Engineering
“Well, you can’t have an acronym with only consonants (the E was mission critical).”
I’ve always been a tinkerer. I would always take apart electronics and rebuild them into Frankenstein-ish monstrosities. You can blame my mom for enabling this behavior by bringing me random things to try to fix. Along the way, I had always been interested in building functional prototypes to address problems ← very vague, I know. To that end, our lab has a nice Formlabs 4BL SLA 3D printer, prototyping electronic components, and Voltera NOVA flexible PCB printer for custom builds.
Device design at AIBEL focuses on translating engineering insight into practical medical device technologies. The lab develops novel systems, including an acoustic waveform device to detect changes in venous compliance for early identification of post-thrombotic syndrome, a mechanical cutting and clamping tool for endovascular vein harvesting, and an endovascular orifice detection device that locates visceral arteries to enable in situ customization of stent grafts. Additional efforts include biometric sensing technologies for physiological monitoring and clinical decision support. Together, these projects reflect a design philosophy centered on solving real clinical problems through practical, deployable engineering solutions.