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New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University; Joe Tranquillo; Donna Ebenstein

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Biomedical

. For example, in the sophomore Fundamentals ofBiomedical Engineering course, students spend the semester identifying, planning, constructingand carrying out experiments modeling a physiologically relevant fluid flow phenomenon.While the students learn how to construct basic flow systems in class, they are completelyresponsible for the identification, design and implementation of their individual physiologicalmodel. This project provides an environment in which the students are very invested in theexperimental design process yet prevents them from being overwhelmed by having to manage anentire project.As the students enter into the final two years of the curriculum, they are presented with moreopen-ended projects in which they are required to

Conference Session

Communication and Professional Skills in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Joe Tranquillo; Daniel Cavanagh

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Biomedical

AC 2007-2230: DEVELOPING STUDENT DESIGN AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLSIN AN UNDERGRADUATE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMDonna Ebenstein, Bucknell UniversityJoseph Tranquillo, Bucknell UniversityDaniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University Page 12.499.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Developing Student Design and Professional Skills in an Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering CurriculumAbstractFrequently, students’ exposure to biomedical engineering design and professional skills isconcentrated in their senior design capstone courses at the end of the curriculum. Whilecommon, this approach may lead to instances where students apply these

Conference Session

Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Allen, University of Virginia; Brett Blackman, University of Virginia

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Biomedical

AC 2007-1803: INTEGRATIVE DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS: AYEARLONG LABORATORY COURSE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGTimothy Allen, University of Virginia Dr. Timothy E. Allen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received a B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Allen's teaching activities include coordinating the undergraduate teaching labs and capstone design courses in the BME department at the University of Virginia, and his research interests are in the fields of computational systems biology and genomics.Brett Blackman

Conference Session

Bioengineering laboratories: Bringing research into the classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Barnett, Saint Louis University; Rebecca Willits, Saint Louis University

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Biomedical

addressprogram level outcomes, and various other enhancements and refinements. However, theimmersion experience remains an integral component of the course and is highly regarded byalumni as a valuable experience that provided a strong foundation for their next career step. Tobetter prepare students for joining a faculty laboratory, the students are normally required to jointhe lab prior to their senior year in order to facilitate the development of multi-year projects andto improve their overall experience during the senior year.This paper discusses the current status of the senior projects sequence and the developmentprocess following the initial student involvement in the lab to their project culmination. Resultsrelated to various measures of student

Conference Session

New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin; Mia Markey, University of Texas-Austin; Thomas Milner, University of Texas-Austin

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Biomedical

AC 2007-2712: DISTANCE-LEARNING IN SUPPORT OF ANINTER-INSTITUTIONAL BME DEPARTMENTKathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin KATHY J. SCHMIDT is the Director of the Faculty Innovation Center for the College of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. In this position, she promotes the College of Engineering’s commitment to finding ways to enrich teaching and learning. She works in all aspects of education including design and development, faculty training, learner support, and evaluation.Mia Markey, University of Texas-Austin MIA K. MARKEY is an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. The mission of her Biomedical Informatics Lab is to

Conference Session

Design in BME Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Judy Cezeaux, Western New England College; Eric Haffner, Western New England College; Anne Kaboray, Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc.; Carol Hasenjager, Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc.

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Biomedical

engineering curricula is important for the education of well-qualified engineers. While all accredited engineering programs are required to provide a majorcapstone design experience, the integration of design throughout the curriculum is oftenchallenging. The departments of biomedical engineering and industrial engineering at WesternNew England College have developed a design experience completed as a requirement in seniorengineering laboratory courses. The design project experience is in addition to the capstonedesign courses. This experience was used to demonstrate students’ ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams, design a system within realistic constraints, and understand the impact ofdesign solutions in a societal context.IntroductionA

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New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Jon Whited, St. Jude Medical; Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University

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Biomedical

Engineering), M.S. (Biomedical Engineering) and Ph.D. (Materials Engineering) degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Prior to joining Cal Poly, Dr. Walsh was employed by General Dynamics Corporation, as a principal engineer and group leader in the Materials Division. Page 12.1053.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 MEDITEC: An Industry/Academic Partnership to Enable Multidisciplinary, Project-Based Learning in Biomedical EngineeringIntroductionMEDITEC (Medical Engineering Development and Integrated Technology EnhancementConsortium) is an industry/academic

Conference Session

BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Verstraete, University of Akron

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Biomedical

askfor input from the program faculty. A visual chart or “map” helps considerably in this processand may be completed initially for each course then for the entire curriculum. An example ispresented in Figure 3 for the course presented in Figure 1. The Program Outcomes a-k closelymatch the prescribed a-k in the ABET requirements with minor variations that make them more Page 12.1483.3specific to the Biomedical Engineering Program. It may be noted that this course only maps toProgram Outcomes a, b, c, f, and k. It is obvious that not every course will address or assessevery Program Outcome. The “Measured Score” column reflects the information

Conference Session

Communication and Professional Skills in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jeffrey Blessing, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Schmedeman, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical

following specific outcomes were set for the workshop: • Demonstrate administrative support for an integrated entrepreneurship program. • Convince all BE faculty and other invited engineering faculty of the importance of including entrepreneurship concepts in the engineering courses. • Present a model for how entrepreneurship can be integrated into an already overcrowded curriculum. • Demonstrate that graduates who understand entrepreneurship are strategic assets to their employers. Page 12.407.3The following workshop agenda was developed to meet the overall objectives: • Lunch and with a keynote speaker

Conference Session

Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments

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Biomedical

signals. Students would have to simulate the system in a SPICE simulationenvironment such as NI Multisim, save the data and then retrieve it in an analysis package. Withgraphical programming, educators now have access to a seamless platform from design, to Page 12.112.6prototyping and comparison of results between the simulation domain and the real world. Figure6 shows the seamless integration from design to prototyping for circuit design. The SPICEsimulation tool used here is NI Multisim, but any other simulation package can be used as well.. Curriculum Real World Industry

Conference Session

Communication and Professional Skills in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joe Tranquillo; Daniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

Conference. Page 12.331.106. Manuel-Dupont S, “Writing Across the Curriculum in an Engineering Program,” J of Eng Ed 1996 p. 35-40 Building Engineering Communication Skills 107. Morello, J, “Comparing Speaking Across the Curriculum and Writing Across the Curriculum Programs,” Communication Education. January 20008. McNair LD, Norback JS, Miller B, “Integrating Discipline-Specific Communication Instruction based on Workforce Data into Technical Communication Courses, “ Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Conference.9. Norback JS, McNair LD, Laughter MJ, Forehand GA, Sutley-Fish, B, “Teaching Workplace

Conference Session

Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Kang-Mieler

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Biomedical

-on learning? An hands-on learning approach requires students to become activeparticipants instead of passive learners who simply listen to lectures. The concept of “hands-onlearning” is not new in engineering education. A previous study of engineering educationshowed that hands-on learning is an effective method for engineering classes.1 In fact, over thepast 10 years or so, many engineering schools and programs have started to adopt “hands-onlearning” into their curricula. Whether using simple everyday household items or sophisticatedequipment, professors are now trying to integrate hands-on learning into their classes.Laboratory activities are the traditional method of providing students hands-on experience.However, with advancements in

Conference Session

Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joe Tranquillo; Daniel Cavanagh

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Biomedical

troubleshooting,and had many opportunities to encounter open-ended problems that required a creativesolution. While these skills do not always come easily, in the authors’ experiences,students, when motivated, rise to the occasion. As the instructor, the sequence providedcountless teachable moments that would not have developed in a traditional course.ReferencesRicherson SJ and Cavanagh DP “Vertical Laboratories: Within Biomedical EngineeringCourses and Across the Curriculum”, Proceedings of ASEE 2005.Cavanagh DP and Richerson SJ, “An Integrated Lecture-Lab Approach for anIntroduction to Biomedical Engineering Course”. BMES 2004.Tranquillo, J, “Qualitative, Quantitative, Open-ended Design: A Progression inLaboratory/Lecture Learning”. Proceedings of ASEE

Conference Session

Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Thompson, Kansas State University; Steve Warren, Kansas State University

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Biomedical

AC 2007-2420: A SMALL, HIGH-FIDELITY REFLECTANCE PULSE OXIMETERDavid Thompson, Kansas State University David Thompson is a Fulbright Fellow currently studying in Japan. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University University in May, 2006. His areas of research interest include biomedical sensors, neural prosthetics, embedded systems design, and analog & digital circuitry.Steve Warren, Kansas State University Steve Warren is an Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Kansas State University. He teaches courses in linear systems, computer graphics, biomedical instrumentation, and scientific computing. Dr. Warren manages the KSU Medical

Conference Session

BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Gatchell, Northwestern University; Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University

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Biomedical

tool for determining the key concepts that comprise an ideal core curriculum hasbeen the VaNTH Key Content Delphi Study. This study, conducted as a series of online surveys,has completed nearly two rounds, involving over 180 academic and industrial participants fromthe biomedical engineering community. The first round of the study was launched in 2004 andthe second round was launched in 2006. Whereas results of the first round have been presented atseveral engineering and educational conferences, this is the first presentation of the results fromthe second round.The purpose of this paper will be to summarize the key findings of the first two rounds of thisstudy and to outline how these findings can be used to improve undergraduate BME

Conference Session

BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Biomedical

minimum of four (4) recognized major civil engineering areas (Remembering); the ability to conduct laboratory experiments and to critically analyze and interpret data in more than one of the recognized major civil engineering areas; the ability to perform civil engineering design by means of design experiences integrated throughout the professional component of the curriculum (Creating); and an understanding of professional practice issues such as: procurement of work, bidding versus quality-based selection processes, how the design professionals and the construction professions interact to

Conference Session

Freshman Design and Other Novel Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Temple, University of California-San Diego; Peter Chen, University of California-San Diego; Robert Sah, University of California-San Diego

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Biomedical

AC 2007-2580: TEACHING BIOENGINEERING TO FRESHMEN AT UCSDMichele Temple, University of California-San Diego Michele M Temple is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Bioengineering at UC San Diego. Her educational research interests include teaching evaluation, assessments, and course and curriculum improvement. Her teaching interests include physiology, tissue engineering, and introductory biomechanics.Peter Chen, University of California-San Diego Peter Chen is a researcher and lecturer at UCSD and has been associated with the Bioengineering department since 1968 when he was an undergraduate. His research areas include human and animal microcirculation studies in health and

Conference Session

Freshman Design and Other Novel Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachael Schmedlen, University of Michigan; Mimi (Miriam) Adam; Robert Sulewski; Matthew O'Donnell, University of Washington

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Biomedical

key conceptsin systems biology, with special emphasis on metrics and quantification. The control feedbackloop is an example of a key concept underlying systems biology that we tackle at a very earlystage in the curriculum. Moreover, we wanted students to become sensitive to the role ofstakeholders, identifying stakeholders as well as prioritizing their needs and demands in thedesign process. Finally, we wanted students to learn to exploit resources, including their ownand those of their team mates, through effective research, brainstorming, and problem solvingstrategies.Business OrganizationIn order to provide the students with a strong sense of what it means to be an engineer, we haveorganized the course as a company, Blue Genes Research and