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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Faruk Yildiz

ATTRACTING YOUNG MINDS TO ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY FIELDS WITH MOBILE RENEWABLE ENERGY EDUCATION Faruk Yildiz fxy001@shsu.edu Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX 77341AbstractVarious ways to attract young minds to STEM fields have been implemented bynon-profit organizations and institutions through volunteer work or funding.Mobile Renewable Energy Education (MREE) is a long term project aimed toprovide area (especially rural) K-12 students and teachers with an appliedmathematics, engineering and science curriculum package based on Photovoltaic(PV), wind power, energy conversion and

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Toure Cort; Adityen Sudhakaran; Shankar Krishnan

this project, collaborative learning was experienced with an example of knowledge of 3D rapid prototyping.Future Work In the future, we hope to develop a modified version of the prosthetic mitral valve bytrying different materials with greater flexibility. There are also hopes for increasing the utility of 3D rapid prototyping. 3D rapidprototyping can possibly be used to print a scaffold to be used in tissue engineering. As differentdesigns and concepts are created, 3D rapid prototyping will bring these ideas to fruition. Another thought to keep in mind is that implantation of prosthetic heart valves is veryinvasive and depending on the age and health condition of the patient, they may not be able toundergo the procedure

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Adam Paczuski; S.M. Krishnan

makingnecessary changes and corrections. Improved safety will result in a greateracceptance of robotic assistants while potentially assuring a higher qualityprocedure and care delivery necessary for patients.In conclusion, detailed analysis of failures in medically engineered systems such asrobotic assistants in surgery and a proposal of methods to circumvent the problemwill enhance their safety, and improve product performance resulting in a higherquality robotic surgery. The techniques learned by students in this project arevaluable to biomedical engineering students, especially at the undergraduate level.Key words- Surgical robotic assistants, Undergraduate research project, roboticsystem failures, learning product design, product failure