Our Mission
SensTech is a registered project team at Cornell University. We participate in the international SensUs competition, where teams from across the globe compete in the Netherlands to create the most cost-effective, user-friendly, and sensitive biosensor that can be used outside a lab.
We believe that we can provide an invaluable opportunity for students to explore biosensors, train as engineers and scientists for the real world, and enter the biosensing field for the first time.
Meet Our Founders
The driving forces behind SensTech's mission to revolutionize biosensor technology
Lily Blanton
Founder
When Puloma first brought up SensUs to us, I immediately became intrigued about the prospect of starting a team and joining this competition. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to innovate and create something impactful in the medical world and possibly all of society.
Emily Chen
Founder
Biotechnology and medical devices is a field that I have always been interested in and wanted to explore more so when we learned of the SensUs competition, the co-founders and I were very excited to bring it this opportunity to the Cornell community.
Isabel Hettenbach
Founder
When Puloma first came to us with the idea of starting a team to participate in the SensUs competition, I never would have imagined our progress this far. The idea of founding SensTech excited me because it was a unique opportunity to work on something I'm passionate about.
Puloma Bishnu
Founder
The founders and I have known each other since freshman year. After experiencing the ups and downs of college together, we knew that we could count on each other to create a unique team at Cornell.
Our Subteams
Each subteam plays a crucial role in our mission to develop innovative biosensor technology
Wet Lab
The Wet Lab subteam works in the lab to design and experiment on various ideas that could be used in the biosensor, for example, the biorecognition element. The design should be user-centric, able to recognize the analyte within a given medium in a timely manner, and have the potential to be used in a real-world setting.
Dry Lab
The Dry Lab subteam focuses on the prototyping, data analysis, fabrication, material design, and other technical aspects of the biosensor. Dry Lab will utilize Wet Lab's results and incorporate it into a physical prototype as the end result.
B&O
The B&O subteam is responsible for funding through company sponsorships, external grants, Cornell University's club funding. They also manage the team finances and spending. This subteam creates pitch decks, cost-benefit analyses, and continuously sources new ways to fund the team's research and trips.