Medical Design Innovations Lab

UTSA research shaping future of accessible virtual reality

🎯 BREAKTHROUGH: @UTSA
rsrchrs secured $1.2M from @NSF
to make VR accessible for 69M Americans with balance impairments! Using AI-ctrled audio feedback, the team is developing solutions for safe VR use at HOME! Game-changing for rehab, edu & fitness!
tinyurl.com/363xt6bh

Enhancing military airway suction devices with a focus on performance and portability - BMC Emergency Medicine Background Airway management is critical in combat casualty care, with airway compromise being the second leading cause of preventable battlefield deaths. Suction devices are essential for clearing ob...

🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT 🚨
Our latest research on enhancing military airway suction devices is now published!
Key focus: ⚡ Performance + 🎒 Portability
Critical for emergency medical care in challenging field conditions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#MedicalDevices #EmergencyMedicine #Research

🚀 New paper in Annals of Biomedical Engineering!
We propose using time-averaged air flow rate to better assess portable suction device performance. Congrats team on your hard work!
#BiomedicalEngineering #MedTech #Research

🎇 Conference SUCCESS! Our 5 lab members crushed their @ASME presentations! Amzng networking, new collabs, and watching our lab fam support each other made this unforgettable. Proud to represent @UTSAEngineering & @UTHealthSA ! 🔬✨ #Research #Engineering #LabFamily #ASME2025

Excited to see our grad students Jacob, Rakib & Angeles present at The AIM Health R&D Summit! 🎯 Where Academia, Industry & Military Health research converge. Good luck with your posters - can't wait to see all the amazing research San Antonio has to offer! #AIMHealthSummit #Research

So proud of our graduating seniors! 🎓 Whether pursuing grad school or entering the workforce, we're incredibly proud of the work you've done at the MDI Lab. If you're ever in need, you know where to reach us! Here's to your next chapter! #GraduationSeason #ProudMentor #MDILab

Lab stress? Two-step it away! 🕺 Celebrated end of semester with line dancing lessons across multiple research groups. Perfect way to honor our graduating undergrads while building community. Sometimes the best scientific collabs begin on the dance floor! #LabLife #AcademicTwitter #GradSchoolWins

Celebrating a major milestone! 🎉 Diana, Ada, and Sophie received their engineer rings today! So proud of our graduating seniors completing this time-honored induction ceremony and earning their certificates. Future of engineering looks bright! ⚙️💫 #EngineeringGrads #WomenInSTEM

Congrats to Isaac Alvarez on winning 2nd place in the pro division at Viva Science for his innovative poster "Virtual Biopsy for Coronary Arteries: A New Approach to Diagnostic Imaging"! 👏 Thx @UTHSCSA
and @WitteMuseum
for this collaborative event! #VivaScience #AIinHealthcare

Incredibly proud of our undergraduate students who shined at the Spring 2025 Tech Symposium! 🚀 Their innovative projects demonstrated exceptional collaboration, problem-solving, and presentation skills. Congratulations to all participants! #TechSymposium2025 #StudentInnovation

Spring Semester ending = Spring cleaning time! 🧪🧹 Big thanks to our amazing lab team for tidying up today! Lab space now clean, organized, and ready for more breakthrough science! #LabLife #SpringCleaning

Excited to see our lab's undergraduate researcher Kelinda Shen on Fox KCWX showcasing her biomedical engineering senior project T.R.E.L.! Watch her prototype in action and visit the Tech Symposium on May 1 to meet Kelinda and other innovative students. lnkd.in/dbdy3pcP #BiomedEng

Exciting day at #BioFestInvest yesterday! Our PI and sister-company @EmergenceMed pitched their innovation to investors from across the nation. Grateful for the opportunity to showcase our work and connect with the biomedical community in San Antonio! #MedTech #Innovation

🎉 HUGE CONGRATS to Rakib Hasan on winning 1st place @ @utsaroadrunners.bsky.social CAMLS '25 with his revolutionary portable suction device poster! Our grad students cont to push boundaries in mfg innovation. 🚀What other exciting research have you seen lately? #UTSA #Manufacturing #NextGenInnovator

Huge thx to our amazing alumnus Dr. Portillo for hosting our lab at @SwRI this week! Seeing the incredible research facilities and career opportunities available to science grads was eye-opening for our students! So proud to see where our alums can go! #ScienceCareers #LabTour🤝💡

🎉 Our paper "Field-Ready Suction Solutions for Emergencies: The Battlefield Ready Innovative Suction Kit (BRISK)" is now published in Annals of Biomedical Engineering
BRISK: lighter, stronger, smaller suction tech that saves lives on the battlefield.
#BME #Innovation

UTSA researchers lend expertise to improve treatment for childhood brain cancers

UTSA News! 🧠
UTSA's Dr. Forsthuber collaborates with Univ. of Pitt on new immune-based approach to classify pediatric brain tumors, potentially revolutionizing treatment for childhood brain cancer.🧪🩺🔬
Read more here! bit.ly/4iXzvr0
#UTSA #Research

🔬 Grad Student Spotlight🔦: Jacob Provencio is advancing biomedical innovation in the UTSA-UTHSCSA Joint Ph.D. Program! Check our our Linkedin post to learn more about his contributions to science🎉! tinyurl.com/2zbsex57 #FutureTechInMedicine

Exciting #GradStudentSpotlight! 🔬
Meet Maria Londono, a brilliant 2nd-year PhD student in our joint BME program who's leading collaborative research across multiple institutions!
See her full story on our LinkedIn profile➡️ www.linkedin.com/company/medical-design-innovations-mdi-lab #WomenInSTEM

🎉 Big thanks to everyone who joined our 5-slide lightning talk! Looking forward to all the exciting science ahead this semester! ✨🔬 #Research #Academia

🔬 Looking to kickstart your research journey? Join MDI Lab for our project showcase on Feb 3rd, 11AM-12PM @ BSE 2.102! Learn about exciting opportunities, meet the team & enjoy free 🍕. Gain hands-on experience & score recommendation letters for your future career! #Research #Recruiting

🎉 New paper alert! Investigating how cold storage affects optical measurements of tissue! Congrats to Dr. Hood and Anjelyka
Read in JBO: doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.30.1.015001
#BiomedicalOptics #SPIE

Thrilled to announce Drs. De Lorenzo & Hood @UTSA
and @UTHealthSA
are revolutionizing emergency airway mgmt with their Flexible Airway Securement Tube (FAST). This redesigned ETT promises better patient safety and improved sealing & stability. 🔬🏥 #MedTech 👏🚀

Medical Design Innovations (MDI) Lab on LinkedIn: #medicaldevices #engineering #innovation #research #biomedicalengineering… 🔬 Introducing: The MDI Lab! We're excited to showcase our dynamic research team dedicated to advancing medical device innovation! Our diverse group brings…

🚀Follow @MDILab
on LinkedIn! Discover how our team of researchers are combining BME, ME & ECE to create next-gen med devices. tinyurl.com/47s9zhnw Check out our latest update & meet our innovative team! #MedTech #Engineering #Innovation tinyurl.com/47s9zhnw