Akshay Paul and Patrick Lo, both undergraduate students majoring in Biomedical Engineering, also received awards from the Summer Undergraduate Research Program sponsored by the UCI Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.  Akshay’s project involves design and validation of a new functional endoscope (in collaboration with Dr. Brian Smith, a UCI surgeon), and Patrick’s project involves application of chemical-based methods to study cerebral microbleeds (in collaboration with Drs. Mark Fisher and David Cribbs’s neurobiology labs).  Congratulations to both Akshay and Patrick!

Thai Nguyen, a second-year undergraduate student majoring in Biomedical Engineering, was awarded a Summer Undergraduate Research Program sponsored jointly by the Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology and the UCI Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.  The 10-week project involves design of a low-cost optical imaging device for educational purposes.  Congratulations Thai!

On Saturday, May 17th, the UCI Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Symposium will be held at the UCI Student Center.

The MTI lab has five posters that will be presented by outstanding undergraduate Biomedical Engineering students, from 1:30-2:50 PM in the UCI Student Center, Pacific Ballroom C&D.

1) Akshay Paul and Edmund Florendo’: Endoscopic Laser Speckle Imaging System (ELSI)

2) Josh Yakel: Alma Intense Pulsed-Light Source and Persistent Vascular Shutdown

3) Patrick Lo: High-Resolution, Depth-Resolved Imaging of Microglia and Microvasculature in Mouse Brain using Optical Histology

4) Michael Marks: HiLo Microscopy

5) Ted Chang and Kent Mayzel: Laser Speckle Imaging Instrument for Assessment of Pulpal Status in Teeth

Please stop by and check out their posters!