2011-2012 Projects

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Medical Focus

Project Name	Clinician/Sponsor
A Design of New Instrument for Liver Resection	Jiping Wang, MD, PhD BWH - Surgical Oncology
Patient Repositioning	Aaron R. Ross, CPE Partners  - Occupational Health
Rapid Skin Closure Device for Long Surgical Incisions	Kyle R. Eberlin, M.D. MGH – Plastic Surgery
MIS Specimen Removal	Ian Makey, MD BIDMC – Cardio Thoracic Surgery
Improving Fine Needle Aspirations	Sareh Parangi, MD MGH – Cancer Center
02 Pump	John N. Kheir, M.D. Children’s – Cardiac ICU
Dental Chair Headrest	Teruaki Ito University of Tokushima

 

Energy Focus

Wave Energy Pump Developing the world's first wave driven desalination system that can cost-effectively provide rapid relief for people who live in coastal communities without adequate water or electrical infrastructure. The system is principally powered by pressurized seawater pumped onshore from wave energy converter. Full Description

Wood Pellet Stove Many houses in New England are heated with non-renewable oil.  However, New England still has large, managed forests, left over from the former paper industry, which have the potential to supply wood pellets which, when burned in a modern pellet stove, are an efficient renewable way to heat a house. Most pellet stoves are expensive and require electricity to operate; your task is to consider a typical New England home with a fireplace and basement, and create an efficient and autonomous wood pellet stove product. Full Description