The Biomedical Engineering Department formally began in 2005 and evolved from a previous specialization in Biomedical Engineering in the General Engineering Program which had operated for about 15 years. The logical transition from a specialization occurred when compelling interest from our industrial partners, the increased job opportunities, and student demand combined with the needs of the CSU to develop new multidisciplinary programs to increase growth.
The philosophy of the BMED program is to provide an undergraduate degree that is largely a general approach to biomedical engineering, emphasizing hands-on learning experiences and core competencies that can serve a wide variety of industries.
Modified from bmed.calpoly.edu
Senior Projects from 2017
Yeager Multi-Function Tool QL+, Osiel Flores-Hernandez, Carter Wilson, David Wright, and Mitchell Jackson
WheelieKing Trainer Project Report, Harold Hall III, Nathaniel Fox, and Thomas Niemisto
Azelia's Walker, Jordan C. Ramsey, Kathleen C. Balfour, Jayne K. Benedict, and Gabrielle Merkin
Influence of Fibroblasts on Functional Arteriogenesis in a Murine Chronic Hindlimb Ischemia Model, Ashli A. Santos
Isolation and Culture of Myofiber-Derived Cells from the Extensor Digitorum Longus Muscle, Ethan M. Tietze
Senior Projects from 2016
Custom Mold Manufacturing Solution for Electroloom, Christian Bundschu, Ryan David, Kyle DeVlugt, and Brian Hardoin
Portable Sensory Room for the West Orange County Consortium for Special Education, Lindsey Chase, Emma Eskildsen, Alex Fox, Claire Francis, Nate Hoffman, Kaylee Keck, and Sarah Sullivan
Low-Cost Prosthetic Transfemoral Socket, Emelie Deans, Joshua Ledgerwood, Leah Moore, Shaina Jung, and Kristen Temnyk
Prosthetic Leg Kit for Deployment in Developing Countries, Brian Murphy, Dominique Porcincula, Derek Morgan, Kendall Ruggles, and Christian Aguayo
Functional Vasodilation and Vascular Reactivity in Arteriolar Collaterals in the Spinotrapezius of Males and Females, Britta C. Nelson
Final Project Report: Motorized "Hover Board", Gabriele Pregadio
User to Exoskeleton Sensing, Amanda Toan, Brian Fiumara, Carolyn King, Ryan Takatsuka, and Taylor Downey
Cal Poly On-Site Water Treatment Project Proposal, Tanner Wingo
Senior Projects from 2015
Assessing Functional Vasodilation in the Gracilis Collateral Arteriole, Megan T. Chu
Innovative Connectivity Ensuring Education (I.-C.E.E.), Luke Cole, Andrew Ma, Nicholas Ross, and Daniel Williams
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus for Firefighter with a Permanent Stoma, Jason Delgadillo, Aaron Wheeler, and Zachary Wishbow
Parkinson's Freezing-of-Gait Device, Megan M. Gerlach, Austin J. Krause, and Berizohar Padilla
Measuring blood flow in the skeletal muscle microcirculation using laser speckle flowmetry, Kenneth Howard Gouin III
Beverage Dispensing Backpack Design and Business Plan, Sterling Blake Grande
The Effect of Neurostimulation on Ischemic Pain and Methods of Assessing Pain, Kaylee Keck
Sense and Avoid UAS Project Final Design Report, Katie Peticolas, Cesia Cazares, Trevor Elsbree, Courtney Smith, and Herberth Elie Navas
High Potency Eugeroics-- Wake-Promoting Agents Beyond Modafinil, Joseph Yoham
Senior Projects from 2014
Smooth muscle cell organization in the stem region of the gracilis collateral circulation in BALB/c mice, Laura Lenae Burckhardt
Functional Vasodilation is Impaired in Arterialized Capillaries in the Spinotrapezius, Joshua P. Cutts