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MEDIA CONTACT: Jonathan Sherwood 585.273.4726
May 10, 2004
EVENT: Biomedical Engineering Students Demonstrate Devices To Help People With Disabilities
WHAT: Biomedical Engineering students will present and demonstrate devices they have designed for people with disabilities. Devices include a moving chair that helps doctors diagnose balance problems, known and vestibular dysfunction, a probe to be used for brain surgery that uses ultrasound to detect air bubbles in the blood stream, and many other devices.
WHEN: Today, Monday, May 10, 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Kornberg Atrium, at the University of Rochester Medical Center
In the fall, students met with people with disabilities and with occupational therapists to determine what kinds of devices might make the lives of people with disabilities easier. For the entire fall semester, students designed the devices, while this past spring semester they concentrated on constructing them and making them work. Today, the students will demonstrate their devices and present them to the people for whom they were designed.
About the University of Rochester
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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