Brenda Y
- Research Program Mentor
PhD Doctor of Philosophy candidate
Expertise
drug delivery, nanotechnology, event planning, graduate school readiness
Project ideas
In-House Gait Analysis System
Tracking the movement of rodents is a valuable tool for small animal research. Gait analysis helps determine motor deficiencies that can be caused by pain or medication side effects. Many systems are quite expensive and can range from $60k - $150k+. Creating an in-house system that can track the movement of paws across a platform can be a cost-effective solution to measuring gait. The project will involve capturing motion with a GoPro camera. Using a coding software, such as Python or Matlab, we can take these captured videos and analyze each frame. The frame-by-frame analysis code will become extremely valuable in determining the gait of rodents across a catwalk platform.