Team designs high-tech hospital bed controller
| Published: 07/16/2007 |
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A student team's design for a high-tech hospitable bed controller took second place in a national competition that looked at new accessible medical instruments. The automatic controller has a standing assist and back-raising capabilities that will assist hospital patients and medical workers.
The team of MSOE mechanical engineering students was one of 25 teams from 16 universities who submitted entries into the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Accessible Medical Instrumentation senior design competition. Judges from government, industry and academia participated in the competition, with three to four judges evaluating each entry.
The MSOE team comprised Ron Covert (Homewood, Ill.), Scott Gillis (Juneau, Wis.), Brian Remick and Andrew Barry (both of Woodstock, Ill), with Dr. Subha K. Kumpaty, associate professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, serving as faculty advisor. More information is available on the project Web site.
Universities involved in the competition also included: Binghamton University, Columbia University, Indiana-Purdue University at Indianapolis, LeTourneau University, Marquette University, Saint Louis University, San Diego State University, Temple University, Texas A&M, Trinity University (San Antonio, Texas), University of Akron, University of Connecticut, University of Rochester, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Vanderbilt University.