The aim of this project is to design and implement an effective, economically realistic, user-friendly, and high-fidelity neonatal and pediatric ECMO cannulation simulators. The system will be designed with the partnership of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), the main healthcare provider in Qatar. The objectives of this project are:

• Design and implement a closed loop system that simultaneously allows simulating veins and arteries for laminar and pulsatile flow respectively.
• Use tubes for the cannulation that have the physical properties of veins and arteries.
• Design and implement an embedded system for blood volume and flow rate control.

• Develop methods for cannulation training to incorporate simulation scenarios for various possible cannulation/de-cannulation complications in the system; as well as a system that also enables the clinicians to check cannula placement near the heart using the expected form of medical imaging.
• Add emergency situations by displaying distorted EEG signals on a screen monitor, that can be controlled by an ECMO trainer and reflected on the mannequin.
• Integrate additional features in the already existing mobile application developed by the first team that designed the ECMO machine simulator, to be used by the instructor to trigger a seizure.