Project Updates Category
Overview of the first prototype
Apr. 30, 2019—After several iterations of trial and error in our design, we have successfully created a first prototype of the ultrasound helmet. An image of the CAD model of the prototype is shown below. All parts have been 3D printed in either the Design Studio in Featheringill Hall or the Makerspace in the Wondry, both of...
Week of March 25
Mar. 30, 2019—At long last, we decided to print out the first prototype. Previously we worked on getting the design aspects taken care of, but now we needed to ensure the physical dimensions and material would be appropriate. For this initial printing, we chose to work with the free, school-sponsored Design Studio in Featheringill Hall. They had...
Week of March 11
Mar. 19, 2019—Progress has been slow with the project lately, but that is mainly because we want to work on having the most comfortable design we could come up with. Luckily for us, we knew who to contact: a practising mechanical engineer. We showed her our design and received generous amounts of feedback. As someone who worked...
Week of February 22
Feb. 23, 2019—Some students believe essays are challenging, to others midterms, but perhaps we can all agree that working with an unfamiliar program is a laboursome experience in all aspects. That is what we are currently facing: learning Autodesk Inventor, a CAD software different from the familiar MATLAB and Mathematica. From our previous discussion with our advisors,...
Week of February 4
Feb. 8, 2019—In our meeting with Dr. Byram and Emelina, we discussed our options for 3D printing. We explored the most readily available printers, ones on the main campus as well as any in the medical center. Our discussion resulted in identifying three available sources: Featheringill Hall’s Design Studio, the Wond’ry, and one in the Vanderbilt Institute for...
References
Nov. 13, 2018—Lindsey, B. D., Light, E. D., Nicoletto, H. A., Bennett, E. R., Laskowitz, D. T., Smith, S. W. “The Ultrasound Brain Helmet: New Transducers and Volume Registration for In Vivo Simultaneous Multi-Transducer 3-D Transcranial Imaging”. IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelectr. Freq. Control. 2011, 58 (6), 1189-1202. doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2011.1929 Sieu, L. A., Bergel, A., Tiran, E., Deffieux, T.,...
An Inspiration: The Lindsey Paper
Nov. 9, 2018—Thursday, November 8, 2018 Stevenson Library In the words of Pablo Picasso, “Good artists copy, but great artists steal.” We wouldn’t go so far as to say that the entire engineering design process is stealing, but through working on our senior design project up to this point, we found it helpful to draw inspiration from...
A Creative Design
Nov. 7, 2018—Friday, October 12, 2018 Biomedical Elasticity and Acoustic Measurement (BEAM) Laboratory In marketing, the product consumers see is the final, pristine result. This is common knowledge, and the amount of time dedicated to creating and editing the design is often times forgotten about or simply ignored when judging the final creation. Psychologically, we felt our initial...
First Steps
Oct. 30, 2018—Friday, October 12, 2018 Surgical Navigation Apparatus Research Laboratory (SNARL) On a cold, Friday afternoon, situated around the conference table in Stevenson Center 5837, we regrouped with Dr. Byram and Emelina after our first meeting a few weeks prior. Previously, we covered the gist of our project, in the context of this 5-year long endeavor....