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• Hector Cardenas
• Julianne Kline
• Kim Osborne
• Mark Liefl
• Faculty Advisors

Partners

• University of Waterloo
• MME Department

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."

- Mark Twain

Team Members

Hector Cardenas

Hector is an active entrepreneur and the originator of the kailog concept. His work experience has exposed him to automotive manufacturing and software development, and he currently owns and manages his own company. He is the project manager and is responsible for the back end application, and plans to focus on his entrepreneurial pursuits full time after graduating.

Julianne Kline

Julianne is passionate about using technology to better the medical field, and has focused her co-op experience on micro-electromechanical devices (MEMS) and research in the defense industry. She is responsible for hardware wireless interfacing, and has been a source of enthusiasm thoughout the project. Her post-graduation plans involve travel and further work experience in the bioengineering field.

Kim Osborne

Kim was attracted to this project because of its entrepreneurial nature and vision for the future of medicine. Her personal interests in web design and communication complement her work in producing graphics and front-end user interface design for this project. She is an executive member of the UW Triathlon Club and has supplemented her engineering degree with a management science option; she plans to pursue a career in engineering consulting upon graduation.

Mark Liefl

Mark is focused on pursuing a career in industrial controls and design/maintenance of mechatronics systems. He has completed a number of co-op placements in industrial manufacturing settings. Mark is working on the hardware design specifically related to sensors and signal processing. He plans to enter the work force after graduation to gain further experience in industrial automation.

Faculty Advisors

We would like to thank the following faculty members for their contributions to making our project a success:

Technical Advisor:
Assistant Professor P. Nieva
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Faculty Supervisor for ME481:
Professor J. P. Huissoon, P.Eng
Deputy Chair, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Faculty Supervisor for ME482:
Professor F. Ismail, P.Eng
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

About Mechatronics Engineering

Mechatronics Engineering concerns the design of computer controlled electromechanical systems. It includes robotics and automation systems, neural prosthetics, micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), and many other leading-edge technologies.

Visit the MME website for more information.