Drexel engineering students at the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems found that they could not form an accurate picture of the needs that exist in clinical practice because they had limited familiarity with the clinical patient environment. DrExcel Health provides an opportunity for engineering students to identify projects that would benefit from collaboration between clinical faculty, College of Medicine alumni and senior medical students.

DrExcel Health project labs establish connections throughout the University that bring together students and faculty from multiple disciplines in an independent, extracurricular manner that encourages long-term efforts and commitment to original projects.

DrExcel Health provides a model for encouraging students to pursue their interests and thrive under a supportive environment so that they have the potential to take their projects from conception to startups, venture funding, or late-stage prototyping and beyond.

Labs Program 2019

Utilizing Millimeter Waves to Non-Invasively Measure Cranial Temperature in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Jazmean Williams¹, Elizabeth Higgins¹, Hassaan Sheikh¹, Shadman Sakib¹, Don Herzog², Michael Neidrauer¹, and Paul Shore^3,4
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Oculert - Assisting ALS Patients with Locked-in Syndrome
Jeffrey Frese¹, Alexander Humen¹, Michael McCarney¹, Mark Thibeault¹, Dr. Jaimie Dougherty¹, Yulei Cao², and Joseph Jessee²
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Viability Assessment Probe for Kidney Transplants
Aakankschit Nandkeolyar¹, Beverly Zhuge¹, Brandon Gordon¹, Anu Otgonbayar¹, Jamie Beiriger³, Ravi Bethamcharla³, Fred Allen¹, Kambiz Pourrezaei¹ and Meera Harhay³
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Push Lever Propulsion Wheelchair
Niteesha Betini¹, Shivangi Bhatt¹, Douglas Harnett-Robinson¹, Phuong Hua¹, Sarah Larkin¹, Joti Saha¹, and Manuel Seas¹
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Measuring Changes in Passive Muscle Stiffness Following Activity
Joanna Canagarajah¹, Dennis Chin¹, Shilpa Donde¹, Aishwary Desai³, Andrew Friedman³, Kaitlyn Thomesen³, Wan Y. Shih¹, Wei-Heng Shih⁵, and Joseph Sarver ¹
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V. I. S. O. R. - Video Input into Sound for Object Recognition
Sonali Govande¹, Andres Muniz¹, Michael Russo¹, Ricardo Tamayo¹, Courtney DiSangro¹, and Jessica White¹
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Deep Tissue Injury Detection Device

1 School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.
2 Dominion Aesthetics Technology, Inc., San Antonio, Texas
3 College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.
4 St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pa.
5 College of Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Labs Program 2018

• Oxygen Tubing Organization
• Weight Monitoring for Incapacitated Patients
• Syncope Detection
• Balance Feedback for Stroke Recovery

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