BME Student Janavi Seshadri Develops Innovative Surgical Training Tool

With clinical mentorship and pilot funding, an undergraduate research project led by recent biomedical engineering graduate Janavi Seshadri is taking its next step toward transforming surgical training.

What if surgeons could get real-time, objective feedback on one of the most difficult skills to master during open surgery: how gently and precisely they handle human tissue? This exact question prompted recent biomedical engineering graduate Janavi Seshadri to lead the development of a surgical training tool that uses sensors to measure pressure and movement during simulated procedures. 

Four years later, her idea has grown into a multidisciplinary effort supported by clinical mentorship and pilot funding. Seshadri and her team are one step closer to transforming how surgeons prepare for complex procedures. 

Learn how Seshadri’s project went from an undergraduate prototype to a technology moving toward clinical testing.