Project number
26044
Organization
UA Department of Biomedical Engineering
Offering
ENGR498-F2025-S2026
Performance Requirements
The bioprinter must consistently meet specific performance benchmarks critical for successful cell culture:
• Temperature maintained at 37 ± 0.5°C with uniformity within 1°C
• CO₂ concentration maintained at 5 ± 0.2%
• Sterility maintained without contamination for multi-week experiments
• Fluid dispensing accuracy within ±5% volume
• Positional accuracy of needle placement within ±1 µm
• High-quality fluorescence imaging at 20×–40× magnification without significant degradation; secondary imaging resolution around 10 µm
• Reliability and safe failure mechanisms ensuring continuous uptime during critical experiments
Project constraints
• budget approx $5,000 (part or all of which can be supplemented by my funding)
• Final prototype must be safe and functional.
• The control software and user interface will be developed in Python (a required technology for this project), allowing flexibility in hardware interfacing and data analysis.
The bioprinter must consistently meet specific performance benchmarks critical for successful cell culture:
• Temperature maintained at 37 ± 0.5°C with uniformity within 1°C
• CO₂ concentration maintained at 5 ± 0.2%
• Sterility maintained without contamination for multi-week experiments
• Fluid dispensing accuracy within ±5% volume
• Positional accuracy of needle placement within ±1 µm
• High-quality fluorescence imaging at 20×–40× magnification without significant degradation; secondary imaging resolution around 10 µm
• Reliability and safe failure mechanisms ensuring continuous uptime during critical experiments
Project constraints
• budget approx $5,000 (part or all of which can be supplemented by my funding)
• Final prototype must be safe and functional.
• The control software and user interface will be developed in Python (a required technology for this project), allowing flexibility in hardware interfacing and data analysis.