Pediatric Engineering Research Lab (PERL)

Pediatric Engineering Research Lab (PERL)

PERL has a staff of biomedical engineers and students who work with various clinicians at the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children to conceive and develop engineering solutions to medical problems.

PERL has affiliations with Drexel University and University of Delaware in biomedical and mechanical engineering with full facilities for mechanical and electronic fabrication of research prototypes. PERL collaborates with a number of companies to manufacture and market devices conceived and developed at PERL.

Facilities, Equipment & Resources

The Pediatric Engineering Research Lab (PERL) is located in the research and administration building of the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. The lab has 1500 square feet of lab and office space, along with six PC workstations (all PERL computers are Internet-connected three rehabilitation robotic devices including a PHANTOM haptic input device; sensors to measure force Assurance Technologies six-axis load cells and strain gauge load cell fabrication).

Current Research Group

• Tariq Rahman, PhD
• Ellen Deutsch, MD
• William G. Mackenzie, MD
• Shanmuga S. Jayakumar, MD
• Daniel Ragonesi, BSME
• J. Richard Bowen, MD