Biomedical Engineering Projects

Cunningham Clubfoot Brace

Project Manager: Camilo Giraldo
Student Project Manager: Josiah Lamberton

The Cunningham Clubfoot Brace team is working to adapt a novel clubfoot brace to reduce production costs through locally sustainable designs and 3D printing. The Cunningham brace utilizes a unilateral helix, which offers a more comfortable, dynamic alternative to the standard clubfoot brace treatment known as "boots and bar." The team is partnering with HopeWalks, CURE International and Jerald Cunningham, to use biomedical engineering principles to validate the efficacy of the brace.

Functional Electrical Stimulation

Project Manager: Ryan Farris
Student Project Manager: Ava Miller

Cerebrovascular disease refers to several conditions related to restriction in blood flow to the brain which may then lead to stroke. This, in turn, may result in the inability to walk without some form of assistance. The goal of the Functional Electrical Stimulation project is to research functional electrical stimulation (FES) technology and design/build a low-cost prototype as an effective intervention for improving gait post stroke.

Pediatric Knee

Project Manager: Philip Tan
Student Project Manager: Victoria Burgos
Partner: LIMBS International

Cerebrovascular disease refers to several conditions related to restriction in blood flow to the brain which may then lead to stroke. This, in turn, may result in the inability to walk without some form of assistance. The goal of the Functional Electrical Stimulation project is to research functional electrical stimulation (FES) technology and design/build a low-cost prototype as an effective intervention for improving gait post stroke.

Socket Lamination

Project Manager: Philip Tan
Student Project Manager: Addie Kagarise
Partner: LIMBS International

The Socket Lamination Project is partnering with LIMBS International to validate and potentially modify a direct-lamination knee socket process, developed initially by LIMBS. 

Stance Control Orthosis

Project Manager: Ryan Farris
Student Project Manager: Kaitlyn Lutz

Cerebrovascular disease refers to several conditions related to restriction in blood flow to the brain which may then lead to stroke. This, in turn, may result in the inability to walk without some form of assistance, and to the need for knee-ankle-foot orthoses (KAFOs). The goal of the Stance Control Orthotic project is to research, design and prototype a 3Dprintable stance-control knee orthosis (SC-KO) with an any-angle locking mechanism.