MOMelvin Opoku

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Poster presentations, thesis defense, and graduation milestones.

Melvin Opoku graduating from the University of Florida

Graduation

Graduated from the University of Florida

I completed my biomedical engineering degree at UF, a milestone that connects my journey from Ghana with years of research, engineering projects, mentorship, and community. It feels like both an ending and a launch point.

Honors thesis defense presentation

Honors Thesis Defense

Defended my thesis on tic detection

I defended my honors thesis on machine learning and multimodal signal analysis for tic detection. It was a chance to synthesize the clinical motivation, engineering constraints, and analysis lessons from two years of work.

Undergraduate research symposium Tourette research poster

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Tourette tic detection poster presentation

I presented my Brain Mapping Lab work on objective tic detection for Tourette syndrome research. The project compares video-based and EMG-based approaches and asks how clinical teams can measure symptoms more efficiently and consistently.