Together We Can Face Challenges As Deep As The Ocean

Our Biomedical Engineering students from the Henry Samueli School of Engineering have been perfecting their design projects all year. Check out what we've been working on.



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ThreeMusketeers

The Three Musketeers

Team 1: The Three Musketeers

Our device provides the health benefits of passive muscle exercise to children living with neurological disorders and immobility.

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GOSACMedical

GOSAC Medical

Team 2: A Simple Solution to an Ignored Problem: Improving Children's Quality of Life In Hospitals.

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IVBot

IV Bot

Team 3: IV Bot

Our mission is to bring independence and mobility to pediatric patients by developing a patient tracking and following robotic IV pole.

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BiteLite

Bite Lite

Team 4: Bite Lite

See every vein and relieve all pain with Bite Lite's dental syringe attachment!



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LuminaEX

Lumina EX

Team 5: Lumina EX

Our company is working towards the treatment of radiation dermatitis, a common side effect of radiation therapy. This will be done through the creation of a wearable patch that will deliver continuous red light to the patient's skin, which wil accelerate the wound healing process.

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Femto3D

Femto3D

Team 6: Femto3D

A high speed, high resolution tissue scaffold printing solution for research spaces.

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Biomedix

Biomedix

Team 7: Biomedix

Biomedix is creating a novel alarm system called the Glucose Guardian to save the lives of type 1 diabetics each and every night.

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Encephalopod

Encephalopod

Team 8: Encephalopod

A portable, rapid response electroencephalogram (EEG) device for the rapid diagnosis of non-convulsive seizure and stroke.

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Biosignus

Biosignus

Team 9: Biosignus

Monitoring our tiniest patients, every beat, every breath, every moment.

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AirTech

Air Tech

Team 10: Air Tech

Air Tech offers cost-effective cell culture chambers with hypoxia gradients that accurately simulate in-vitro conditions in laboratory environments.

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Paratex

Paratex

Team 11: Paratex

A catheter-deployed plug to close paravalvular leaks in TAVR procedures.

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PULMAtech

PULMAtech

Team 12: PULMAtech

Developing methods to enhance patient safety during alternative access transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures.

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BioSteins

Bio Steins

Team 13: Bio Steins

A novel solution to externally flushed TAVR loaders which will improve efficiency during preparations allowing for less waste and overall surgical downtime.

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Ayquorn

Ayquorn

Team 14: Ayquorn

Creating the world’s first expandable radial access sheath to provide ease of use for interventional physicians during cardiovascular procedures.

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Invisimind

Invisimind

Team 15: Invisimind

Reducing Bioburden with the Visual Trinity of Image Analytics.

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Viscolyte

Viscolyte

Team 16: Viscolyte

The goal is to create an off the shelf fluorescence microscope that can track viscosity through particle tracking. Thank you for your time and help.

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RotoCell

Roto Cell

Team 17: Roto Cell

3D reconstruction of single cells in a microfluidic droplet trap array.

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NeuroTrain

NEUROTRAIN

Team 18: NEUROTRAIN

Precision meets innovation: Simulating Basal Ganglia microelectrode recording for successful DBS electrode placement.

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OptiFAB

OptiFAB

Team 19: OptiFAB

Our team is utilizing advanced manufacturing methods including conductive coatings and 3D metal and plastic printing for non-essential, high variation, and low volume parts for ophthalmic devices to increase Alcon's in house production capabilities.

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Stingray

Stingray

Team 20: Stingray

Stingray is a stroke rehabilitation device that helps stroke patients receive therapy through a noninvasive treatment that is simple to administer and utilizes an effective feedback loop.

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STAR

STAR

Team 21: STAR

Developing a detection algorithm and EEG device for the continuous monitoring of patients who have an increased potential of a stroke. Our aim intends for the reliability and comfort of portable stroke detection to alert emergency contacts.

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VagAligna

VagAligna

Team 22: VagAligna

VagAligna aims to reduce the average postpartum recovery time mothers face by healing perineal tears through a non-invasive biodegradable hydrogel.

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Pulsera

Pulsera

Team 23: Pulsera

A wearable monitoring system in the form of a shoe designed to identify early signs of pre-eclampsia for at risk pregnant women through hemodynamic data.

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Upcoming Events





Bioengine Team Speed Dating

We will be hosting our kick-off event, Team Speed Dating. This will be a team matching event where all students will match with their peersand will then match to their project of interest.





Date: October 5, 2023

Location: TBA

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Please direct event questions to:

The Bioengine Team





The Bioengine Industry Networking Night

We will be hosting our winter industry networking night. This will be a networking event that will consist of 2 minute reverse pitches from companies and networking booths to be able to meet and recruit our students after graduation.





Date: TBA

Location

UCI Applied Innovation (The Cove)

5141 California Ave, Suite 200



Please direct event questions to:

The Bioengine Team





The Bioengine Biomedical Device Design Symposium

We will be celebrating the culmination of the Biomedical Device Design capstone course at UC Irvine. Join us over food and drinks as the senior design teams showcase their prototypes and compete for a chance to win BioENGINE Fellowships and Capstone Design Awards.

*Note: BioENGINE Fellowship candidates are also eligible for Capstone Design Awards





Date: TBA

Location

UCI Applied Innovation (The Cove)

5141 California Ave, Suite 200



Please direct event questions to:

The Bioengine Team

Past Events







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About the instructors

Dr. Michelle Khine

Dr. Michelle Khine is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at UC Irvine. She is also the Director of Faculty Innovation at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering. Dr. Khine received her BS and MS from UC Berkeley in Mechanical Engineering and her PhD in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley and UCSF. She was the Scientific Founder of 4 companies: Fluxion Biosciences, Shrink Nanotechnologies, Novoheart, and TinyKicks. Dr. Khine was the recipient of the TR35 Award and named one of Forbes ’10 Revolutionaries’ in 2009 and by Fast Company Magazine as one of the '100 Most Creative People in Business' in 2011. She was awarded the NIH New Innovator's Award, was named a finalist in the World Technology Awards for Materials, and was named by Marie‐Claire magazine as 'Women on Top: Top Scientist'. Dr. Khine also started a novel co-op with her students, “A Hundred Tiny Hands,” and is currently leading the Bioengineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship program, BioENGINE, at UC Irvine.

Dr. Christine King

Dr. Christine King is an Associate Teaching Professor of Biomedical Engineering at UC Irvine. She received her BS and MS from Manhattan College in Mechanical Engineering and her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from UC Irvine, where she developed brain-computer interface systems for neurorehabilitation. She was a post-doctorate in the Wireless Health Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a research manager in the Center for SMART Health, where she focused on wireless health monitoring for stroke and pediatric asthma. Her current research is on engineering education.