Welcome to BME Day 2026

Team members: Christopher Keynton, Rebecca Hawks, Emily Weiner, Jordan Fisse, Juliana Eoga, Niki Hartman

Concept: The AIRR is an autonomous airway management system that allows trained individuals during respiratory emergencies to maintain an airway and provide ventilation support to people who are not breathing, or not breathing adequately on their own.

Team members: Grace Cummins, Olivia Schubiger, Sophia Bica, Stefanie Selitto, Victoria Campos

Concept: CuNEXT aims to revolutionize the copper intrauterine device (IUD) by creating an effective non-hormonal option that implements a steady and safe corrosion rate of copper ions to significantly reduce inflammation and pain, offering women greater control over their reproductive health.

Team Members: Amber Muzones, Lulu Hunter, Ryan Thorton, Julia Cowen, Malina Andronescu

Concept: DuoVitalis is a detachable, digital stethoscope attachment device seeking to improve misdiagnoses at a reduced cost, all while emphasizing universal fit, sound amplification, and active noise cancellation.

Team Members: Alina Zaman, Samantha Villanueva, Gabrielle Moroney, David Keyser, Valerie Naguib

Concept: Duoxalis is an at-home, accurate, and easy-to-use screening tool for two of the most common vaginal infections, integrated in a comfortable, non-invasive panty liner format that utilizes biochemical assay technology for trustworthy results, closing the gap in care surrounding women's reproductive health.

Team Members: Andrea Arpastean, Birva Pinto, Rimmo Loyi Lego, Henita Sharon Lawrence, Maria Giovanetti

Concept: HOPE Incubator’s mission is to deliver an affordable, electricity-resilient neonatal incubator that ensures safe, continuous thermal care for premature infants in resource-limited healthcare settings, using a phase change material (PCM) based thermal regulation system.

Team Members: Ali Yousry, Gabriel Rodriguez, Hamzah Shibli, Itai Geller, Jayden Mamola

Concept: The Marine Insertion Brace (MIB) is a sensor-driven, wearable neck-protection brace designed to dynamically stabilize a marine operator’s head and cervical spine, mitigating neck loads and reducing injury risk during high-speed operations and impact events.

Team Members: Ashley Allen, Emily Wohlleber, Nate Skutnik, Thomas Gigliotti, Tomislav Curko

Concept: Develop the next generation of GLP-1 therapy auto-injectors that are reusable and tunable, which optimizes patient comfortability and usability.

Team Members: Adam Fiorito, Henry Furey, Kana Abe, Kristina Szumski, Samuel Schradin, Tarunnanda Vijaykumar

Concept: ReSpec modernizes the 19th‑century vaginal speculum with a radially-expanding inflatable speculum designed with patient comfort at the forefront, reducing pain and anxiety of cervical exams caused by traditional metal and plastic vaginal devices.

Team Members: Isabella Mangano, Lauren Alley, Maya Lapinski, Sophia Gonzalez, Kailyn Savage

Concept: Rocket Lungs is a resistance training device with a mission to increase respiratory muscle strength and endurance for pediatric patients with neuromuscular disorders, overall improving day-to-day symptoms and reducing respiratory distress.

Team Members: Ujjwal Rameshwaram, Kaitlyn Tsai, Ruhi Ajinkya, Sanaiya Villanueva, Sophia Donskoy

Concept: SensiTear is a non-invasive pre-screening device for detecting Alzheimer's disease years before the onset of life-altering symptoms, empowering individuals to take preventative measures and mitigate rapid disease progression.

Team Members: Jonathan Layme, Phillip Bone, Nicholas Reznick, Om Patel, Pas Dodangoda

Concept: Synovia aims to improve knee rehabilitation by automating knee mobilizations to improve accessibility, affordability, and consistency with physical therapy.

Team Members: Aidan Lee, Briley Heider, Devan Moore, Eric Romero, Sarah Wnorowski

Concept: TeleHub is an at-home cardiac vitals-measuring device that integrates ECG, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, and heart rate into a single system that transmits clinically reliable data to healthcare providers, replacing in-person cardiac rehabilitation appointments.

Team Members: Alexander Adair, Alexis Najmy, Francesca Regan, Miles Cabreza

Concept: UTID is developing an accessible redesign of urinary tract infection diagnostic tools using micro fluidics leading into 4 lateral flow assays accounting for 95% of urinary tract infection cases yielding results in under 30 minutes.