UW-Madison BME students start work

Spirometry team members in the lab

A team of UW-Madison biomedical engineering students have decided to spend the semster working on the spirometry project for their applied design course.

The four undergraduate students began last week with a trip to the spirometry lab. The team is taking apart old spirometers and doing background research as they develop a preliminary specification.

This is my second time working with BME students and I’m looking forward to seeing how the group rises to the challenge. These are all bright, motivated individuals who think creatively and work hard all semester to develop some creative and exciting products together.

Their participation in the OpenSpirometry project is a great start and a big step forward. Thanks to each of them for deciding to take it on. I’ll post a profile of the team in the days to come.

I’m happy to report that there are several teams working on low-cost medical solutions this semester, with guidance from two extraordinary BME graduate students.

Please welcome the team as they get started on the project and hopefully take advantage of the site to post questions and materials as they go along.