In their senior year, our undergraduate students take a two-semester capstone/senior design experience synthesizing the knowledge they gain from their program. Our seniors form teams and work together to develop solutions to real-world biomedical/clinical problems.
Our student teams work with clinical, industry, and faculty partners to develop creative solutions to these problems. Students learn invaluable skills of team work, communication, problem solving, project management, and product development as they journey through this capstone experience.
2021
Team Beam-Team: Onika Alam, Abdulaziz Alaraini, Antarjot Kaur, Shahrzad Sharifi
Project Title: The Ultimate Automatic Half-Mouth Toothbrush
Sponsor/Client: N/A
Team Mask-Up: De’andre Darby, Melany Simms, Jacob Terrie, Joshua Terrie, Jaleel Williams
Project Title: The InnoMask
Sponsor/Client: N/A
Team NanoCreators: Phuong Cai, Salem Elmisurati, Luis Portorreal, Nada Rabbat
Project Title: DNA Nanotechnology Toolkit
Sponsor/Client: Dr. Remi Veneziano (GMU)
Team TeleDream: Allie Dockum, Izat Charkatli, Aanchal Mathur, Fabian Montenegro-Andrafe, James Wassell
Project Title: Autonomously Extracting the Cranial Nerve Exam with Patient Provided Image and Video
Sponsor/Client: Dr. Mahesh Shenai (INOVA Health System)
Team N-ear-O Implanters: Pierre Gerges, Erica King, Caren Nesseem, Rachel O’Connell, Courtney White
Project Title: Cochlear Implant Symmetry
Sponsor/Client: Brian Reilly and Kevin Cleary (Children’s National Hospital)
Team Hip Model Team: Kenneth Christman, Jordan Givens, Zehra Khan, Donicia Quentin-Charles
Project Title: Hip Aspiration Model
Sponsor/Client: Evan Sheppard and Kevin Cleary (Children’s National Hospital)
Team Opioid Crisis Team: Payton Gardler, Megan Lawson, Anna Tran
Project Title: Open Interactive Data Visualization Platform
Sponsor/Client: Dr. Siddhartha Sikdar (GMU)
Team Collared Chameleons: Abraham Ansari, Arjun Harer, Amad Qureshi, Michael Joseph, Nicole Mezher
Project Title: Contactless Cervical Collar
Sponsor/Client: Dr. Mahesh Shenai (INOVA Health System)
Team Deep Drive Tech: Arslan Bhangu, Toleen El-Akwah, Sasha Hernandez, Carlos Leon Morales, Carolina Gomes
Project Title: OR Smoke Protection
Sponsor/Client: Dr. Mahesh Shenai (INOVA Health System)
Team Optimized Air: Lazar Antic, Alesazem Asuagbor, Amber Hartman, Arta Shala
Project Title: Airway Model to Asses Resistance
Sponsor/Client: Dr. Amit Mahajdin (INOVA Health System)
Team Electrastic Inc.: Cierra Britt, Camryn Harris, Charlie Norman-Blakeney, Maryam Oukib
Project Title: Electrotactile Sleeve
Sponsor/Client: Dr. Siddhartha Sikdar (GMU)
2020
Team 1: Bakr Marouf, Angel Mora, Anh Nguyen, Alice Peters, Alexis Robbins
Project Title: Steerable Drill for Pedicle Screw Insertion
Sponsor/Client: Dr. Mahesh Shenai (INOVA Health System)
Team OASHA: Ranya Al-Rawi, Zainab Aldarraji, Alexander Hughes, Bailey O’Shea, Seyedeh Pardis Sohraby Anaraki
Project Title: DNA-based biosensor for multiplexed detection of pathogenic bacteria
Sponsor/Client: Dr. Rémi Veneziano (GMU)
Team Fire Fighters: Ala Al-humadi, Rameen Khalid, Holly Lane, Hannah Young
Project Title: Surgical Fire Prevention System
Sponsor/Client: Dr. Larry Walker and Dr. Jihui Lee (INOVA Health System)
Team C-VAC: Nelson Alvarado, Vien Dang, Arwa Mostafa, Cameron Safi
Project Title: OR Smoke Evacuation System
Sponsor/Client: Dr. Mahesh Shenai (INOVA Health System)
Team SleepWatch: David Fernandez Pardo, Lamis Ibrahim, Sepehr Shadian
Project Title: Video-based Detection of Epileptic Seizures
Sponsor/Client: Dr. Vicky Ikonomidou (GMU)
Team Mystic: Ikra Chaudhry, Fouzia Syed, Holly To, Van Anh Tran
Project Title: Cooling Humidified Hat for Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Sponsor/Client: Community Partners, Multiple Sclerosis Patients, and Respiratory Problem Patients
Team Airtronics: Ahmad Alach, Fellipe Miqui, Abdul Noor, Gautam Subramanian
Project Title: Jaw Thrust Device
Sponsor/Client: Dr. Louis Marmon and Dr. Kevin Cleary (Children’s National Hospital)
Team 1: Fayez Beaini, Ashley Lewis, Julianna Nicolaus, Carson Stewart
Project Title: Soft Exoskeleton For Stroke Patients
Sponsor/Client: Dr. Siddhartha Sikdar (GMU)
Team 2: Colleen Bush, Tagwa Abu-Daye, Sneh Talwar, Julia Roda
Project Title: Continuous Passive Motion Device for Elbow Rehabilitation
Sponsor/Client: N/A
Team 3: Hooda Said, Ibrahim Alsomairy, Ruqaia Al-Kohlany
Project Title: Rapid Cell Sorting for Regenerative Medicine Application
Sponsor/Client: Weinberg Medical Physics