DCU Expo 2023 Final Year Projects

33 21. Determining theOptimal Material in DrugDelivery Systems UsingDesign of Experiment andModeled in a Two-Dimensional Axial Half Space This master’s project is tomodel using finite element analysis in Ansys the penetration of amicroneedle array into skin. The model complexity is built up during, so when errors present themselves, it is easier to see where they are. This is done by adding the layers for the skin model one at a time. Also by using an indenter for the needle initially to get it to work and then sharpen the end to allow for penetration into the skin with a blunt, wide, and short needle before using a long narrow needle. The skin is modeled with three layers, the stratum corneum, the hypodermic layer, and the dermic layer. The microneedle array is modeled as a single needle as the needles would be spread out in the array so that the skin would not be experiencing high stress where the next needle would be. Class Biomedical Engineering (Year 5) Project Area Biomedical Engineering, Finite Element Analysis, Tissue Engineering Project Technology ANSYSWorkbench, Excel/VB Student Name(s) Luke Conlon Email luke.conlon7@mail.dcu.ie Supervisor Dr DavidMacManus and Dr BryanMacDonald 22. Tweetvertize Our project, “Tweetvertize”, is a Software as a Service product aimed to help Small toMediumEnterprises (SMEs) with both marketing and analysis. Our project uses a Django-based framework and avails of the Tweepy API, hence the name “Tweetvertize”, an Americanised portmanteau on the words Twitter and advertise. Our project also avails of the Natural Language Toolkit Package(NLTP) to analyse the tweets and provide a report based on its findings. Class Enterprise Computing Project Area Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing, Social Networking Project Technology AngularJS, Python, SQLite, Machine Learning, Django Student Name(s) LiamMcComish Day  |  Harry Geraghty Email liam.mccomishday2@mail.dcu.ie   |  harry.geraghty4@mail.dcu.ie Supervisor Dr Michael Scriney 23. Finite Element Analysis of Bone Fracture Fixation Plates This project examined how altering fracture fixation parameters impacted femoral bone fracture healing. Multiple bone-plate models of increasing complexity were generated, and changes were made to the number and placement of screws, plate thickness, the distance between bone and plate, and fracture gap size to specifically examine the interfragmentary strain at the fracture site. The effects of these modifications were analysed to identify factors that significantly influenced fracture healing. The research aimed to improve surgical fixation techniques based on the findings. Class Biomedical Engineering (Year 4) Project Area 3-DModelling Project Technology ANSYSWorkbench Student Name(s) Simon Gormley Email simon.gormley8@mail.dcu.ie Supervisor Dr BryanMacDonald