BEAM Engineering Capstone (Senior Design)

Program Elements:

• UMass Chan faculty identify design problems affecting their research or patient care
• Student design teams develop proposed solutions under guidance from the faculty mentor to develop a prototype device suitable for beta testing

Approach:

• Faculty mentors at Chan are recruited and define the Problem, including medical impact, design constraints, and Solution needs
• Senior Design instructors at the respective campuses match student teams to projects of interest
• Over the course of a two-semester Engineering Capstone experience, student design teams develop a prototype Solution.
• Opportunities for clinical shadowing may be available

Eligibility:

• Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering students at UMass Lowell, UMass Dartmouth, or UMass Amherst
• Enrolled in Engineering Capstone (Senior Design) course
• Interested in tackling engineering design problems focused on real-world medical problems 

Students, are you interested in this? Please contact the Senior Design instructor at your home institution.

Faculty, do you have a design problem that needs a solution? Please check back in Summer 2025 to apply.