Personal Exposure Monitor for Assessment of Aerosol Exposure of Asthmatic Children
Asthma
is a disease which affects millions of people worldwide. Many of those
affected are children, causing a great deal of stress for their parents
and caretakers. In recent years, medical professionals have been able to
discover more about the causes of asthma, but much is still unknown. Of
particular interest to researchers is the role the environment plays in
causing asthma attacks. A team of electrical and mechanical engineering
students will design and build small monitoring devises used in the
epidemiological studies for assessment of personal exposure to
biological aerosols. The design will integrate electrical and mechanical
components needed for operation of a small pump and data acquisition.
Contact: Dr. Igor Novosselov,
ivn@uw.edu
