with the biomedical engineering program at WesternNew England College before and after the program. It is clear that the objective to introduce thehigh school students to the educational opportunities available within the biomedical engineeringprogram at Western New England College was met (p = 1 x 10-10). It is assumed that theparticipants’ impressions of the biomedical engineering program at Western New EnglandCollege were favorable as 9 listed the institution as a college to which they plan to apply on thepre-program survey while 12 listed it on the post-program survey. * Figure 4: Participant familiarity (Likert scale 0-4) with biomedical engineering program at
AC 2011-1305: STUDENT REACTIONS TO ELECTRONIC LEARNINGMODULES IN BMERobert A. Linsenmeier, Northwestern University Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neurobiology & Physiology. Director, Northwestern Center for Engineering Education ResearchMelvin Andrew McElrath, Marquette University I am a fourth year biomedical engineering student with an emphasis in biomechanics at Marquette Uni- versity. I spent this summer working under Professor Robert Linsenmeier data mining and investigating student reactions to CAPE modules. I have future plans to go on to graduate school and pursue my doctoral degree.Wendy Murray, Northwestern UniversityLaura M. Haugh-Scheidt, Northwestern University
introduce students to the project management process— including project initiation, planning, execution and closure—in a hands-on way. The curriculum of the graduate project management course (Fig. 1) was linked to that of an undergraduate biomedical engineering
seminar course called Biology in Engineering Seminar, which introduces the student to research at the boundary of engineering and biology across the various disciplines of engineering.ResultsThe Biology in Engineering Certificate program began admitting students in the Fall of 2005.Thirty-three students enrolled in the Biology in Engineering Seminar class, 20 of whom wereeither enrolled in the certificate program or planned to enroll. Of those students, all wereundergraduates majoring in BME. Graduate students and non-BME undergraduates also took thecourse (6/33) but were not enrolled in or planning to enroll in the certificate program.The value of the certificate program cannot be evaluated at this time. However, the value of theseminar
engagement, preparedness, andconfidence in the lab. The following innovations were assessed by instructor observations,excerpts from student reflections, informal student feedback to instructor, and student commentsin end-of-course evaluations. Instructor prompts for each activity are shown in Table 1. 1) In pre-lab written reports, students are required to draw a figure similar to the “graphical Table of Contents consisting of a colorful figure that represents the topic of the review” required for reviews submitted to the American Chemical Society (pubs.acs.org).5 This “snapshot” conveys the student’s overall plan or strategy for the lab and notes any important volumes, time limits, etc. 2) The instructor provides guided
findings, and justify their plans to the student body. Thus, our researchhypothesis for this study is that the combination of an ill-structured course using design- andproject-based instructional frameworks can help entry-level bioengineering students overcomeinitial frustrations and failures during development of desired competencies in bioengineering.This paper outlines the preliminary results from select instructional strategies and assessments asthey relate to the development of these competencies (as seen in the overall scores) anddevelopment of human traits (e.g., confidence) throughout the course of the semester.MethodsRationale for the course re-designBiology for Engineers Laboratory (BIOE 121) is a 1-credit cross-disciplinary course
university, and to the nation.Intr oductionCooperative education at the University of Cincinnati is an academic program. It has its owncurriculum and it is faculty driven. The Division of Professional Practice, where the co-oprtqitco"tgukfgu"kp"vjg"Wpkxgtukv{"qh"EkpekppcvkÓu"qticpk|cvkqpcn"uvtwevwtg."ku"cp"cecfgoke"wpkv"reporting directly to the Vice Provost for Academic Planning. This centralized structure ensuresthat the co-op program is administered consistently across participating colleges. There are 38academic programs that participate in co-op. In 2006, 2,916 students participated in cooperativeeducation. The co-op program at the University of Cincinnati is also geographicallycomprehensive. In 2006, those 2,916 students worked at 1,108
integration opportunities; and they contributed significantly to the perennialcomplaint of BME students everywhere: “how is this relevant?” Biomedical Engineeringstudents at our university are quite vocal about their undergraduate education. About 80% ofundergraduates have plans to attend graduate school or medical school. Below is a sampling ofstudent comments from Linear Systems for Biomedical Engineers end of semester evaluations:“[this course] was very tough to comprehend and had little to do with actual BMEapplications.”“Course was very abstract and frustrating; did not seem to fit into biomechanics.”“More examples or a more diverse group of examples would be beneficial. The textbook was notas clear as it could be.”“I still don’t really
manyareas under the broad umbrella of bioengineering. Students are required to take 3 BioE-relevantcourses, a relevant advanced math course, a relevant advanced biology course, and an additionalchemical sciences course, in addition to the general requirements discussed above (which includecore mathematics, introductory biology, and a course in chemical sciences). A key aspect of ourprogram is that students work with BioE-affiliated faculty to define their area of interest and tolay out a set of courses that fit those interests, are in line with their post-graduate plans, andcomprising an academic plan with depth, breadth, coherence, and rigor.We offer six courses regularly, including Topics in Bioengineering, an introductory surveycourse
the course spreadsheet along with regular course homework.These teaching-to-learn sessions help to ensure a level of relevance and topical interest that isdifficult to attain given the wide array of student backgrounds and the semester-to-semestervariability in student demographics. Further, the idea behind these sessions is consistent with theexperiential knowledge that one understands a subject more deeply when one is required to teachit to others. This seemingly straightforward pedagogical intervention has been surprisinglysuccessful. These sessions are often of higher quality than lectures planned by the assignedcourse instructor, and both the students and the instructor consider them the highlight of thesemester. End-of-semester
-funded summer Biomedical Engineering Research Experience for Undergraduates(REU) at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Over the ten week program, students wereexpected to complete a challenging research project focused on engineering approaches to thestudy and treatment of diabetes and its complications while working with the faculty mentor. Inthis paper, we describe our five-year experience with the research program, preliminaryassessment of project goals, and observations on what constitutes a positive research experience.1.0 Introduction Undergraduate research experiences have the potential to influence the career plans andmotivation of young engineers and scientists.1 The National Science Foundation (NSF) andmany other institutions
triangulated withobservations and field-notes from an extended site visit to PKU as well as informal and formalinterviews conducted in the field and after returning. For the full project, we were interested inunderstanding what was going on-- professionally and personally-- in different realms of theinternational component of the experience, that is, their observations of and adaptation to: • life among the Chinese culture and people; • living with their CURE colleagues; • their research as planned and as enacted; • the way work is conducted in the PKU labs (as compared with and in contrast to their US lab) ; • the nature of collaboration with PKU lab personnel.For this report, we will concentrate on the last three that deal
average enrolment of 30 students peryear.Medical robotics is a multidisciplinary area building on the established disciplines of robotics,control systems, and medicine. Given the limited scope of an undergraduate course, the diversityof medical robotics applications, and the evolving nature of the field, it was decided toemphasize on common underlying principles of medical robotic systems rather than merelyfocusing on specific applications. This course introduces basic concepts in the design, analysisand real-time control of robotic systems within the context of medical applications. Traditionaltopics in robotics including rigid motions, coordinate systems and transformations, kinematics,and motion planning are covered. Basic principles of
the arteriesstructure/topology/state2.4 Reduce details Reduce stress2.5 Duplicate/repeat it * Follow the model of healthy individuals with no signs of heart diseases Have a friend or mentor to follow a prevention plan together 3 Directionality Start a prevention plan after getting the disease to try to reverse some3.1 Take it the other way around effects * Modify genetic sequences to eliminate markers / features for increased3.2 Direct it risk Use bile acid
positions. Project teams that moved forward were presented Figure 1. Our interdisciplinary approach with the opportunity to participate in a semester- long course designed to support them as theyworked through the iterations necessary to create a plan for market readiness and a full proposalapplication for funding consideration. Although participation in the course was not required inorder to submit a full proposal application, it was “strongly recommended,” and 95% of applicantschose to participate in the course. Applicant teams were given the option of having existingstudents working on their
%); Undeclared Engineering (26%); Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering (14%); Engineering Mechanics/Astronautics (9%); Biological Systems Engineering(6%); Engineering Physics (6%); and Nuclear Engineering (5%)) agreed to participate and fund amulti-disciplinary hands-on design course. Last year, we analyzed student retention data overthe past three decades and correlated the data with the introduction to engineering course takenas freshmen. [1] Analysis of course-specific retention data did not clearly align with otherresearch suggesting a positive relationship between hands-on design and retention ofunderrepresented minorities. [2-5] Thus, we plan to implement and assess changes to coursestructure and curriculum to determine best practices to create a
genotyped using 23andMe©. Students who participate inthis optional exercise are able the analyze their own genetic data using tools presented in agenetic tools workshop that could potentially be used to individualize treatments. Those studentswho do not choose to have their own DNA genotyped use de-identified data for this activity.For the team project, groups of three to five students are assigned to a disease at the beginning ofthe semester (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis). Each group learns about the disease, identifies one areaof unmet need, designs an approach to solving the problem (with special consideration of howthe patient would interface with the solution), and develops a brief marketing plan. Sampleprojects include a 4D MRI for hepatic
why, can help them put the approach into perspective. It is important that they understand that experimentation and design is part of the learning experience and part of being an engineer. 2) Assigning separate grades for technical results and process helped students feel more comfortable with falling short on the technical results 3) If time permits, more than one open-ended lab section can allow students to adjust their protocol if necessary. Along these lines, it was helpful to review proposals before the final lab. Groups either without a clear plan or an over-ambitious plan
training, culminating in the 10-week charity bike ride.During the training months, riders train by riding 2000 miles with their team, raise at least$4500, and volunteer for 50+ hours in their community. The Texas 4000 training programincludes a comprehensive curriculum based around Eight Foundational Skills – Self Awareness,Communication, Resiliency, Efficient Planning, Peer Respect, Situational Leadership, TechnicalKnowledge & Skills, and Vision & Action.Goals of interaction between the BME CUReS REU Site and Texas 4000The interaction of the BME CUReS and Texas 4000 was intended to be mutually beneficial in anumber of ways. The first is that the Texas 4000 riders and riders-in-training get to interact withcancer researchers. This allows
in responsefollowing the event. Question 3 was not directly tied toan activity, requiring students to extrapolate from theirexperiences. The other two questions (2 and 6) wereanswered correctly by more than 80% of students atthe start.Student inspiration is more difficult to track, in partbecause we did not link responses from specificstudents between surveys. Hence, the lack ofsignificant change on these questions could represent asubset of students with increased interest and anothersubset with decreased interest, cancelling one anotherout. In relating biomechanics to careers, our activitiesmay have communicated the relevance ofbiomechanics to athletics, but in the future we plan tocreate clearer links between biomechanics andadditional
, fluid flow, and electric and magnetic potential problems.The authors (JAS, MDV) are currently working on a textbook that would be germane to the firsttwo courses of this sequence.ConclusionIn summary, CV engineering is an established discipline of biomedical engineering. This fact Page 12.345.7must be considered by institutions when planning for educational efforts, e.g. course andprogram development, research thrusts. The information presented here should be useful toengineering departments who are already participating in the area or who plan such anexpansion.Bibliography1. Ritter AB, Reisman S, Michiak BB. Biomedical Engineering Principles
, fittings, and stopcocks. Given a basicschematic for a flow loop that incorporates the flow sensor and pressure taps leading to thetransducer, students are instructed to devise an experimental plan to measure the pressure dropper length for a segment of tubing containing a wire (inserted via the catheter introducer set),matching the dimensions and other parameters used in the analytical approach. In particular,students are cautioned that they must account for minor losses arising from the pressure taps ateither end of the arterial model. The goal is for students to discover that by repeating thepressure drop measurement for two different tubing lengths, they can determine the minor lossand subtract it off. Students use their blood model as the
scheduled for two hours. The course hasbeen taught by the author five times since 2000, a second section has been taughtby another faculty member four times in the same interval. It is the purpose of the remainder of this paper to describe the normallecture content, lab visits, optional exercises, and homework such that the coursemay be emulated elsewhere with a minimum of effort. The course web site mayalso be used as a reference.1Normally scheduled lectures A portion of the first class is usefully used in allowing the students tointroduce each other, discussing home towns, majors planned, unique events, andtheir reasons for taking this module. The remainder of the first class, andtypically the entire next class is then used to give
Degree will be able to work in avariety of medical facilities from doctor's offices to hospitals2. Specifically, they will beresponsible for problem solving, data interpretation, complex troubleshooting, preparation ofspecifications, scheduling, planning, analysis, project management, and decision making.BET CurriculumDrexel’s Engineering Technology undergraduate bachelor’s program consists of 187.5 totalquarter credits3. BET curriculum is based on ET core courses supplemented with a combinationof courses in biology, human factors, medical terminology, codes and regulations, medicalinstrumentation, and healthcare administration courses specific to the BET concentration, shownin red. Courses BET 301, BET 302, BET 303, and BET 305 have been
improve teaching by the graduateteaching assistants assigned to discussion section by facilitating the organization and planning. The discussion of problem solving in class yesterday was useful. (53 responses) 60% 40% 20% 0% Strongly Agree Not sure Disagree Strongly I missed agree disagree that class. It was interesting to see how other students approached the sludge problem. (59 responses) 60% 40% 20% 0% Strongly Agree No opinion Disagree
roomassistants (TAs) staff the lab in the afternoonsand early evenings, as well as on weekends to coincide with student’s needs.This laboratory includes a separate, locked machining room with controlled access (figure 2).The room has a fusion deposition modeler (FDM, Stratasys Dimension) and laser cutter(Universal Laser Systems). We plan to add a computer numerical controlled (CNC) mill in thenear future. Students only have access to this room under supervision of a TA or facultymember.In the rare case that these machining tools are not sufficient, students have limited access tomachining equipment in a BME research lab, which is professionally staffed, as well as a fee-for-service machine shop in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.Courses A. BME
for seniors,are presented here that involve the design of biomaterials for cartilage and bonereplacement. An assessment plan, to be executed during Spring 2011, will measurestudent mastery of learning outcomes specific to the field of biomaterials science andthose set forth by ABET for undergraduate Chemical Engineering programs. 1. Introduction Biomaterials have received considerable attention over the past 30 years. A biomaterial has been defined as a material intended to interface with a biological system to evaluate, treat, augment, or replace any tissue organ or function in the body (1). Therefore, the study of biomaterials encompasses the study of materials science, medicine, and biology. It is estimated that over 11 million
project manager. He is Business Advisor and Speaker for the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, Director of Duke NeuroInnovations, and on the planning team for BME IDEA. He holds a BS in Physics, English Literature, and Secondary Education from UNC Charlotte, an MS in BME from UNC Chapel Hill’s Medical School, and a Ph.D. from the UNC/NCSU BME Department. Andrew has two children, 15-year-old daughter Virginia Elaine and 13-year-old son Andrew, Jr. His wife, Abigail Kent, is a nurse at the NC State Highway Patrol.Dr. Hatice O. Ozturk, North Carolina State University Dr. Hatice Ozturk is a Teaching Associate Professor at North Carolina State University, Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical
Larry Schmedeman is a Professor in the Rader School of Business at Milwaukee School of Engineering. He joined the faculty in 1982 and has taught a wide spectrum of courses ranging from economics, finance, management, international business, and business planning. He serves as the Program Director for the international business. Educational background: B.S. Education, Bachelor of Management, and MBA.Larry Fennigkoh, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Larry Fennigkoh is currently an Associate Professor in MSOE’s Biomedical Engineering program where he teaches courses in: physiology, medical instrumentation, biomedical engineering design, biomechanics, and biostatistics. He has been with
, every student in our Capstone class was assignedhis/her first or second choice of project.Solutions WorkshopsOnce a week the Capstone instructors and teaching assistants (TAs) hold “SolutionsWorkshops”, which are hour-long discussion sessions where four to five Capstone Teams areasked, one at a time, to orally summarize (in the span of approximately ten minutes) the progressthey have made to date on their Capstone projects, any hurdles or problems that have arisen, anyrecent successes that the team has experienced, any resources that are required at that juncture,and work plans for the upcoming weeks. After each team presents this information, the project isopen for discussion by the Capstone students on other teams, the instructors, and the