About Me: Hello, I’m Genesis! I am a fourth-year undergraduate student at WPI, majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering. I am also part of WPI’s Teacher Preparation Program, which is training me to become a high school physics teacher.
About the Lab: My lab is in Atwater Kent Laboratories which is where the Electrical and Computer Engineering department is located. For this project, I am mainly working in the Integrated Circuits and Systems Lab upstairs in room 315. This lab’s main research focus includes Smart Health Applications, Implantables and Wearables, Sensor Interfaces, Neural Interfaces, RF-Energy Harvesting, Wireless Power and Data Transfer, Power Management IC, Biomedical Security, and Low Power Analog/Mixed Signal IC Design.
Project Title: Power Examination and Optimization of a Transcutaneous Oxygen Monitor
Weekly Updates:
- Week 1: The first week of working in the lab was spent refamiliarizing myself with the transcutaneous oxygen device and any updates that have been made on it. This included reviewing newer research papers. In addition to this, I also met with Professor Guler to discuss the details of the project and make sure I had all the resources I needed to get started.
- Week 2: This week, my main objective was to test how the blood oxygen sensor behaves at different voltages. I plan to use these voltages to create my program. In addition, I have been analyzing the current code and PCB layout of the device. This knowledge is necessary to organize my code correctly.
- Week 3: To develop my program, I need to conduct battery voltage testing with the microcontroller on the device. This week I have worked on developing the code I need to monitor battery voltage. This process includes looking into the microcontroller’s datasheet and downloading the necessary software I need to program the device.
- Week 4: This week I worked on my skills in programming the device. In order to get a good basis for communicating with the board I started with printing “Hello World” and flashing an onboard LED. This process is helping me gain a better understanding of the coding structure and STM IDE.
- Week 5: During week 5, I concentrated on refining the battery monitoring code. I successfully developed a code to print the battery voltage, but it initially showed slight deviations from the actual voltage. To address this, I dedicated time to enhancing the code’s accuracy.
- Week 6 During the final week of the program, I focused on testing my code with the DC Power Supply to ensure its reliability. I also met with my lab group to gather feedback on my poster draft. The week culminated in the RET presentation symposium, where I had the opportunity to share my work with attendees and discuss the project’s findings.
My Final Poster:
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