Devansh Nigam

Biomedical Engineering Society(BMES) - University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

• Led and supported outreach initiatives promoting education and engagement in Biotechnology, Healthcare, and STEM.

Worked with prosthetic limb such as the Ability Hand(AH). focus was on conditions requiring a prosthetic limb, the clinical workflow/procedures leading to recommendation, and the patient journey leading up to and after obtaining prosthetic limb.

• Advisor: Shajila Sircilla, Ph.D.
• Optimized a high throughput screening to determine infection induced inflammation that prompts preterm birth.
• Developed an optimal cytokine quantification assay to measure cytokine production from inflammation.
• Discovered and tested drug candidates from the Drug Gene Interaction Database for their ability to inhibit cytokine production in cell culture.
• Documented results in poster presentation presented at the Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Program.

• Taught STEM concepts like potential and kinetic energy to 1200+ kids around the greater Nashville area.
• Organized site activities and logistics, such as pipe-built rollercoaster, ensuring all interns completed given tasks.

• Coordinated with ER personnel to optimize patient care by escorting patients, cleaning rooms, and warming blankets. Managed logistics of various hospital supplies like linen, blankets, waste disposal and more.