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Airflow in the lungs is predicted using computational fluid dynamics in order to characterize disease specific airflow patterns and provide useful information for military medical applications. To validate these models, the sponsors/customers (Dr. Robinson and Dr. Day) are seeking to obtain experimental data of airflow in replicas of human lungs, both healthy and diseased. The objective of the senior design project is to develop an experimental apparatus that can be used to obtain velocity profiles using particle image velocimetry for a given hollow lung model. (Taken from PRP)

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Final PIV Experiment Prototype

Project Name

PIV Experiment for Flow Mapping in Lungs

Project Number

P13051

Project Family

Biomedical Systems and Technology

Start Term

2012-2

End Term

2012-3

Faculty Guide

Michael Antoniades, mgache@rit.edu

Primary Customer

Risa Robinson, rjreme@rit.edu

Planning & Execution

Systems Design

Detailed Design

Planning & Execution

Build, Test, Document

Final Presentation

Technical Paper

Poster