Results
of the 4th Annual BME Bio-Tech Competition
The 4th Annual BME Bio-Tech Contests 2002 took place February 9, 2002. This year's
theme of the contest was to develop and present a concept using Electrical, Electronic, Biomedical,
and/or Electro-Optics to assist a persons' disability - or to improve a persons' ability to manage tasks that
usually require assistance. The contest focus is on students' individual ideas and in particular, the contest
provides a forum for these future engineers to share those ideas that focus on technology
assisted care.
Sponsored by IEEE Coastal LA Section
The finalists and their proposals, as selected by a panel of eight judges, are: 2nd place Sheridan Mascarenhas, Angel Sylvia, and Maria Alarcon,
"A Low Vision System" 3rd place Ali Sleiman and Melanie Wuerstle , "Prosthetic
Modeling of Residual Lower Limbs for Improved Comfort and Faster Production
Time" 4th place Ken Susanto, "Tumor, Biopsy or Feces Removal
Piezoelectric Device with Fiber Optic Camera Controlled by Remote Dataglove."
1st place
Hannah R. Lewbel, "E-ShoeA Creative Solution for Diabetic
Neuropathy"
Congratulations to the finalists. They were recognized at the 46th Annual National
Engineers Week Honors and Awards Gala Banquet that took place February 23, 2002.
The Contest Panel members and/or judges (not more that one per participating institution)
were: Dr. Willis Downing, CSUN; Dr. Bogdan Kuszta, Caltech; Mr. Jack Iverson,
IEEE/EMBS; Dr. David Braun, Calpoly SLO; Dr. Richard Cockrum, CSUP; Dr. Ernesto Suaste,
CINVESTAV-IPN; Dr. Fleur Tehrani, CSUF;
Dr. David Whitmoyer, IEEE; Dr. Dennis M.
(Mike) Briggs, IEEE; and contest coordinators: Larry Dalton, Chair, IEEE/LAC, Dr. Maryam Moussavi, CSULB,
and Dr. Chris Druzgalski, CSULB.
Students and sponsors interested in The 5th Annual IEEE Bio-Tech Contest 2003 please
check www.csulb.edu/~druz/BMEBIOTECH or email to druz@csulb.edu.
The 46th Annual National Engineers Week Honors and Awards Gala Banquet
