Senior Design

Senior Design (BE 4950 and 4960) is a full year capstone project for Bioengineering. Students, working in groups, conceive, design, and develop a bioengineering project, whether a medical device, molecular biological therapeutic, or research tool. Projects are inherently interdisciplinary, and can involve biomaterials, electronics, mechanics, molecular biology, nanotechnology, and microfluidics.

Funding for this class is made possible in part through the generosity of the Benjamin and Anne A. Pinkel Endowed Student Projects Fund. The fund was established through a generous gift from Sheila Pinkel on behalf of the estate of her parents, Benjamin and Anne A. Pinkel, and serves as a memorial tribute to the lives of her parents. Benjamin Pinkel received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1930.

Senior Design 2023-2024

Instructors: Erin Berlew, David Meaney, Dayo Adewole
Directing Project Manager: Erin Anderson (PhD 2024)
Teaching Assistant: Afua Nkansah-Andoh (Masters 2025)
Project Managers: Jerry Gao (BE 2023, Masters 2024), Melanie Hilman (BE 2020, Masters 2021, PhD 2026), Jessica Ling (BE 2023, Masters in Robotics 2024), Riya Mathur (Masters 2024), Henry Plamondon (Masters 2024)


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Senior Design 2022-2023

Instructors: Erin Berlew, Sevile Mannickarottu, and David Meaney

TAs / Project Managers: Erin Anderson (BE PhD 2023), Julia Dunn (BE 2022, Masters 2023), Melanie Hilman (BE 2020, Masters 2021, PhD 2026), & Alexa Rybicki (BE 2022, Masters 2023)


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Senior Design 2021-2022

Instructors: Sevile Mannickarottu, David Meaney, and Michael Siedlik

TAs / Project Managers: Erin Anderson (BE PhD 2023), Melanie Hilman (BE 2020, Masters 2021, PhD 2026), Jonathan Mairena (BE 2021, Masters 2022), & JeongInn Park (BE 2021, Masters 2022).


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Senior Design 2020-2021

Instructors: Brian DiPaolo, Sevile Mannickarottu, and David Meaney

TAs / Project Managers: Erin Anderson (BE PhD 2023), Sophie Burkholder (BE 2020, Masters 2021), Melanie Hilman (BE 2020, Masters 2021), & Vera Lee (BE 2020, Masters 2021).


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Senior Design 2019-2020

Instructors: Brian DiPaolo, Sevile Mannickarottu, and David Meaney

TAs / Project Managers: Erin Anderson (BE PhD 2023), Abbas Idris (BE Masters 2021), Michael Magaraci (BE 2013, BE PhD 2021), Kayla Prezelski (BE 2019, BE Masters 2020), and Jared Rifkin (BE 2019, BE Masters 2020).


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