2010 Design Iteration
Since the 2009 iteration, the Mashavu team has been working to further its mission. The Core team, the Bio-Engineering, and Technical writing team have worked together to set new goals for the coming summer trip and the months following. The overall structure, the composition of teams and team objectives have been refined. As a part of the teams’ cooperative effort, Mashavu aims to conduct full scale pilot-test with three Mashavu kiosks in Kenya this summer.
On the Core team, there has been a reformatting of the doctor website interface, and enhancement of the webcam being employed. Also, the Mashavu team is working on enhancing the user experience. A detailed Concept of Operation is being developed, so the clients of Mashavu kiosks will have a uniformed and quality-controlled experience. To ensure social appropriateness, the Mashavu team has submitted an IRB (Institutional Review Board) application. The team is generating two hundred core questions for the systemic assessment of the project. These questions will be addressed during the Kenya trip to assess the usability, functionality and desirability of Mashavu. Lastly, The Mashavu team is making an effort to reach out to various entities to get them on board. The team intends to build stronger relationships with investors, NGOs, and Government Entities to support wider dissemination and commercialization.
Mashavu’s 2010 Bio-Engineering team is in the process of refining its virtual instrumentation based technology. Listed below are each of the Biomedical Devices accompanied with its purpose and description. The pictures next to the explanations are model images created by the Bio-Engineering students. Among various technological improvements, a headband thermometer is being designed to replace the under-arm thermometer. The new design is intended to be more accurate, non-invasive, and sanitary. In addition, a calibration device for the spirometer and a pulse oximeter are being designed for the first time this year.
Core Team Videos
Business & Marketing – The team isdeveloped a feasible structure to accommodate the involvement of Mashavu’s potential stakeholders. They created a system to fulfill the respective incentives of each stakeholder. Currently the team consists of Kelsey Richards, a junior year Marketing student, Shengnan Chen a freshman majoring in Psychology and CED, and Valerie Igbinoghene a graduate student in the School of International affairs major.
Core team & English 202c- As a core team member, Munir Islam assisted greatly in the works of Mashavu. English 202c student Rene Ruggiero along with other English 202c students worked on Mashavu literatures.
Clinical Encounter – The Clinical Encounter and Medical Appropriateness team optimized clinical efficiency and ensured that the doctors received accurate and essential patient data. The team this year consists of Jacqueline Bates, a junior double-majoring in Economics and CED (Community, Environment, and Development) and Richard Finn, a junior majoring in Pre-Medicine.
Kiosk Development - The kiosk development team ensured that the kiosk worked properly as an effective tool for the operators, patients, and doctors. The team worked with the bioengineering team to integrate the medical devices, and the web development team to enable the doctors to access the data. The 2010 team is comprised of Alice Lee, a junior bioengineering student, and Stephen Suffian, a senior electrical engineering student.
Concepts of Operations – The Concept of Operations team created a detailed outline of the interactions among the kiosk operators, the doctors, and the patients. The team’s overall objective was to ensure that every Mashavu experience is conducted in the exact same manner at every kiosk location. The team consists of Samir Patel a sophomore in Biology and Economics and Roma Amin, a sophomore in Pre-Medicine.
User Experience - The User Experience team includes the “Social” and “Fun” teams from last year and focused on Mashavu Users – patients, operators, and doctors – and their individual experiences with Mashavu. The team worked with the other teams to address the needs of the users, the usability of the devices, instant gratification, and social appropriateness of Mashavu. The members of the User Experience team are Gillian Love, an undergraduate Biology major and Brianna Buehler, a graduate student in the School of International Affairs.
Stakeholder Education – The team was responsible for educating each individual, including the doctors, workers, and corporations dealing with Mashavu. The team’s main goal was to provide materials suited for the different stakeholders which are unique to their backgrounds. Materials employed by the team ranged from basic health care facts to kiosk operation manual. Currently, two Penn State bioengineering students, Brittany Flaherty and Tara Yunkunis, are make up the Stakeholder Education team.
Systemic Assessment - The Systemic Assessment Team sought quantifiable data from every level of the Mashavu system. With approval from the Pennsylvania State University’s Institutional Review Board, the team plans on employing surveys and forms to make sure that all measurements and patient statistics are recorded in a standardized yet thorough manner. The team is comprised of Tara Sulewski, a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering, Carey Bell, a junior majoring in Political Science, and Rachel Dzombak, a sophomore majoring in Bioengineering.
Bio Engineering Team Videos
Bio E students Bello Galadanchi and Madubuike Okafor each worked on the creation and testing of the spirometer and stethoscope devices.
The team comprised of Tom and Elaine and together, along with other Bio Engineering students worked the stethoscope device that is to be used in Kenya this summer.
The goal of the team was to design an easy to use calibration device that would be low cost but still effective enough to produce 3 liters of air each time it is used. The spirometer calibration device created has been tested and would be used during Mashavu’s work in Kenya this summer.