Chemistry, Chemical Biology & Biomedical Engineering

Stevens Researchers Advance Innovative Lab-in-a-Fiber Research Frontier

May 21, 2012

Dr. Du and Dr. Sukhishvili’s collaboration wins grant from the National Science Foundation Many vital chemical and biological processes in modern technology take place in microscopic, tightly constrained environments, where experimentation at macroscopic scale is no longer adequate to understand and exploit molecular behavior. Dr. Henry Du and Dr. Svetlana Sukhishvili of Stevens Institute of Technology have recently been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to address this challenge with a project titled Lab-in-a-Fiber Optofluidic Platform: In-Situ Assembly and Response of Layer-by-Layer Polyelectrolyte Films in Confined Geometry. “We applaud the efforts of Profs. Sukhishvili and Du," says Dr. Michael Bruno, Dean of [Read more...]

Explosive Detection Research to be Presented at ASMS Conference

May 8, 2012

Stevens student awarded travel grant to present research in Vancouver The detection of trace quantities of explosives is critical to defending civilian populations from terrorist attacks. Freneil Jariwala, graduate student at Stevens Institute of Technology, and Dr. Athula B. Attygalle of the Department of Chemistry, Chemical Biology & Biomedical Engineering have developed a method of modifying a commercial electrospray ionization source for ambient detection of explosives on surfaces. At the ASMS regional meeting of April 17th, 2012, Dr. Ron Kong, Chair of the North Jersey Section of the American Chemical Society, awarded Freneil a grant to present the results of his [Read more...]

Stevens Team Wins First Place in New Jersey ISPE Student Poster competition

May 8, 2012

Diagnostic invention allows clinicians to comprehensively evaluate spinal movement A student team from Stevens Institute of Technology has taken first place in the undergraduate division of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) 2012 New Jersey Regional Poster Competition. The ISPE conducts the annual competition between student members of the society, who present visual displays of their research findings and answer questions from a panel of distinguished judges. The winning teams in the regional competitions take their posters to the ISPE Annual Meeting and compete with other teams from all over the world. Justyna Zielinska presented a poster "Tri-axial Electro-goniometer For Spinal Motion" [Read more...]

Dr. Glenn Atlas, Stevens Students, and MICRO Stamping Corp. Develop Innovative Medical Technology

April 30, 2012

V-Scope is a new medical device to help doctors position a breathing tube “The proper intubation of a patient must be performed quickly, often in life-threatening situations,” says Dr. Glenn Atlas, Stevens Institute of Technology Alumnus and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey. By inserting a flexible tube into the trachea, a doctor or nurse maintains an open airway for patients who are critically injured or unable to breathe as an effect of being under anesthesia. The Stevens senior design team of Muhammad Abdul Rahman, Chika Ekweghariri, Cailin Grunewald, and Tarik Kramcha responded [Read more...]

New NSF Grant Supports Dr. Attygalle's Investigation on Ant Pheromones

October 13, 2011

Dr. Attygalle provides new insight into how certain parasites locate host ants Ants communicate using chemical signals, often called pheromones, that enable them to swarm in response to danger or quickly congregate on a picnic blanket. These cues, according to Dr. Athula Attygalle of Stevens Institute of Technology, may also signal fly parasites that rely on ants as hosts. Dr. Attygalle, an expert in both natural products chemistry and mass spectrometry, has recently been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to investigate ant pheromones. Together with evolutionary biologist Dr. Donald Feener of the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Professor Attygalle [Read more...]

Swarm Intelligence Enables Better Nerve Grafts

September 15, 2011

NIH funded collaborative research adds computational models of swarm intelligence based neural networks to tissue engineering. As technology advances towards complex tissue engineering methods, scientists are hitting a ceiling on how accurate computer models can simulate tissue grafts grown to repair a patient's damaged tissues. The National Institute of Health (NIH) has recently awarded a grant to researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology to pursue novel approaches to engineering peripheral nerve tissues that incorporate lessons from swarm intelligence into computer simulations. Dr. XiaojunYu, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Dr. Yan Meng, Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering, are collaborating to break [Read more...]

Steven N. Schwartz, 2011 Valedictorian

May 25, 2011

Congratulations to Steven who will be graduated with a both a B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry (and a minor in Literature). He will join Columbia University as a Faculty Fellow while pursuing his Ph.D. in Chemistry. Read the commencement profile. [Read more...]

Innovative Device Aids in Removing Knee Implants

May 9, 2011

Students at Stevens Institute of Technology have developed a novel device to aid surgeons in cutting through bone and bone substitutes in order to remove knee implants. Sponsored by Stryker Orthopaedics, the device is referred to as a "Primary Knee Component Removal System." The student design team also tied for first place in the Stevens 2011 Research and Entrepreneurship Day Student Elevator Pitch Competition, in which students deliver and are judged on a 2-minute sales pitch for their project. The device, affectionately referred to as a "slingshot" for its Y-shape with a band running across the top, was crafted by a [Read more...]

Thoracic Catheter Team Takes 1st Place at Regional ISPE Competition

May 4, 2011

A Senior Design team at Stevens is working to alleviate pain and other complications that often arise during thoracic surgeries. Five undergraduate Biomedical Engineering students have invented a novel thoracic catheter that overcomes issues of existing catheter design and introduces a potentially profitable new product for the marketplace. On April 21, the efforts of the Stevens Innovative Fluid Extraction System (SIFES) Senior Design Team were recognized with first prize in the undergraduate division at the regional International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE) Student Poster Competition. Stevens active ISPE student chapter has over 100 undergraduate and graduate members under chapter President Rajan [Read more...]

2011 Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Teams

May 3, 2011

BA Quad Dual Braking System Team: Paige Armstrong, Kate Cox, Cindy Hassler, Danielle Sack Patient/User Collaborator: George Taborski, Leaps of Faith Waterskiers Project: A customized mechanical and electronic hand brake system that makes quadriplegic hand cycles safer and easier to use. Markets: Hand cycles for sports, rehabilitation equipment, and wheelchairs; as well as licensing opportunities. MERC Team: Radoslaw Junka, Lawrence Chan, Ryan Moises, Eleanor Panico Physician: Dr. Glen Atlas, UMDNJ Project: An advanced epidural syringe equipped with sensing equipment that increases accuracy, effectiveness, and safety of epidural injections. Markets: Hospitals, for the 3.4 million annual epidural patients in the United States alone, and [Read more...]