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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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Biomedical

skills in robotics, control systems, instrumentation and real-time computing using astate-of-the-art technology. The proposed experimental platform can also be used in a traditionalrobotics or control systems course.3. AssessmentThe students are required to conduct the experiments in groups of two under the supervision of Page 13.881.3the course teaching assistants. Pre-laboratory assignments are used to familiarize the studentswith concepts behind each experiment. During the labs, instead of following a set of predefinedsteps, the students develop their control system from scratch based on the problem requirementsand often undergo a few

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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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Biomedical

. Page 13.806.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Introducing Universal Design Concepts in an Interdisciplinary Laboratory ProjectAbstractDesign for individuals with disabilities has been used by many institutions as a way to teach thedesign process to undergraduate students. These design projects often involve the design of anassistive device for a single individual to facilitate a particular task. The departments ofbiomedical engineering and industrial engineering at Western New England College have furtherdeveloped an interdisciplinary laboratory design experience that involves the design of assistivetechnologies for workers performing light manufacturing work at Goodwill Industries of

Conference Session

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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Biomedical

satisfying and well-designed kits. Nothing comparable is available today.Educational kits are still available, most notably from RadioShack®, but these generally do notinclude much basic theory, being geared instead towards the hobbyist who wants to seesomething work without too much pedagogy. At the other end of the spectrum is NationalInstruments®, which makes a wide array of well-supported equipment for university teaching andresearch laboratories. Such systems are generally too expensive for students to own individuallyand rely primarily on simulations of circuits for their educational value, although they do provideinput and output for external systems. Recently they have introduced a new line of breadboardinterfaces to address the need for

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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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Biomedical

AC 2008-117: IMPLEMENTING CALIBRATED PEER REVIEW TO ENHANCETECHNICAL CRITIQUING SKILLS IN A BIOENGINEERING LABORATORYAnn Saterbak, Rice University Ann Saterbak is Director of Laboratory Instruction and Lecturer in the Bioengineering Department at Rice University. Dr. Saterbak teaches laboratory, lecture and problem-based learning courses. She is the lead author of the textbook, Bioengineering Fundamentals, published in 2007 by Prentice Hall. She received her B.A. in Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry from Rice University in 1990 and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in 1995.Tracy Volz, Rice University Tracy Volz is the Assistant

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BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments

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Biomedical

engineering student to find the functions thatmost apply to their course and hence a better organization is needed to help teach and understandconcepts. In this paper, we will explore a new Startup kit that has been developed to address thisconcern. We will explore the current environment and the areas that can be improved upon andpresent the free biomedical startup kit and discuss the pros and cons of this approach1. INTRODUCTIONBiomedical Engineering education has evolved significantly in the recent years to encompassadvanced areas from the life sciences, as well as electrical and mechanical engineering such asadvanced signal and image processing, data acquisition and instrumentation. With the inclusionof such areas in the curriculum comes the

Conference Session

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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Biomedical

. Ms. Aston is again working on this project, scoring and analyzing field-test data from all biomedical imaging curriculum units.Shaun Price, Vanderbilt University Ms. Price 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.Cynthia Paschal, Vanderbilt University Dr. Paschal teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in biomedical engineering and conducts research in magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography. She is also Director of Undergraduate Studies in BME at Vanderbilt University and is co-PI of the NSF-sponsored project, “Biomedical Imaging

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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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Biomedical

efficient use of faculty resources by allowing them to teach studentsat both institutions simultaneously. Several courses have been taught this way since 2004, usingour videoconferencing facilities, with some travel back and forth by the course faculty to provideface-to-face contact with all students. However, these were all lecture-based courses with littleor no laboratory component.There was a particular need at NCSU to offer more hands-on biomedical instrumentation coursesto serve the students in that track. Because faculty were not available to create new classes atNCSU, the authors decided to extend an existing class at UNC and offer it jointly at NCSU. TheMicrocontroller Applications course was chosen because it fulfilled a void at NCSU and

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BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Daniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary forengineering practice”. These tools may take on a variety of forms, including both engineeringsoftware (e.g. LabVIEW, SolidWorks, COMSOL, MatLAB) and engineering instrumentation(e.g. DAQ, oscilloscopes, multimeters, rapid prototype machines, and machine shop tools). Inour BME curriculum, we aim to introduce students to a broad range of engineering tools throughdirect hands on experiences. While some tools are incorporated into standard 2 hourinstructional laboratories, others are introduced through student-selected, open-ended, multiweekor semester long projects.In this paper, we present a two-project sequence spanning two semesters that was designed tointroduce students to

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BME Courses & Curricular Content

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Torres, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Biomedical

in the case of those bioengineering students not inclined towards theinstrumentation line. Utilization of the NI ELVIS has been in general terms well received bystudents. This paper focuses on describing the initial experience of developing a newcomprehensive and balanced introductory electrical circuits course in an undergraduatebioengineering curriculum using an integrated laboratory-lecture method and utilizing theaforementioned virtual instrumentation resource.Intr oductionWithin the framework of an undergraduate bioengineering curriculum, teaching a first course onelectrical/electronic circuits to students with no previous background presents a significantchallenge. Given the number of different multidisciplinary areas that a

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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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Biomedical

Best Practices of the ExCEEd Teaching Methodology in a Bioengineering CurriculumAbstractThe ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) teaching workshops are an annualweek long workshop sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to helpprofessors throughout civil engineering down the path to becoming “Complete Exemplars” inJoseph Lowman’s 2-D model of exemplary teaching [Joseph Lowman, 1995, Mastering theTechniques of Teaching, 2nd Edition, San Francisco, Jossey-Bass]; in other words developingteachers who develop high intellectual excitement in their classrooms while maintainingexcellent interpersonal rapport with the students. The workshop focuses on developing skills andtechniques that the

Conference Session

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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Biomedical

component of the course includes various exercises aimed at improving thestudents’ ability to perform research and communicate about their work.During the first week, students are asked to complete online modules that are designed to teach aset of professional skills related to the acquisition and use of information. These were developedby our School of Engineering Librarian and are based on standards from ABET, ACRL(Association of College and Research Libraries), and Middle States criteria. In addition, studentsare provided with training on laboratory safety, chemical hygiene, and blood borne pathogensthrough the Department of Environmental Health and Safety. Representatives from theInstitutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and the

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BME Courses & Curricular Content

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hatice Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Lianne Cartee, North Carolina State University

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Biomedical

AC 2008-384: ADDING BIOMEDICAL CONTEXT TO A TRADITIONALENGINEERING COURSE IN A BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMHatice Ozturk, North Carolina State University Hatice Orun Ozturk is a Teaching Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. She is also coordinator of assessment in both departments.Lianne Cartee, North Carolina State University Lianne A. Cartee is a Teaching Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at North Carolina State University. She is also the director of undergraduate programs. Page 13.150.1© American

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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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Biomedical

normal physiological conditions and disease, and in bioengineering and physiology education.Jean Alley, Vanderbilt University Jean Alley has served as the Education Program Coordinator for VaNTH for 7 years, organizing and directing the REU program and other educational outreach efforts for this Engineering Research Center. She is also currently working with the Vanderbilt branch of the Center for the Integration of Research Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) as a site organizer.Penny Hirsch, Northwestern University Penny L. Hirsch is Associate Director of the Writing Program at Northwestern and a Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Lecturer. A principal in her own communications consulting

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Careers and Professional Development in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Guilford, University of Virginia; Katherine Bishop, University of Virginia; William Walker, University of Virginia; J. Milton Adams, University of Virginia

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Biomedical

inphysiology, cell and molecular biology, and advanced laboratory techniques are moreacademically challenging than introductory biology courses and labs, yet provide similarbackground in basic science and techniques. However, medical schools might counter that theyare not equivalent. For example, two topics that are not taught in our curriculum that areordinarily taught in a standard two-semester biology and lab sequence are phylogeny and thebiology of specific non-mammalian eukaryotic genera. Neither do we teach ecology andevolutionary biology, though these are not universally covered in freshman biology courses.Bacterial and viral biology are covered in our cell and molecular biology course, though inspecific rather than broad terms.We sought to

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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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Biomedical

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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BME Courses & Curricular Content

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Patzer, University of Pittsburgh

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Biomedical

13.583.2Biothermodynamics is a prerequisite for our Biotransport course and Biomethods andApplications (laboratory) course and precedes the required human physiology course taught byanother department. Biothermodynamics is a three-credit course that meets twice weekly for anhour and fifteen minutes with an hourly recitation once a week. We currently offer one sectionwith an enrollment of approximately 50 students.A second logistic problem is availability of appropriate texts and material. While the First,Second, and Third Laws of thermodynamics cross all engineering disciplines, applications tendto be discipline specific. Thus, in perusing thermodynamics texts directed toward mechanicalengineers11, 12 one finds applications in heat engines, power transmission