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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. LaShan Simpson, Mississippi State University; Ed Dechert, Mississippi State University

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Biomedical Engineering

Paper ID #23533Work in Progress: The Use of Scaffolding and Peer Reviews to Improve Ef-fective Writing Skills in Biomedical EngineersDr. C. LaShan Simpson, Mississippi State University Dr. Simpson received her B.S. in Biochemistry from Clemson University. Her doctoral research focused on developing cell therapy treatments for vascular calcification. Her research interests were in targeted therapies and she strengthened her polymer expertise during her postdoctoral training at Rice University. Her postdoctoral work focused on injectable gene therapy for bone grafting. As an independent researcher, her work is focused on

Conference Session

Active Learning in BME, Session I

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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Biomedical Engineering

replied “I feel the student instruction left me wanting formore guidance towards more specific lab goals.” When asked what they will carry with theminto other classes or other aspects of life, responses were almost all positive and included“writing good procedures”, “how to measure a signal”, “it was useful to learn how to effectivelyteach someone how to conduct an experiment”, “signal processing capabilities, experience, andconfidence”, and “how to work with and teach peers.” While many of the responses supportedthe objective of this technique, some showed a student-perceived dependence on the instructor.The end of semester institutional course evaluations (n=35 out of 47 students) had two textresponse questions. The first asked for comments and

Conference Session

Active learning in BME, Session II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington; Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington

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Biomedical Engineering

bioengineering, service learning, universal design, tissue and protein engineering labs, bioengineering ethics, leadership, and capstone proposal writing and design. She is committed to enhancing diversity and inclusivity in en- gineering, and creating opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in K-12 educational outreach. Dr. Hendricks has over a decade of experience leading educational outreach and summer camp programs at both Duke University and the University of Washington.Dr. Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington Ken Yasuhara is an instructional consultant and assistant director at the Office for the Advancement of Engineering Teaching & Learning (ET&L) at the University of Washington. He completed an

Conference Session

Design in the BME curriculum

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kay C. Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Brackin P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Alan Chiu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen A. Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Renee D. Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A. House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

also report initial quantitative data on theacademic hardiness of the biomedical engineering students: Were these students measurablymore ‘academically hardy’ than other incoming engineering students? Did the repeated exposureto open-ended problem-solving situations measurably increase these biomedical engineeringstudents’ academic hardiness? Finally, we will present a comparison of the academicperformance of students who participated in this new curriculum with students who did not.IntroductionThe engineering design studio was created by a group of faculty who wanted to integrate design,writing, professional responsibility, and engineering topics into a multidisciplinary studio setting.Traditionally design studios are associated with

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gloria J. Kim, Northwestern University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Northwestern University; Mark James Fisher, Northwestern University

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

engineering research.Northwestern University’s Master’s Certificate in Translational Biomedical Researchdistinguishes itself from existing programs within Northwestern University and translationalMaster’s (MS) programs offered at other peer institutions in the background of the participatingstudents and its focus. Participants are recruited from the MS student pool within the school ofengineering. The curricular focus is on the integration of engineering in the translationalpathway.The interdisciplinary program is designed to immerse the students in the integrative approachand experience needed to take their engineering background to the clinical space and industry.The certificate program capitalizes on the existing extensive research collaborations

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge E. Bohorquez, University of Miami

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Biomedical Engineering

well-being of a patient undergoing physiological recordings as the ultimate goal. Every problemrequires the students writing a discussion addressing the likelihood of having a diagnostic errorand its clinical consequences. The students are required to support their argumentation usingquantitative predictions, the applicable device standards and the medical practicerecommendations issued by the medical societies. The instructor provides handouts with“extracts” and interpretations from the standards that have been either purchased by theUniversity or obtained trough the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) UniversityOutreach Program. For example, the American Heart Association recommendations along withthe International Electrotechnical

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Christopher Bouwmeester, University of Toronto

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Biomedical Engineering

onenhancing communication skills (thesis, grant, and award writing, oral presentations, etc.) thatwill help students be successful in their research. The knowledge translation activity takes placewithin this mandatory course and students usually take this course in the first semester of theirgraduate studies. The learning outcomes for this course are framed as follows: 1) apply searchtechniques to inform and support research, 2) create a thesis proposal, 3) evaluate written andoral work, 4) communicate your thesis to a non-specialist audience and 5) transfer yourknowledge to a broad audience. To enable these outcomes, the course was structured with a mixof individual and team work. Students worked individually to deliver a 4-page written

Conference Session

Active learning in BME, Session II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asem Farooq Aboelzahab, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Tamara Lea Kinzer-Ursem, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Biomedical Engineering

Weldon School of BME, thecurriculum utilizes the engineering design process to guide students through three (3) differentmodules covering different Biotransport phenomena (diffusivity, mass transport, and heattransfer). Students are required to research, conceptualize, and generate hypotheses around amodule prompt. Students design, execute, and analyze their own experimental setups to test thehypotheses within an autodidactic peer-learning structure. Methods: A multi-year study wascompleted spanning from 2014 to 2016, assessing students’ end of course evaluations. With anintegration of the flipped lecture into the lab being first implemented in 2015 (prior to 2015, theflipped lecture was a stand-alone course offered outside of the lab sections

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Active Learning in BME, Session I

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole L Ramo, Colorado State University; Jasmine Erin Nejad, Colorado State University; Ketul C. Popat, Colorado State University; Kimberly Catton P.E., Colorado State University

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

to that, he was working as a Research Specialist in the Department of Physiology at University of California, San Francisco. He has authored over 85 peer-reviewed publications in journals such as Langmuir, Biomaterials, Journal of Orthopedic Research, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, etc. and has and h-index of 37. He has also presented his work at numerous national and international level conferences. He received his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from University of Illinois at Chicago in 2003, M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago in 2000 and B.E. in Chemical Engineering from M. S. University in India in 1998.Dr. Kimberly Catton P.E., Colorado State University Professor of

Conference Session

Design in the BME curriculum

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eileen Haase PhD, Johns Hopkins University

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Biomedical Engineering

. Experimental testing of the mathematical model is anessential component of the learning process, and allows the students to collect data and perform astatistical analysis of their model. At first, the process of making assumptions, writing equations,developing an experimental protocol to test the model, and analyzing the results is daunting. Bythe final independent project, 88% of students felt exploring their own topic was an “excellent”or “good” learning experience and valued presenting their results at a final poster session. Notonly do the freshmen benefit from the course, but the upperclassmen lab managers believe theyhave gained valuable leadership and professional skills, such as providing constructive feedbackand public

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Active learning in BME, Session II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R Clegg, University of Texas, Austin; K. R. Diller, University of Texas, Austin

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Biomedical Engineering

every five minutes, at the initiation of a given interval. First, the number of studentsexhibiting disengaged behavior were tabulated, which could include, but was not limited to,unrelated electronic device usage, off-topic discussion with peers, or physical disengagement.Second, the class activity was categorized according to the nature of the instructional activity(i.e. content-oriented lecture, storytelling, group work, challenge problem solving, studentpresentations, routine example solving, instructional transition) and any relevant teaching-toolsemployed (i.e. board writing, electronic media). Regression analysis of observation data,collected for the accelerated abroad course only, provided insight into the impact of in-classactivities

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Connecting BME education to the "real world"

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia N. Savoy, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Mia K. Markey, The University of Texas at Austin; Henry Grady Rylander III P.E., The University of Texas at Austin

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Biomedical Engineering

exploratory, and lacking a clearoutline before arriving on site. These trainees did not discuss having “ownership” of theexternship or their project, and it was not clear from their language choices exactly who shouldbe developing such a plan. Students who did not have a clear plan were less likely to feel theyreceived feedback on their externship performance, either on their day-to-day work or on theexperience overall. These trainees had fewer opportunities to benefit from successful masteryexperiences or positive messaging from site mentors, while the opposite was true for traineeswith well-structured externships. For example, trainees in later cohorts explained that they hadspoken with more experienced peers and, as a result, wanted to have

Conference Session

Connecting BME education to the "real world"

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

.”“Remaining open to new ideas, especially if they [were] coming from someone else”,“improvement in [our] ability to draw sketches and convey design ideas” and “a focus ongood brainstorming techniques” were also themes. Some students found that the “lack ofresources helped stimulate better ideas, by closing off the obvious paths” and helpedthem “overcome design hurdles” by encouraging them to “ask for help from experts”.The lack of resources also help them “trust more what [they] already knew and to “view[their] own knowledge and skills as the greatest design resource”. Many students weresurprised by “how much [they] could learn outside of a classroom”, and that they found iteasier to “learn something new, like a skill, […] from a peer [rather] than