BME Longitudinal Design Teams

As part of the Undergraduate Program in Biomedical Engineering and its Longitudinal Design Team Courses, we are soliciting potential design projects from faculty (physicians/surgeons/researchers) in the School of Medicine.

The course revolves around developing devices or artifacts for medical school faculty based on their specific needs. The students involved in this course are undergraduates who will be working with you towards developing a prototype from your “problem statement”. Thus far the teams have been successful in delivering medical device prototypes for their respective sponsors, which has culminated in one (1) startup company, one (1) licensing agreement, four (4) full patent applications and seven (7) provisional patent applications. There is no direct cost to the faculty sponsors for their services.

If you are interested in submitting a project (2005-06 academic year) by which you can leverage the expertise of biomedical engineering students please visit http://www.bme.
jhu.edu/hbda/proposal.htm. We are also willing to meet with you in person to go through the details of the program and how it could fit into your goals.

The web page also describes the program in more detail and projects from the past, and it provides the mechanism for submitting a short problem statement. Please contact any one of us if you have any questions.

Robert H. Allen, PhD, PE
Assoc. Research Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Office: (410) 516-4922
Email: rallen@bme.jhu.edu

Aditya Polsani
Industrial Liaison Associate
Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute
Office: 410-516-8122
Cell: 410-353-3470
Fax: 410-516-4771
Email: apolsan1@bme.jhu.edu

Artin A. Shoukas, Ph.D.
Professor Biomedical Engineering
Professor Physiology
Director, BME Undergraduate Program
Cell: (410) 299-1728
Email: ashoukas@bme.jhu.edu

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