Chemical Engineering PhD Student Eric Blondeel participates in Velocity Science Open Lab Event
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Professor
Marc
Aucoin's
student
Eric
Blondeel
(PhD
Candidate,
Chemical
Engineering)
and
Moufeed
Kaddoura
(4A
Microbiology)
venture
is
revolutionizing
the
practice
of
allergy
testing
with
a
non-invasive
skin
patch
for
simple
safe
and
certain
allergy
detection.
The
standard
allergy
test
attempts
to
cause
an
allergic
reaction
in
a
patient
by
piercing
known
allergens
through
the
skin
with
needles.
Their
Company
proposed
alternative
is
to
replace
the
needles
with
a
diagnostic
skin-patch;
carrying
out
the
allergic
reaction
on
the
patch,
rather
than
on
the
skin,
removing
unnecessary
personal
exposure.
