roy Jhagroo
  • Advisor: Prof. John Webster

Telemetry Adaptor

Continuous streaming of atrial electrogram on patient monitor

  • Team Members: Matthew Knoespel, Randal Mills, James Olson, Connor Sheedy and Philip Terrien
  • Client: Dr. Nicholas Von Bergen
  • Advisor: Dr. Jeremy Rogers

Honorable Mention

Atrial Fibrillation Screener

  • Team Members: Justin Alt, Samuel Esch, Daniel Grieshop, Todd Le and Rocio Riillo
  • Client: Dr. Philip Bain
  • Advisor: Prof. John Webster

Back Support for Surgeons

  • Team Members: Alec Hill, Molly Scott, Liam Takahashi and Michael Weiser
  • Client: Dr. Robert Radwin
  • Advisor: Prof. Chris Brace
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Design Excellence Award

Winner

Design of a novel HIV viral load assay for use in resource settings

  • Team Members: Nicolaas Angenent-Mari, Bailey Flanigan, Theo Loo and Joseph Vecchi
  • Client: Prof. Dave Beebe
  • Advisor: Prof. Tracy Jane Puccinelli

Abdominal breathing teaching device

  • Team Members: Anupama Bhattacharya, Kayla Huemer, Hannah Lider and Melanie Loppnow
  • Client: Dr. Ken Kushner
  • Advisor: Prof. Chris Brace

Honorable Mention

Pelvic floor muscle biofeedback computer games

  • Team Members: Lucas Hurtley, Evan Jellings, Lucas Lato and David Mott
  • Client: Dr. Patrick McKenna
  • Advisor: Prof. Amit Nimunkar

Expandable bone graft

  • Team Members: Annamarie Ciancio, Kristen Driscoll, Trenton Roeber and Brian Yasosky
  • Client: Dr. Nathaniel Brooks
  • Advisor: Dr. Ed Bersu
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Spring 2015

Tong Biomedical Design Award

Winner

Infant Delivery Device for Vaginal Delivery

  • Team Members: Alenna Beroza, Kimberly Buchanan, Emily Junger and Ana Lara Santiago
  • Client: Dr. Jay Lick
  • Advisor: Dr. Joseph Towles

Atrial Fibrillation Screener

  • Team Members: Justin Alt, Samuel Esch, Daniel Grieshop, Todd Le and Rocio Riillo
  • Client: Dr. Philip Bain
  • Advisor: Prof. John Webster

Honorable Mention

Bladder cancer resectoscope: The Badger Bladder Tumor Removal Device

  • Team Members: Katherine Baldwin, Alyssa Mitchell, Tyler Moon and Ryan Reynebeau
  • Client: Dr. Tracy Downs
  • Advisor: Mitchell Tyler

Dialysis solution analysis for infection prevention

  • Team Members: Alyssa Acker, Nicholas Gilling, Nathan Leppert and David Schmidt
  • Client: Dr. Roy Jhagroo
  • Advisor: Dr. Jeremy Rogers
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Design Excellence Award

Winner

Hemorheological-based microfluidic chip platform for measuring blood viscosity

  • Team Members: Tyler Lieberthal, Christopher Patterson, Ross Paulson, Anthony Prostrollo and Jared Warczytowa
  • Client: Prof. Chris Brace
  • Advisor: Prof. Paul Thompson

Development of an anti-crouch, dynamic leg brace

  • Team Members: Aaron Bishop, Alex Ehlers, Kyle Koehler, Brady Lundin and Emily Olszewski
  • Client: Donita Croft
  • Advisor: Prof. Chris Brace

Honorable Mention

Modified inkjet printer for multi-channel bioprinting

  • Team Members: Jack Goss, Karl Kabarowski, Evan Lange and Tyler Max
  • Client: Dr. Jay Yang
  • Advisor: Prof. Paul Thompson

Device to monitor and quantify early hypovolemia due to hemorrhage

  • Team Members: Nicolaas Angenent-Mari, Bailey Flanigan, Micaella Poehler and Olivia Velazquez
  • Client: Dr. Dennis Bahr
  • Advisor: Prof. John Webster
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Spring 2014

Tong Biomedical Design Award

Winner

Bean Sleeve (Super Splint)

  • Team Members: Ryan Keuler, Alex Lavanway, Michael Schmidt and Jacob Tokar
  • Client: Dr. Matthew Halanski
  • Advisor: Mitchell Tyler

Cast saw skin injury eliminator

  • Team Members: Timothy Abbott, Hannah Frank, Mr. Billy Greisch and Jeffrey Wu
  • Client: Dr. Matthew Halanski
  • Advisor: Prof. John Webster

Honorable Mention

Expandable bone graft

  • Team Members: James Dorrance, Terah Hennick, Katherine Jeffris and Taylor Weis
  • Client: Dr. Nathaniel Brooks
  • Advisor: Mitchell Tyler

Infant delivery device for vaginal delivery

  • Team Members: Alenna Beroza, Kimberly Buchanan, Emily Junger and Ana Lara Santiago
  • Client: Dr. Jay Lick
  • Advisor: Dr. Tom Yen
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Design Excellence Award

Winner

Wireless Motion Capture System for Alpine Skiers

  • Team Members: Robert Carson, Hannah Meyer, Derek Pitts, Charles Rodenkirch and Gustavo Vargas
  • Client: Prof. Darryl Thelen
  • Advisor: Prof. Amit Nimunkar

Interstitial diffuse optical fiber probe design

  • Team Members: Matthew Boyer, Samual Lines, Michael Simonson and Thomas Zipp
  • Client: Prof. Michael Kissick
  • Advisor: Prof. Paul Thompson

Honorable Mention

Magnetic retention of facial prostheses to body piercings

  • Team Members: Megan Courtney, Lindy Couwenhoven, Amy Martin and Alexandra Schmidt
  • Client: Mr. Greg Gion
  • Advisor: Dr. Kris Saha

Optimizing Filtration and Preservation of Epithelial Cells from Urine

  • Team Members: Angela Beltrame, Mustafa Khan, Susanna Kwok and Shaun Pomerenke
  • Client: Dr. Kris Saha
  • Advisor: Prof. John Puccinelli
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Student Service Award

This year a special award was presented to senior Caleb Durante for his dedication and service to the department especially for his work in the creation of the BME Design Studio and Teaching Assistant/Project Assistant in BME 201.

Spring 2013

Tong Biomedical Design Award

Winner

Right Angle Scissors Dissector: TEAM RAD

  • Team Members: Joseph Benert, Baljit Kler, Nicholas Schapals and Anyi Wang
  • Client: Emily Hartmann
  • Advisor: Prof. Tracy Jane Puccinelli

Endotracheal Lidocaine Applicator (ELA)

Device to deliver lidocaine to the trachea.

  • Team Members: Katherine Baldwin, James Dorrance, Terah Hennick and Alyssa Mitchell
  • Client: Dr. Richard Galgon
  • Advisor: Mitchell Tyler

Honorable Mention

EWH Project: Infant respiratory monitor

Low cost and highly reliable detection system that could alert nearby adults when infant breathing stops, giving them a chance to wake or resuscitate the infant.

  • Team Members: Drew Birrenkott, Caleb Durante, Donald Weier and Bradley Wendorff
  • Client: Prof. Amit Nimunkar
  • Advisor: Prof. Paul Thompson

Cervical cancer screening software for use in under-resourced areas

Low-cost, portable software application to screen for cervical cancer cells in a sample for under-resourced and rural areas.

  • Team Members: Isabel Callan, Yuan He, Katherine Hildebrand and Amanda Macallister
  • Client: Dr. Philip Bain
  • Advisor: Prof. Chris Brace
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Design Excellence Award

Winner

Optimizing derivation, expansion and differentiation of suspension reprogrammed stem cell cultures

  • Team Members: Jeff Groskopf, Tyler Klann, Lisa Kohli and Ian Linsmeier
  • Client: Dr. Kris Saha
  • Advisor: Prof. Tracy Jane Puccinelli

Forearm segmental compression device for prevention of deep venous thrombosis in the lower extremity

  • Team Members: Allison Benna, Emily Florence, Seve Strook and Joshua Zent
  • Client: Dr. Steven Yale
  • Advisor: Prof. John Webster

Honorable Mention

Device to help severely mentally ill patients to quit smoking

  • Team Members: Robert Carson, Douglas Ciha, Paul Strand and Gustavo Vargas
  • Client: Prof. David Gustafson
  • Advisor: Prof. Amit Nimunkar
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Student Service Award

This year a special award was presented to senior Matthew Bollom for his continued dedication and service to the department especially for his work above and beyond as BWIG Chair and Lead Student Assistant in BME 201.

Spring 2012

Tong Biomedical Design Award

Winner

Development of a biocidal surgical drain

  • Team Members: Kelsey Hoegh, Tanner Marshall, Laura Platner, Taylor Powers and Daniel Tighe
  • Client: Dr. Samuel Poore
  • Advisor: Mitchell Tyler

Water resistant boot for walking casts

  • Team Members: Joseph Benert, Taylor Jaraczewski, Baljit Kler and Lucas Schimmelpfenning
  • Client: Donita Croft
  • Advisor: Prof. Tracy Jane Puccinelli

Honorable Mention

A new vascular clamp for robotic partial nephrectomy

  • Team Members: Jeffrey Hlinka, Shannon Hynes and Kayla Stankevitz
  • Client: Dr. Jason Abel
  • Advisor: Mitchell Tyler

Engineering World Health (EWH) infant respiratory rate monitor

  • Team Members: Christopher Besaw, Benjamin Smith, Donald Weier and Stephen Young
  • Client: Prof. Amit Nimunkar
  • Advisor: Prof. Paul Thompson
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Design Excellence Award

Winner

Standing Paraplegic Omni-directional Transport (SPOT)

Mobility device to return Dr. Garrett Cuppels, a T-12 paraplegic surgeon, to the operating room.

  • Team Members: Justin Cacciatore, Michael Konrath, James Madsen, Blake Marzella and Bret Olson
  • Client: Dr. Garrett Cuppels
  • Advisor: Prof. Amit Nimunkar

Head holder for MR-guided drug delivery testing

  • Team Members: Gabriel Bautista, Kevin Beene, Kimberly Maciolek and Hope Marshall
  • Client: Prof. Walter Block
  • Advisor: Dr. Tom Yen

Honorable Mention

MRI-compatible step dynamometer

  • Team Members: Evan Flink, Andrew Hanske, Tongkeun Lee and Nicholas Thate
  • Client: Dr. Alejandro Roldan
  • Advisor: Dr. Willis Tompkins

Developing a 3D model of the tongue and mouth to assess pressure generation when swallowing

  • Team Members: Armand Grabowski, Naomi Humpal, Taylor Milne and Nicholas Schapals
  • Client: JoAnne Robbins
  • Advisor: Dr. Tom Yen
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Student Service Award

This year a special award was presented to senior Matthew Bollom for his continued dedication and service to the department especially for his work above and beyond as BWIG Chair.

Spring 2011

Tong Biomedical Design Award

Winner

Development of a bioreactor cassette for autologous pluripotent stem cell production

  • Team Members: Kimberli Kamer, Elise Larson and Laura Zeitler
  • Client: Derek Hei
  • Advisor: Prof. Naomi Chesler

Absorbable hydrodissection fluids

Biocompatible, absorbable, and thermal reversible hydrodissection fluid to protect neighboring tissue during tumor ablation.

  • Team Members: Patrick Cassidy, Sean Heyrman, Alexander Johnson and Anthony Sprangers
  • Client: Prof. Chris Brace
  • Advisor: Prof. John Puccinelli

Design, testing and calibration of a small syringe for use with a power injector

  • Team Members: Joseph Benert, Christopher Besaw, Donald Weier and Stephen Young
  • Client: Charles Strother
  • Advisor: Prof. Paul Thompson

Honorable Mention

Implementing Lean Kaizen event recommendations to improve productivity at Wiscraft

  • Team Members: Caitlyn Collins, Justin Gearing, Daniel Miller and Jamon Opgenorth
  • Client: Dr. Ananth Krishnamurthy
  • Advisor: Dr. Tom Yen

Universal surgical drain

  • Team Members: Timothy Barry, Scott Carpenter, Ozair Chaudhry, Ryan Childs and Evan Joyce
  • Client: Dr. Ramzi Shehadi
  • Advisor: Prof. Wan-Ju Li

Digital Braille Watch

  • Team Members: Nicholas Anderson, Kyle Jamar, Taylor Milne and Chandresh Singh
  • Client: Holly and Colton Albrechct
  • Advisor: Prof. John Puccinelli

Fixation device for a laryngeal soft tissue flap for vocal fold reconstruction

  • Team Members: Ross Comer, Bryan Jepson, Dr. Christa Wille and William Zuleger
  • Client: Seth Dailey
  • Advisor: Prof. John Webster

Computerized or mechanical 3D model for neuro-endoscopic teaching and practice

  • Team Members: Jeff Groskopf, Michael Rossmiller, Nicholas Schapals and Anyi Wang
  • Client: Dr. Bermans Iskandar
  • Advisor: Mitchell Tyler

Design of a wound protector/retractor for thyroid surgery

  • Team Members: Armand Grabowski, Naomi Humpal, Molly Krohn and Kimberly Maciolek
  • Client: David Greenblatt
  • Advisor: Mitchell Tyler
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Spring 2010

Tong Biomedical Design Award

Winner

Metacarpophalangeal Joint Replacement

  • Team Members: Nate Cira, Amanda Feest, Hallie Kreitlow and Kenny Roggow
  • Client: Dr. Ramzi Shehadi
  • Advisor: Prof. Naomi Chesler

Ventilator associated pneumonia reducing endotracheal tube

  • Team Members: Scott Carpenter, Ozair Chaudhry, Ryan Childs, Paul Fossum and Evan Joyce
  • Client: Mark Schroeder
  • Advisor: Prof. Amit Nimunkar

Biogel release to the ocular surface of epithelial growth factors

  • Team Members: John Byce, Jeffrey Hlinka, Alexander Johnson, Sarah Reichert and Anthony Sprangers
  • Client: Neal Barney
  • Advisor: Prof. Chris Brace

Honorable Mention

Delivery of Aerosol Drugs Through Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

  • Team Members: Joe Decker, Ryan Kimmel, Patrick Kurkiewicz, Annie Loevinger and Stephen Welch
  • Client: Mihai Teodorescu
  • Advisor: Prof. John Webster

Attachment of Prosthetic Ear to Cranial Implant Abutments

  • Team Members: Dr. Eamon Bernardoni, James Mott, Samantha Paulsen and Brooke Sampone
  • Client: Mr. Greg Gion
  • Advisor: Dr. Willis Tompkins

Impedance Cardiography

  • Team Members: Ross Comer, Jacob Meyer and Tian Zhou
  • Client: Prof. John Webster
  • Advisor: Dr. Dennis Bahr

Research and Development Award - Follow-On Funding

Design of an open source imaging/therapy platform for small animal research

Jon Seaton and Jay Sekhon will continue research and development for their design.

Spring 2009

Tong Biomedical Design Award

Winner

Flow controlled endoscope irrigation pump

  • Team Members: Claire Flanagan, Holly Liske, Laura Piechura and Kellen Sheedy
  • Client: Dr. Joshua Medows
  • Advisor: Prof. William Murphy

MRI-compatible olfactometer

  • Team Members: Kaitlin Brendel, Joe Decker, Ryan Kimmel and Stephen Welch
  • Client: Dr. Vivek Prabhakaran
  • Advisor: Prof. John Webster

Phonetics-based augmentative communication device for children with significant communication disorders

  • Team Members: Prachi Agarwal, Erin Devine, Brian Mogen and Stephen Wyche
  • Client: Dr. Lawerence Kaplan
  • Advisor: Prof. Brenda Ogle

Honorable Mention

Develop anatomical model to demonstrate correct use of female barriers

  • Team Members: Karen Chen, Chou Mai and Rexxi Prasasya
  • Client: Dr. Marge Sutinen
  • Advisor: Prof. William Murphy

Heated diagnostic radiology exam table

  • Team Members: Joel Gaston, Joseph Labuz, Paul Schildgen and Tyler Vovos
  • Client: Lanee Maclean
  • Advisor: Mitchell Tyler

A device to reliably collect bronchoalveolar lavage effluent during flexible bronchoscopy

  • Team Members: Allison Johnson, Kimberli Kamer, Elise Larson and Laura Zeitler
  • Client: Dr. Chris Green
  • Advisor: Prof. Brenda Ogle

Research and Development Award - Follow-On Funding

Open-source, low-cost, web-guided spirometer

Jeremy Glynn and Andrew Dias will continue research and development for their design.

Spring 2008

Tong Biomedical Design Award

Winner

Delivery of Inhaled Drugs through Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)

  • Team Members: Sara Karle, Michele Lorenz and Emily Maslonkowski
  • Client: Mihai Teodorescu
  • Advisor: Mitchell Tyler

Pill Removal Device

  • Team Members: Ryan Carroll, Ben Engel, Eric Printz and Justin Schmidt
  • Client: Dr. Molly Carnes
  • Advisor: Prof. Brenda Ogle

Blinking orbital prosthesis

  • Team Members: Joel Gaston, Ryan Kimmel, Hallie Kreitlow and Allison McArton
  • Client: Mr. Greg Gion
  • Advisor: Prof. William Murphy

Spring 2007

Tong Biomedical Design Award

Winner

An MR-Compatible Device for Imaging the Lower Extremity During Movement and Under Load

  • Team Members: Eric Bader, Arinne Lyman, Sarajane Stevens and Christopher Westphal
  • Client: Prof. Darryl Thelen
  • Advisor: Prof. William Murphy

Sensory substitution device for hearing impairment

  • Team Members: Jimmy Fong, Becky Jones, Jack Page, Ryan Thome and Matt Valaskey
  • Client: Veronica Heide
  • Advisor: Mitchell Tyler

Device to improve diagnostic yield of fine needle aspiration

  • Team Members: Aaron Freis, Robyn Hrobsky, Chou Mai and Jason Tham
  • Client: Dr. Frederick Kelcz
  • Advisor: Prof. Naomi Chesler
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