Multimodality Imaging Research Laboratory
This page showcases my work as an undergraduate research assistant at the Multimodality Imaging Research Laboratory since I started in May 2025.
I'm currently working on printed circuit boards and FFT deconvolution algorithms.
Faraday Cage
My first project was to build a Faraday cage to be used for imaging experiments by the whole lab. This involved researching RF wave permeability, Faraday cage materials, designing the cage in Onshape, ordering/3-D printing the materials, and assembling the cage itself.
Below is an image of the 3-D model (w/o mesh) and the final cage:
Thermoacoustic Imaging System
The next project I worked on was to model (and partially design) a complete thermoacoustic imaging system for a rat. To image the rat, we needed to suspend it in water, rotate it, and move it up and down. Thus, the parts I had to work with are a linear stage, rotation stage, platform (for the stages), water tank, and the emitter/transducer.
Below is an Onshape drawing of the system:
Below is a Solidworks of the most recent water tank drawing, including gaps for the transducer and emitter (to be filled in with parafilm) and holes for water circulation (to keep temperature consistent):
Next Steps
Next, I plan to work with printed circuit boards for a small thermoacoustic sensor and FFT deconvolution algorithms for thermoacoustic image reconstruction; major updates will be appended to this page.
Feel free to reach out to me at muvaro2@illinois.edu