From October 23-26, 2024, the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) held its annual meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. Suzanne, Gabby, and Dr. Sharma traveled to participate in the conference. Gabby Once in Seattle, they were able to reconnect with former undergraduate students, Ethan To and Benjamin Kaufman! Gabby was a member of a team of biomedical engineering students from the University of Florida who earned national recognition as finalists in the prestigious 2024 BMES Student Design Competition, sponsored by Medtronic. This year’s competition focused on innovative solutions in four categories: mechanical/electrical, electrical/computer science, chemical/biological, and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) applied to sports injury treatments. The UF team, Team Easyringe, was awarded third place in the electrical/computer science category for their project, Easyringe: Voice-Controlled Syringe Pump.
Please see the photos below of their adventures.
Presentations included:
Intracellular Localization and ROS Scavenging in Bovine Chondrocytes with Manganese Dioxide Nanoparticles; J. Aldrich, G. Dong, J. Russell, A. Panicker, T. Ryan, K. Allen, B. Sharma
Engineering Hydrogels to Investigate the Role of Hyaluronic Acid on Natural Killer Cell Functions; S. Lightsey, M. Temples, R. Newport, V. Consalvo, B. Sharma
Gene Expression of 3D PEG-Based Tumor Model Reveals Correlation with In Vivo Models; S. Lightsey and B. Sharma