Dalili, A. (2023, March), Designing innovative medical packaging to improve medication adherence  Paper presented at ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023, State College,, Pennsylvania. 10.18260/1-2--44700

\bibitem{asee_peer_44700}
  Dalili, A. (2023, March), \emph{Designing innovative medical packaging to improve medication adherence}
  Paper presented at ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023, State College,, Pennsylvania.
  10.18260/1-2--44700

Alireza Dalili.  "Designing innovative medical packaging to improve medication adherence".  ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023, State College,, Pennsylvania, 2023, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://strategy.asee.org/44700 Internet.  14 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_44700}
  Alireza Dalili.
  "Designing innovative medical packaging to improve medication adherence".
  \emph{ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023, State College,, Pennsylvania, 2023, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://strategy.asee.org/44700 Internet.  14 May, 2024

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Alireza Dalili
Farmingdale State College - SUNY
  
Abstract

A great variety of creatures demonstrate extraordinary adhesion abilities in their daily activities. Gecko has non-fibrillar contacts thought to rely on dry adhesion via van der Waals forces. Wet adhesion strategies can also be found in nature that rely on protein-based glues or a fluid-mechanics-based bond via viscosity or surface tension. Combined strategies have been utilized for manmade devices. Researchers have been inspired by the leaf beetle, an insect that achieves adhesion forces 100 times its body weight through the parallel action of surface tension across many micron-sized droplet contacts. A switchable adhesion device based on the leaf beetle has already been engineered. This paper aims to look at the feasibility of using the Switchable Electronically-controlled Capillary Adhesion Device (SECAD) in an electronically-controlled medical blister packaging. The aim is to provide tunable blister access using SECAD technology. Such packaging would ensure the patient is taking the right medication at the right time and complying with the medication regimen. 

In addition to the research and commercial value of this work, students working on this project would be inspired by the applicability of fluid mechanics and STEM in general to different aspects of life and nature, while the actual design, fabrication and necessary calculations for creating the device would fortify the skills of the participating students. Furthermore, the final product can be used as a demonstration piece in fluid mechanics courses to facilitate class discussions, design of problems and demonstration of solutions based on the problem parameters which can be entered into the device such as effect of switching time on adhesion strength.


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