Splash Biography

This class introduces students to the field of bioengineering--one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States. Ultimately, we hope to inspire diverse young minds to pursue bioengineering and STEM through our initiative. Some of the topics covered in the presentation include: What is bioengineering? What type of problems do bioengineers solve? Different education paths toward bioengineering, Careers in Bioengineering, Impact on society

AlphaFold is an artificial intelligence program developed by DeepMind, which performs predictions of protein structure. We will present how AlphaFold predicts different protein structures and go over the factors that determine its accuracy. We will be doing a demonstration on what the system looks like as well and how to use ColabFold to generate different protein predictions.

Arduino is a single-board microcontroller that allows open-source hardware and software projects, especially in building digital devices. We will present fundamental skills on circuitry, circuitry laws, and introduce microcontrollers such as Arduino. We will go over the different components of a circuit diagram and learn how to write basic code for Arduino. At the end of the workshop, we will do hands-on work with the attendees and showcase biomedical engineering projects made from Arduino.