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Spring 2025 BMED 2310 Project - Redesigning Maternity Support Bands
Women’s Health Track of BMED 2310: Intro to Biomedical Engineering Design, focusing on alleviating discomfort associated with lower back pain during pregnancy with a team of 4 others. My first in-class in-depth exposure to the FDA medical device evaluation process. 
Spring 2025 BMED 3110 Project - Using EMG to Quantify Muscle Activation in Text Neck
Poster presentation of BMED 3110 final project, studying ways to mitigate and quantify the extent of text neck.
Fall 2020 ISEF Project - Type 2 Diabetes and Ulcerative Colitis: Shared Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis, a Biomarker for Colorectal Cancer
Computational project done as part of iResearch Institute, focusing on identifying microbial biomarkers shared across diseases datasets. My first exposure to the world of microbial sequencing and analysis. I also received recognition from the US Patent and Trademark Office through an ISEF Special Award. 
publications
Wireless batteryless soft sensors for ambulatory cardiovascular health monitoring
Published in Soft Science, 2023
I worked on fabrication and signal processing on this soft SCG sensor as part of my freshman year VIP team.
Recommended citation: Guess M, Soltis I, Rigo B, Zavanelli N, Kapasi S, Kim H, Yeo WH. Wireless batteryless soft sensors for ambulatory cardiovascular health monitoring. Soft Sci 2023;3:23. https://dx.doi.org/10.20517/ss.2023.17
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Wireless Batteryless Soft Sensor for Ambulatory Cardiovascular Health Monitoring
Published in BMES Annual Meeting, 2023
A poster summary of the Soft Science paper, presented at the 2023 BMES Annual Meeting.
Recommended citation: Kapasi S, Guess M, and Yeo WH. (2023). "Wireless Batteryless Soft Sensor for Ambulatory Cardiovascular Health Monitoring." 2023 BMES Annual Meeting. 2023 October 14th. Seattle, Washington.
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Long-term Stabilization of Live Biotherapeutics for Neonatal and Female Health
Published in MSRP Research Symposium, ABRCMS, 2024
This work came out of my MSRP summer research, optimizing chemical excipients in formulations with L. crispatus and B. infantis in order to make better live biotherapeutics. The same poster was presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS) 2024 conference. Contact for poster availability.
Recommended citation: Kapasi S, Biggs K, and Traverso G. (2024). "Long-term Stabilization of Live Biotherapeutics for Neonatal and Female Health." 2024 MSRP Research Symposium. 2024 August 1st. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Formulation of GLP-1 Polymer-Nanoparticle (PNP) Hydrogels For Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
Published in 2023 SURF Research Symposium, 2024 O4U Life Sciences Conference, 2024
This work came out of my SURF summer research, where I worked a LOT with a rheometer and learned how to handle rats. And Ozempic.
Recommended citation: Kapasi S, d'Aquino A, Dong L, and Appel E. (2024). "Formulation of GLP-1 Polymer-Nanoparticle (PNP) Hydrogels for Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes." 2024 Out for Undergrad Life Sciences Poster Session. 2024 October 27th. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Long-acting hydrogel-based depot formulations of tirzepatide and semaglutide for the management of type 2 diabetes and weight
Published in bioRxiv, 2025
Manuscript of my Stanford SURF project on GLP-1 RA delivery.
Recommended citation: d’Aquino, A. I., Dong, C., Nguyen, L. T., Yan, J., Jons, C. K., Saouaf, O. M., Song, Y. E., Eckman, N., Kapasi, S., Williams, C. M., Doulames, V., Sen, S., Manna, M. K., Alakesh, A., Lu, K., Hall, I., & Appel, E. A. (2025). Long-acting hydrogel-based depot formulations of tirzepatide and semaglutide for the management of type 2 diabetes and weight. bioRxiv, 2025.07.02.662867. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.02.662867
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teaching
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Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014
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Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015
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