Biomedical Engineering Capstone

BME498
Closed
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Chris Bouwmeester
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
(1)
3
Timeline
  • September 1, 2022
    Experience start
  • October 22, 2022
    Project Requirements
  • November 26, 2022
    Project Proposal
  • April 8, 2023
    Project Demonstration
  • April 15, 2023
    Experience end
Experience
2/2 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Startup, Small to medium enterprise, Incubator
Hospital, health, wellness & medical, Sports & fitness

Experience scope

Categories
Mechanical engineering Electrical engineering Healthcare Biotechnology
Skills
bioengineering prototyping research
Learner goals and capabilities

Do you have a healthcare-related problem that you wish you could get at if you had just a little more time?

Multidisciplinary teams of engineering and science (human biology, neuroscience, molecular genetics, etc.) students will work to address an engineering design problem that your organization is facing. The team will participate in the capstone design course with guidance from a faculty member and teaching team with expertise in biomedical engineering and medical device design. By the end of the course the team will present test results to you to demonstrate a feasible solution to your problem.

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
10 learners
Project
260 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 4
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Students will work to complete the following:

  • Detailed assessments of your requirements and engineering specifications related to your problem
  • A project proposal outlining potential design concepts
  • A working prototype and test results
Project timeline
  • September 1, 2022
    Experience start
  • October 22, 2022
    Project Requirements
  • November 26, 2022
    Project Proposal
  • April 8, 2023
    Project Demonstration
  • April 15, 2023
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Past project examples include, but are not limited to:

  • A device to remove the femoral stem in well-fixed artificial hip implants
  • A minimally invasive electropalatography device to help people rehabilitate from oral cancer surgery
  • A gamified incentive spirometer device to entice children to perform breathing exercises
  • A device to help people with Parkinsons disease complete their physiotherapy exercises with feedforward auditory cues

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

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