Collection

2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Shivaun D Archer, Cornell University

atherosclerosis, fat build-upcan lead to hardened arteries which is associated with increase in peripheral vascular resistanceand decreased blood velocity as arteries narrow [4]. Microfluidic devices can study effects ofshear stress and resulting elongation of endothelial cells [5]. A single chip can test multipleshearing regimes.Using microfluidics in a teaching environment specifically doing hands on microfluidicsexperiments combined with modeling has a number of advantages. It allows students tocontextualize research level techniques in an approachable learning environment and providestudents with useful experimental and computational skills.For this experiment, a microfluidic vascular model was designed to model the vascular systemrepresenting