Nicholas Trigger
Recent Projects
Pulse Mate - Radial Arterial Line Placement Training Device

Pulse Mate - Radial Arterial Line Placement Training Device

Easy to use and durable, this training device is designed with students and medical professionals in mind. (VentureWell Summer 2023 Cohort)(Patent Pending)

CLABSI Prevention Device

CLABSI Prevention Device
Medical Device

A handheld medical device designed to disinfect central line hubs and prevent Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) in clinical settings. Features embedded C firmware, custom KiCad PCB design, and CAD-modeled enclosure.

Dog Activity Trackers

Dog Activity Trackers
Consulting / TA

Consulting TA for two Duke EGR 101 Foundry teams building wearable GPS and accelerometer trackers for foster dogs at Saving Grace Animal Shelter.

All Projects
Factory Scheduling & KPI Reporting API

Factory Scheduling & KPI Reporting API
Full-Stack

A constraint-based production scheduling service built on OR-Tools CP-SAT. Accepts a job-shop problem as JSON, returns a tardiness-minimizing schedule with KPIs, and visualizes it via a React + TypeScript Gantt frontend. FastAPI backend with a pluggable adapter/objective/constraint architecture.

ECG Synthesizer (ECG_SYN)

ECG Synthesizer (ECG_SYN)
Embedded Systems

An ESP32-based ECG synthesizer that generates physiologically accurate cardiac waveforms. Built with C++ and PlatformIO for embedded biomedical signal generation, based on the same EKG simulator used in Duke's BME teaching labs.

BME 354 Multi-Chip IC Tester

BME 354 Multi-Chip IC Tester
Hardware

A multi-chip integrated circuit tester designed for BME 354 coursework at Duke. Features a custom KiCad PCB layout for validating multiple ICs in sequence.

PET/CT Brain Phantom Simulator

PET/CT Brain Phantom Simulator
Medical Imaging

A physics-based PET/CT brain phantom simulator implementing phantom generation, CT simulation, and PET simulation pipelines. Built with Python and Jupyter Notebook for medical imaging education and research.

Duke Club Ski & Board Sign

Duke Club Ski & Board Sign

Portable LED sign designed for Duke Club Ski & Board. Designed to be durable and travel-friendly for ski trips.

This Website

This Website

This one. It is built with React, Vite, and Tailwind CSS, statically prerendered for GitHub Pages.

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