Acknowledgements
Senior Design could not happen without the support of many contributors, including sponsors, guest speakers, financial supporters, and many others contributing in-kind supplies, services, and technical assistance. The following list is but a few of the many individuals and organizations making contributions to BME Senior Design.

Silver Supporters of BME:

• WakeMed Health and Hospitals (2007 - 2009)

Bronze Supporters of BME:

• Johnson & Johnson, Closure Medical (2009)
• WakeMed Health and Hospitals (2006)

Project Sponsors:

• WakeMed Health and Hospitals (2006 - 2009)
• NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine (2006 - 2007)
• Rex Hospital (2007)
• NCSU Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2007)
• NCSU College of Textiles (2006)
• UNC/NCSU Department of Biomedical Engineering (2006)
• "Going Nowhere Fast" Team Parents (2006)

Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering Research+Design Symposium:

• NC IDEA (2007, 2009)
• North Carolina Biotechnology Center (2008-2009)
• WakeMed Health and Hospitals (2008-2009)
• Flexcell International Corporation (2009)
• Polyzen, Inc. (2009)
• Cook Medical (2009)
• Fluor Corporation (2008)
• Applied Technologies Incorporated (2008)
• Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt (2008)
• AVOS Life Sciences (2007)
• Varian, Inc. (2007)

In-kind Contributions:

• Rex Hospital
• WakeMed Health and Hospitals
• Sun Microsystems
• NCSU Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
• Thomson Healthcare (MercuryMD) with Hewlett Packard
• Otto Bock Healthcare
• Ameritool
• FineLine Prototyping
• PCSI, D-Tek, and Ideal Tool and Die
• Carolinas Medical Center
• Smart Products
• Dillon Supply Company
• Martin Innovations
• InnerPulse
• AEGIS
• Stalls Medical
• OVIS Direct

Field Trip Sites:

• Johnson & Johnson, Closure Medical
• BD Technologies

Guest Speakers:

• Honora F. Eskridge, Textiles Library & Engineering Services, NCSU
• Harold Trammel, BD Biosciences
• John Calvert, United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Ted Mosler, GILERO - Biomedical Product Development
• Andrew Ritter, NC Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors
• Rita Geiger, InfoStrength
• Larry Pope, Advanced Liquid Logic
• Ola L. A. Harrysson, NCSU Industrial Engineering
• Chuck Messer, Tackle Design
• Lois Smart
• Samir Dandekar, Code Refinery
• Adrian O'Neill, Joint BME Graduate Student
• John R. Therien, Smith Anderson
• Robert Malkin, Duke University
• Claire Laverde, Cardinal Health
• Dan Fuccella, Applied Technologies
• Terry Bray, NCSU Office of Technology Transfer
• David Henderson, Siemens
• Ylenia Sharif, WakeMed Health and Hospitals
• Mindy Fleisher, United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Tammy Carrea, TransEnterix, Inc.
• Kelly Sexton, NCSU Office of Technology Transfer

To provide feedback or to find out more about Senior Design at the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, please contact Andrew DiMeo.

Please also consider making a contribution to the Senior Design fund.

The undergraduate program in Biomedical Engineering at NC State University is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and is provided by the faculty and staff of the Department of Biomedical Engineering. The department is a part of the College of Engineering at NC State and of the School of Medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill.