College - Author 1
College of Engineering
Department - Author 1
Biomedical Engineering Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Biomedical Engineering
College - Author 2
College of Engineering
Department - Author 2
Biomedical Engineering Department
Degree - Author 2
BS in Biomedical Engineering
College - Author 3
College of Engineering
Department - Author 3
Biomedical Engineering Department
Degree - Author 3
BS in Biomedical Engineering
Date
6-2026
Primary Advisor
Iian Black, College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Department
Additional Advisors
Luke Perrault, College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Department
Abstract/Summary
The goal of this project is to develop a low-cost and accurate force measurement system and method of measurement to be used in the testing of grown cardiac tissue samples. The primary stakeholder in this project is Dr. Luke Perreault, a biomedical engineering professor at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo who is studying grown cardiac tissue rings, and any of his student lab personnel. Other stakeholders include other researchers in the tissue engineering field who require a similar form of testing to the methods developed in this project.
This document will introduce the identified problem and background as to why this problem is important. Objectives will then be defined which lead to a clear list of customer requirements used in the design process. These are then translated into engineering requirements against which preliminary concepts will be evaluated. The iterative design process will then be presented including a morphology chart and multiple Pugh matrices. These concepts will lead to the first conceptual model and its associated failure mode effects analysis. This design is then refined and presented again as a full detailed design with associated engineering drawings and device renderings. Plans to manufacture the device will be provided in full detail followed by testing plans to verify all engineering requirements. The results of these tests will then be provided followed finally by detailed instructions on how to operate the device.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/bmedsp/230
Included in
Biomedical Devices and Instrumentation Commons, Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Engineering Commons, Other Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering Commons, Systems and Integrative Engineering Commons