BME Honors Academy Student wins Aresty Research Grant

Chirag Walawalkar, President of BME's Biomedical Engineering Society, received an Aresty grant of $1,000 for his research on the project entitled Novel Blood Glucose Monitor with Controlled Reverse Iontophoresis. The device will eventually benefit the diabetic patients through automated detection of blood glucose and subsequent transdermal delivery of insulin. Chirag was also interviewed by the Home News and is working under the mentorship of Professor John K-J. Li.