Design prototype of MRI compatible concentric tubing robot and patient specific steerable needle for neurosurgery

Modify the MRI Compatible neurosurgery robot for animal survival procedure

Design and fabricate MRI compatible animal subject supporting assistant calibration device in animal surgery procedure

Funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the National Cancer Institute Grant R01-CA166379; Collaborator: General Electric (GE) Global Research, Albany Medical Center and Acoustic MedSystems Inc.

Modeling, design and fabricate plastic and optical MRI compatible piezoelectric motor and full-directional stack PZT motor

Develop Comsol simulation for hollow cylindrical PZT motor pattern and surface traveling wave friction-drive motor FEM

Develop and design device and experiment for surface roughness effect on motor operation

Design and develop dynamic torque measuring system platform using NI DAQ card and LabView

Develop industrial scale automated coating process and device and integrated system components

Design industrial solution with system prototyping, hardware development, PLC programming and system UI design

Producing industrial scale production of chemically defined, FGF2-releasing microbead cell culture substrates

Sponsor: Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI)/BioFabUSA; Collaborator: Akron Biotech, RoosterBio and Allen-Bradley Rockwell Automation

Development of a Digital Toilet for Establishing Biomarkers to Monitor and Treat IBD

Design prototype of digital toilet and fabricate dummy toilet for experiments and data analysis to detect stool consistency

Develop Python programs to perform image recognition including shape and color detection using OpenCV

Apply IRB human experiments to set up base line of human stool consistency based on Bristol Stool Chart

Design new automatic image data collecting system used in Diaper Genie, apply IRB of neonates for system training