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Instructional Methods and Tools in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mia Markey, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas at Austin

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AC 2008-194: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEARNING STYLE PREFERENCESAND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY USAGEMia Markey, University of Texas at Austin MIA K. MARKEY is an Assistant Professor in The University of Texas Department of Biomedical Engineering, an inter-institutional department spanning UT Austin, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, and UT Health Science Houston. The mission of her Biomedical Informatics Lab is to design cost-effective, computational decision aids for diagnosis, treatment, and management of disease. The BMIL develops decision support systems for clinical decision making and scientific discovery using artificial intelligence and signal processing technologies. Her interests in

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BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shahin Sirouspour, McMaster University; Pawel Malysz, McMaster University; Ali Shahdi, McMaster University; Ryan Leslie, Quanser Inc; Mahyar Fotoohi, Quanser Inc; Paul Karam, Quanser Inc

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AC 2008-1272: MEDICAL ROBOTICS LABORATORY FOR BIOMEDICALENGINEERSShahin Sirouspour, McMaster University http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/~sirouspour/Mahyar Fotoohi, Quanser IncPawel Malysz, McMaster UniversityAli Shahdi, McMaster UniversityRyan Leslie, Quanser IncPaul Karam, Quanser Inc Page 13.881.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Medical Robotics Laboratory for Biomedical EngineersAbstractThe increasing role of technology in the delivery of healthcare services has necessitated thetraining of engineers with complimentary background in engineering and health sciences. Inresponse to this demand, universities and educational institutions around the globe

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Design in the BME Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Johnson, University of Cincinnati / Engineering; Mary Beth Privitera, University of Cincinnati; Daria Narmoneva, University of Cincinnati; Balakrishna Haridas, University of Cincinnati

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AC 2008-2424: DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAL CAPSTONE: AN INTEGRATEDEXPERIENCEJeffrey Johnson, University of Cincinnati / EngineeringMary Beth Privitera, University of CincinnatiDaria Narmoneva, University of CincinnatiBalakrishna Haridas, University of Cincinnati Page 13.359.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Design and Exper imental Capstone: An Integr ated Exper ienceAbstr actWe report on student outcomes across three phases in the development of the BME seniorcapstone experience. The BME department provides a comprehensive capstone experience to itsseniors. All students enroll in a two-course, team-based, device design capstone sequence and aconcurrent

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BME Courses & Curricular Content

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; David Gatchell, Northwestern University

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AC 2008-1467: PHYSIOLOGY CONCEPTS AND PHYSIOLOGY PROBLEMS FORBIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTSRobert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University Robert A. Linsenmeier has a joint appointment in Biomedical Engineering in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, and in Neurobiology and Physiology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. His primary teaching is in human and animal physiology. He is the Associate Director of the VaNTH Engineering Research Center in Bioengineering Educational Technologies, former chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department at Northwestern, and a fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and the

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Unique Student Opportunities in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Jean Alley, Vanderbilt University; Penny Hirsch, Northwestern University; Stacy Klein-Gardner; Julie Greenberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mark Bourgeois, Northwestern University

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AC 2008-884: A UNIQUE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN BIOENGINEERINGEDUCATION FOR UNDERGRADUATES IN THE VANTH REURobert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University Robert A. Linsenmeier has a joint appointment in Biomedical Engineering in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, and in Neurobiology and Physiology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. He is the Associate Director of the VaNTH Engineering Research Center in Bioengineering Educational Technologies and a fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and the Biomedical Engineering Society. His research interests are in the role of retinal oxygen transport and metabolism in both

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Unique Student Opportunities in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Malkin, Duke University

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is not meeting their technology needs, students interviewfaculty and staff and try to determine what technology would help them. In some cases, thestudents fabricate a solution on the spot. In other cases, students return to the US to developsolutions or EWH posts the problems on the EWH website (www.ewh.org) for anyone to attemptto solve. Several universities across the US allow their students to solve posted problems fortheir senior design classes. EWH is also developing a new design competition that may addressthese problems as well.Lessons LearnedHospital SelectionWhen EWH first began the program, it was assumed that it would be difficult to find hospitalswilling to accept engineers. We reasoned that they were students with limited

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Careers and Professional Development in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Guruprasad Madhavan, State University of New York-Binghamton; Aimee Betker, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Jennifer Flexman, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; Barbara Oakley, Oakland University

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received the B. Eng. degree in electrical engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. She then worked for two years as a microwave test engineer at Teradyne, Inc., in Boston, Massachusetts. Flexman graduated with her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, where she held a postgraduate fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). In 2007, she was a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellow for the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership at the National Academies in Washington, D.C. She is now a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Advanced Therapeutics at

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Design in the BME Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Judy Cezeaux, Western New England College; Thomas Keyser, 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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his Ph.D. degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, his M.S. degree from Illinois Institute of Technology and his B.Ed. from Keene State College. His research interests include engineering education, product realization, design methodologies, facility layout, and production system design.Anne Kaboray, Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc. Anne Kaboray is the Supervisor of Rehabilitation at Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc.Carol Hasenjager, Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc. Carol Hasenjager is the Program Director of Employment Support Services at Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc

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Instructional Methods and Tools in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Geiger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University

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AC 2008-1124: UTILIZING THE BEST PRACTICES OF THE EXCEEDTEACHING METHODOLOGY IN A BIOENGINEERING CURRICULUM.Chris Geiger, Florida Gulf Coast University R. Christopher Geiger is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering in the U.A. Whitaker School of Engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University. He received his M.S and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1999 and 2003, respectively, and his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1996.Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University Robert J. O'Neill is Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering in the U.A. Whitaker School of Engineering at

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Unique Student Opportunities in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Abramowitch, University of Pittsburgh; Mark Redfern, University of Pittsburgh; Richard Debski, University of Pittsburgh; Alejandro Almarza, University of Pittsburgh; Harvey Borovetz, University of Pittsburgh; Savio Woo, University of Pittsburgh

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AC 2008-1121: INTRAMURAL RESEARCH INTERNSHIP: A REQUIREMENT OFTHE UNDERGRADUATE BIOENGINEERING CURRICULUM AT THEUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHSteven Abramowitch, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Abramowitch is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his B.S. (1998) in Applied Mathematics and Ph.D. (2004) in Bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, he serves as the Director of the Tissue Mechanics laboratory in the Musculoskeletal Research Center. The primary goal of the Tissue Mechanics Laboratory is to understand and enhance ligament healing utilizing functional tissue engineering approaches, and

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Instructional Methods and Tools in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; David Lalush, North Carolina State University

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AC 2008-1101: TEACHING A HANDS-ON BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATIONCOURSE JOINTLY AT TWO INSTITUTIONSRichard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Richard Goldberg is a Research Assistant Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University. Based at UNC, he is also the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the UNC BME program. He teaches several instrumentation courses and senior design. His primary interest is in assistive technology for people with disabilities.David Lalush, North Carolina State University David Lalush is an Associate Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical

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Instructional Methods and Tools in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Roselli, Vanderbilt University; Stephen B. Gilbert, Clearsighted, Inc.; Stephen B. Blessing, University of Tampa; Larry Howard, Vanderbilt University; Aditya Raut, Vanderbilt University; Puvi Pandian, Iowa State University

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technology, is used to constructinnovative online assignments that provide students with real time formative feedback as theyattempt to solve quantitative engineering problems. The interactive system has found favor withinstructors, teaching assistants and students. Because each step taken by the student in theproblem solution is recorded by the accompanying learning management system, students andinstructors can easily review modules to determine where the student went wrong. This approachalso frees Teaching Assistants from the necessity of grading homework, most of which areworked correctly, and allows them to spend time with the students who most need their help.Because of the many options available in the authoring tool, novice developers often

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BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Jevsevar, Vanderbilt University; Melanie Aston, Vanderbilt University; Shaun Price, Vanderbilt University; Cynthia Paschal, Vanderbilt University; Stacy Klein-Gardner

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AC 2008-568: DESIGNING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING CURRICULUMFOR UNDERGRADUATES: SAFE, HANDS-ON AND INEXPENSIVEINSTRUCTIONKristen Jevsevar, Vanderbilt University Ms. Jevsevar is a senior in biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University. She was one of four undergraduates who conducted the beta testing and developed the project in the summer of 2007. Ms. Jevsevar completed the adaptation of the undergraduate materials that were developed to the high school level.Melanie Aston, Vanderbilt University Ms. Aston is a senior in biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University. He was one of four undergraduates who conducted the beta testing and developed the project in the summer of 2007

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BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Stetten, University of Pittsburgh; David Weiser, Respironics; Timothy Cooper, University of Pittsburgh; Samantha Horvath, University of Pittsburgh

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increasingly complex, and miniaturized.Constructing custom electronics in the laboratory is far less common today than in decades past.At the same time, an explosion in imaging technologies and the incredible evolution ofcomputers have usurped the interests of many students who might have once been electronics“gadgeteers.” Nonetheless, the act of analyzing, constructing, and debugging relatively simpleelectronic circuits remains an effective way for students to learn about mathematics, physics, andthe scientific method. Forty years ago a company named Heathkit® produced educational kitsfrom which many enthusiasts learned the basic theory and practice of electronics. A surprisingnumber of today’s senior electrical engineers fondly recall building these

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Design in the BME Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; Donna Ebenstein, Bucknell University; James Baish, Bucknell University; William King, Bucknell University; Daniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

AC 2008-757: INTEGRATING EXTERNAL MENTORS INTO BME SENIORDESIGNJoe Tranquillo, Bucknell UniversityDonna Ebenstein, Bucknell UniversityJames Baish, Bucknell UniversityWilliam King, Bucknell UniversityDaniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University Page 13.764.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Integrating External Mentors into BME Senior DesignIntroductionTo build strong independent design skills, our department exposes students to more andmore open-ended projects through our curriculum. The culminating experience is a two-semester, team-based senior capstone project, mentored by external biomedical expertsand advised by faculty within the department. The single most

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Instructional Methods and Tools in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Tracy Volz, Rice University

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Writing and Critical-Thinking Instructional Tool.” (Invention and Impact: Building Excellence in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and mathematics (STEM) Education. Washington DC: AAAS, 2005, pp. 67-71.2. Chapman, O. L. and M. Fiore. “The White Paper: A Description of CPR™.” http://cpr.molsci.ucla.edu/cpr/resources/documents/misc/CPR_White_Paper.pdf, UCLA, 2001. Accessed 1/9/08.3. Carlson, P.A. and F.C. Berry. “Calibrated Peer Review ™ and Assessing Learning Outcomes,” Proceedings, ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2003, pp. F3E1-F3E6.4. Gobin, A.S. and J.L. West. “Effects of Epidermal Growth Factor on Fibroblast Migration through Biomimetic Hydrogels,” Biotechnol Prog., Vol. 19, 2003, pp