I was part of a team of four Olin seniors on a team sponsored by Boston Scientific, a medical devices company. We worked with Boston Scientific's Endoscopy R&D, which develops new stent designs for a variety of indications. We built models based in linear spring and linear beam theory for stents of many geometries and materials under different types of deformations. Our goal was to help engineers decrease the design space for new physical stent prototypes by allowing exploration of the design space through the models. A brief overview of the process we used is shown below.
Oral Presentations:
1. J. Oehrlein, A. Levitan, L. Christakis, S. Ryan: Modeling of Gastrointestinal Stent Behavior, Joint Math Meetings, January 2017.
2. J. Oehrlein, L. Christakis, S. Ryan: Mathematical Modeling of Braided Gastrointestinal Stents, presentation to Boston Scientific, August 2016.
3. A. Goel, A. Levitan, J. Oehrlein, J. Sakamoto: Mathematical Modeling of Braided Gastrointestinal Stents, Olin College Senior Capstone Program in Engineering Rocket Talks, May 2016.
4. A. Goel, A. Levitan, J. Oehrlein, J. Sakamoto: Mathematical Modeling of Braided Gastrointestinal Stents, presentations to Boston Scientific, December 2015 and May 2016.
1. J. Oehrlein, A. Levitan, L. Christakis, S. Ryan: Modeling of Gastrointestinal Stent Behavior, Joint Math Meetings, January 2017.
2. J. Oehrlein, L. Christakis, S. Ryan: Mathematical Modeling of Braided Gastrointestinal Stents, presentation to Boston Scientific, August 2016.
3. A. Goel, A. Levitan, J. Oehrlein, J. Sakamoto: Mathematical Modeling of Braided Gastrointestinal Stents, Olin College Senior Capstone Program in Engineering Rocket Talks, May 2016.
4. A. Goel, A. Levitan, J. Oehrlein, J. Sakamoto: Mathematical Modeling of Braided Gastrointestinal Stents, presentations to Boston Scientific, December 2015 and May 2016.