Automated Colorimetric Bioassay - MAE 189

Background:

Our design basis is to make modifications in the previous’ teams design in an effort to make the automated assay more reliable and user-friendly. The general concept of the automated assay is to create a device which autonomously or semi-autonomously administers a malaria test using reagents to a similar extent to a high-priced biometric assay. The assay has to give appropriate responses to an assortment of reagent based test. While also reporting the test results to its test users through a convenient smartphone application. 

 

Global landscape:

Although the previous teams’ intentions are unknown, from the very beginning our team had one idea in mind. Malaria is a disease rampant in third world countries — similar to a host of many. If doctors are able to test their patients sooner and faster, their treatment would be significantly more effective. For that reason, we use cheap and easily assessable parts which can be obtained from many readily. Thus, allowing doctors in South America, India, or even rural America to identify and treat their patients for malaria or other diseases. The applications to our prototype design does not stop at malaria; its versatility allows it to test for many diseases which follows similar protocols to reagent based test.

 

Goals:

  • Design a biometric assay on par to multi-operational assay
  • Design, assembly, fabricate, test, and analyze our design to provide accurate and reliable testing results .x
  • Create a user-friendly smartphone application do deliver test results 
  • The assay will administer fully autonomously test after the sample has been provided. 

 

Description:

Automated Colorimetric Bioassay is an engineering design project focused on an improvement on current malaria automated assay. Many undeveloped countries are incapable to afford a malaria test due to the current expensive biometric assay system. The project aims to create a more affordable and effective automated assay. With using low-cost materials such as plastic tubing and plastic syringes controlled by servo motors and Arduino, It allows users to perform the malaria test at home at an affordable cost without affecting the performance of the test. A successful design will allow people to take the malaria test without worrying about the cost of the test. The system might be able to be utilized for other diseases testing in the future.

Contact:

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Project status: 
Active
Department: 
MAE
Term: 
Fall
Academic year: 
2020-2021