Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Gunnarsson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Camille Birch, University of Washington; Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

Paper ID #27591Board 4: Curriculum on Diversity and Ethics: Impact in an IntroductoryBioengineering CourseC Gunnarsson, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCamille Birch, University of Washington Camille Birch is a graduate of the Bioengineering and Computer Science departments at the University of Washington. She developed curriculum concerning the interplay of diversity and ethics for undergrad- uate engineering students at UW and is interested in the power of education to enact change in future generations of engineers. She currently works for Microsoft in the Bay Area.Dr. Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark A. Chapman, University of San Diego; Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego; G. Bryan Cornwall PhD P.E., Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

approach to give students the opportunity to apply engineering principles at the smallestscales of BME (Bioinformatics), at the tissue level (Biomaterials Design and QuantitativeHuman Physiology), at the macroscale (Biomechanics) and, finally, to integrate principles fromall scales into the design of medical devices (Medical Devices) [4]. The objective of thiscurriculum is to provide students with a toolkit of important BME skills to make themcompetitive for industry careers as well as graduate school. An emphasis on design and project-based learning will help our students develop their communication skills, critical thinking, andtheir ability to work in teams. We plan to weave in issues of social responsibility and ethics intoour BME curriculum

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Imas, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jeffrey A. Lamack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

same time as the second capstone designcourse in which the students continue assessing the feasibility of their design projects, developtheir functional design specifications and work toward system-level designs. Thus, the deviceevaluation course complements the design process topics with those of regulation and deviceevaluation and allows for course assignments specific to the students’ design projects. Thecourse is offered two quarters after the Professional Topics in Biomedical Engineering courseand builds upon other professional BME topics such as intellectual property, engineeringstandards, design for manufacturing, healthcare economics, globalization of medical devices,ethics in medical device development, documentation, and user

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John P Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

concepts and introduced later conceptsthrough an interactive discussion around a case-study. The examples came from readingsavailable in the back of the textbook in the section titled “Practical Aspects of Biomaterials”mixed with related current events. Examples included: material design considerations, regulatoryconstraints, and ethical dilemmas (i.e those surrounding failed implants). An overview waspresented in the first 10 min of the case-study session. For the next 20-30 minutes studentsworked in groups on a worksheet while the instructors and TAs circulated around the room. Thelast 30-40 min was used to report out the groups’ findings. With such a large class, the worksheetquestions were either divided between groups in the class or during

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer H. Choi, University of California, Davis

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

integration of entrepreneurship education andtraining in the undergraduate biomedical engineering curriculum.MethodsInternship Selection and Program StructureApplications were solicited from biomedical engineering undergraduate students. Applicationsconsisted of a resume, transcript, and personal statement. Following in-person interviews, fourlower division and four upper division students were selected to participate in the inauguralseven week summer innovation internship (Figure 1).The internship began with a two-day workshop focused on needs-finding, needs statementdevelopment, conducting observations, ethics in observations, value exploration and designthinking. Over the course of seven weeks, students were immersed in full-time

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Marina Marjanovic, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

information literacy. After this, the general structure (Figure 1) for eachchallenge includes: (1) introduction to the challenge (week 1), (2) guest lecturer – currentresearch (week 2), (3) training in a supporting topic, such as ethics (week 3), and (4) wrap-updiscussion of the challenge/delivery of report (week Introduction to challenge4). The whole course is coordinated and taught Week 1by two teaching faculty (Profs. Marjanovic and Work with guidance from mentorsPool). The lecture each week is delivered by Grand Challenge (4