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Dr. Christine King is an Associate Teaching Professor of Biomedical Engineering at UC Irvine. She received her BS and MS from Manhattan College in Mechanical Engineering and her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from UC Irvine, where she developed brain-computer interface systems for neurorehabilitation. She was a post-doctorate in the Wireless Health Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a research manager in the Center for SMART Health, where she focused on wireless health monitoring for stroke and pediatric asthma. Her current research is on engineering education and women's health, specializing in pedagogy strategies to promote learning and innovation in design-build-test courses, including senior design, computer programming, and computer-aided-design courses, as well as pre-partum and partum medical devices.

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Matthew Lo is a graduate student pursuing his Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering at UC Irvine. He completed his BS in Biomedical Engineering: Premedical from UC Irvine, during which he lead and participated in a wide range of research, including (1) refining virtual reality modalities to improve medical training, (2) analyzing the mechanisms of slip and maintaining balance, (3) characterizing neuronal endolysosomal vesicle stages in Alzheimer’s Disease, (4) developing a spectroscopy device to age bruises primarily for domestic abuse, (5) designing an angioplasty balloon catheter to increase the accuracy of stenting, and 6) creating a treatment device for paravalvular leak. Currently, Matthew continues most of his research from his undergraduate career, and is developing a contactless device for measuring vitals for his Master’s capstone. Although mainly focused on medical device research and development, as an aspiring physician-scientist, Matthew has a deep commitment to advancing medical education to ultimately improve both patient care and outcomes through his research to better understand physiological correlations with attention and to create novel and engaging virtual clinical experiences.

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Milan Das is an undergraduate student pursuing his Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering at UC Irvine, along with a Minor in Information and Computer Science. In his research work, Milan has developed extensive code to properly quantify electroencephalogram (EEG) and eye-tracking data underlying boredom and engagement in students for the identification of unmet clinical needs. With a passion for interdisciplinary innovation at the intersection of biomedical engineering and computer science, Milan has dedicated his undergraduate career to exploring new frontiers in medical technology. Spearheading projects in artificial intelligence for healthcare, Milan showcases his expertise in developing cutting-edge solutions to address public unmet needs. Currently, he is focused on prototyping a smart insole that utilizes machine learning to analyze gait and detect potential abnormalities that may require medical intervention.

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Dalton Salvo is a doctoral candidate in the Dept. of English at UC Irvine. He received his BA from the Univ. of San Diego, a MS in English Literature from the Univ. of Edinburgh, a MA in Rhetoric and Writing Studies from San Diego State Univ., and a MA in English literature from UC Irvine. His current research centers on identifying mental and emotional states generated through human interaction with virtual reality and other virtual artifacts by analyzing physiological data and applying that research to create more effective virtual learning environments. Leveraging this work, he is currently creating a persistent and interactive virtual environment for hosting remote learning classes in the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering at UC Irvine.

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