knowledge and attitude components, and submitted the planto College of Engineering. This plan was instrumental in designing the software “ProgramAssessment Tool: PAT”Table 1 shows the complete list of these sub-outcomes associated with A-K and Table 2 includesthe matrix association with relevant courses. Assessment matrices are constructed by mappingoutcomes to courses and this process is commonly called curriculum mapping9.Table 1: Listing of sub-outcomesa) An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering a-1 Explain basics concepts of systems and cellular biology. a-2 Discuss the problems associated with the interactions between living and non-living materials and systems. a-3 Critically evaluate and analyze
13.277.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Career and Professional Development in Bioengineering: Translation of a Conference Initiative to Education and TrainingAbstractThe Student Activities Committee of the annual conferences of the Institute of Electrical andElectronics Engineers’ (IEEE) Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) hasdeveloped a unique career and professional development track for undergraduate and graduatestudents in bioengineering. This initiative debuted at the 2005 IEEE/EMBS conference and hassince developed as an integral part of the annual conference. In the 2006 annual conference,approximately 320 student members participated in the student
bioelectricphenomena. The students are enrolled in the biomedical engineering concentration within thenewly accredited general engineering program at East Carolina University. Bioelectricphenomena were introduced through a group project so that, in addition to learning new subjectmatter, they would (A) integrate knowledge developed in prerequisite and co-requisitecoursework in a new setting, (B) develop their independent research skills, (C) gain experienceworking in teams, and (D) develop facility to apply their new knowledge, not just recite it. Thesetraits are considered to be important aspects of the program goal to producing work-readyengineers.Teams of 3-4 students were given a model of an axon, surrounding tissue and a stimulating nervecuff, written in
Conference. Page 12.331.106. Manuel-Dupont S, “Writing Across the Curriculum in an Engineering Program,” J of Eng Ed 1996 p. 35-40 Building Engineering Communication Skills 107. Morello, J, “Comparing Speaking Across the Curriculum and Writing Across the Curriculum Programs,” Communication Education. January 20008. McNair LD, Norback JS, Miller B, “Integrating Discipline-Specific Communication Instruction based on Workforce Data into Technical Communication Courses, “ Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Conference.9. Norback JS, McNair LD, Laughter MJ, Forehand GA, Sutley-Fish, B, “Teaching Workplace
half years as the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs of the College of Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Using a Techno-Economic Model to Promote Consideration of Uncertainty in Bioengineering DesignIntroductionDecision-making is an integral aspect of the engineering design process. Engineers solvecomplex open-ended design problems with a variety of technical and non-technical constraints.In many engineering courses, this kind of decision-making can lack realistic context (Jonassen etal., 2006; Jensen, 2015) and may often be reduced to the elimination of all or most of the real-world constraints. Research on the decision making process of engineering
-on learning? An hands-on learning approach requires students to become activeparticipants instead of passive learners who simply listen to lectures. The concept of “hands-onlearning” is not new in engineering education. A previous study of engineering educationshowed that hands-on learning is an effective method for engineering classes.1 In fact, over thepast 10 years or so, many engineering schools and programs have started to adopt “hands-onlearning” into their curricula. Whether using simple everyday household items or sophisticatedequipment, professors are now trying to integrate hands-on learning into their classes.Laboratory activities are the traditional method of providing students hands-on experience.However, with advancements in
, Chicago, IL. From 2006 to 2009, she was a Senior Associate with Exponent, Inc. From 2009 to 2013, she was principal of RSO Consulting, LLC, and taught as an Adjunct Professor at Widener University, Chester, PA. Since 2013, she has been an Associate Professor with the Bioengineering Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Her research interests have included biomechanics, primarily focusing on spine-related injuries and degeneration. Currently, her interests are in engineering education, curriculum development and assess- ment. Dr. Ochia is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME
an ability tocommunicate effectively [ABET 2016]. Engineers need to document and report their technicalideas, designs, and solutions in a clear and succinct manner and to a variety of audiences. Oneway for students to gain and practice documentation and technical communication skills in apractical setting is through the experiential courses throughout the curriculum (i.e. laboratorycourses).Given the increasing presence of social media as well as other methods of electroniccommunication, computer mediated activities provide an opportunity to educate students in afamiliar setting. Electronic documentation is also gaining popularity in research laboratories andindustries, as well as in the medical and other professional fields, all in which
technologies influence theireducational experience and learning. Yet their attitudes and perceptions must be considered in Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2008 American Society for Engineering Educationthe use of instructional technology if the end result is to have the technology enhance theirlearning. In order to investigate student perceptions in these areas: general attitudes aboutlearning; reactions to their experiences with technologies in the classroom; and faculty use oftechnology, an online survey was administered to the students.2. MethodsThese courses integrate instructional technologies across the curriculum and we used
, Satisfactory, and Outstanding.The BME program is an integral part of the Mechanical Engineering (ME) Department whichhas been accredited since 1965. Hence, many courses are offered as part of the mechanicalengineering curriculum. Thus, it was necessary to separate the assessment of the BME studentlearning outcomes from the assessment of the class. By using the program-specific rubrics, onlythe students enrolled in the BME program were evaluated within each class, even though theclass contained a larger number of students. It is important to note that the ME program hasemployed several different methods of assessment throughout the years. During the last visit,rubrics were employed.2. Formative versus Summative AssessmentThe separation of Student
Paper ID #16776Work in Progress: Reviving a Transport Phenomena Course by Incorporat-ing Simulation and Laboratory ExperiencesDr. Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Marcia Pool is a Lecturer in bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In her career, Marcia has been active in improving undergraduate education through developing problem-based laboratories to enhance experimental design skills; developing a preliminary design course focused on problem identification and market space (based on an industry partner’s protocol); and mentoring and guiding student teams through the
, theCardiovascular Research: Engineering a Translational Experience (CREATE) REU program isunique in that it emphasizes the parallels between the creative process and research. Creativity,an attribute that most feel is important for aspiring engineers, is typically not emphasized inresearch programs or in the undergraduate curriculum. This study describes the impacts thatemphasizing the creative process in the CREATE REU had both on student and facultyperceptions.Background and Literature ReviewThe National Academy of Engineering (NAE) emphasizes that creativity is one of the importantcharacteristics that engineering students should possess. As stated in the pivotal Engineer of2020 manuscript, “Creativity…is an indispensable quality for engineering and
unique in the challenges posed to communication given the wide arrayof clients, especially physicians and clinicians. The ability to work well with collaborators (notjust immediate members of a design team) is essential to success in BME, whether in industry,the clinic, or academia. Moreover, specialized knowledge and skills are needed forcommunication with collaborators in the various sectors pertinent to BME.8The integration of professional skills into a BME curriculum at a holistic level (not just“inoculated” into a specific course) has been described previously in the implementation ofproblem-based learning throughout a curriculum.9 However, there has been little publication ofsuch methods for teaching and assessing professional skills
troubleshooting,and had many opportunities to encounter open-ended problems that required a creativesolution. While these skills do not always come easily, in the authors’ experiences,students, when motivated, rise to the occasion. As the instructor, the sequence providedcountless teachable moments that would not have developed in a traditional course.ReferencesRicherson SJ and Cavanagh DP “Vertical Laboratories: Within Biomedical EngineeringCourses and Across the Curriculum”, Proceedings of ASEE 2005.Cavanagh DP and Richerson SJ, “An Integrated Lecture-Lab Approach for anIntroduction to Biomedical Engineering Course”. BMES 2004.Tranquillo, J, “Qualitative, Quantitative, Open-ended Design: A Progression inLaboratory/Lecture Learning”. Proceedings of ASEE
to 2009, she was a Senior Associate with Exponent, Inc. From 2009 to 2013, she was principal of RSO Consulting, LLC, and taught as an Adjunct Professor at Widener University, Chester, PA. Since 2013, she has been an Associate Professor with the Bioengineering Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Her research interests have included biomechanics, primarily focusing on spine-related injuries and degeneration. Currently, her interests are in engineering education, curriculum development and assess- ment. Dr. Ochia is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Society for
biomedical engineering curricula", Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual: IEEE, 2001, pp. F3E-16-21 vol. 12.[16] Linsenmeier, R.A., T. Harris, and S. Olds, "The VaNTH bioengineering curriculum project", Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint: IEEE, 2002, pp. 2644-2645.[17] Linsenmeier, R.A., and D.W. Gatchell, "Core elements of an undergraduate biomedical engineering curriculum–State of the art and recommendations", 9th International Conference on Engineering Education, 2006.[18] Martin, T., S.D. Rivale, and K.R. Diller
Center on Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces.Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Richard Goldberg is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He is also the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Curriculum in Applied Sciences and Engineering, which houses the undergraduate BME program. He teaches several instrumentation courses. He also teaches a senior design class in a collaborative effort at UNC and Duke University. His primary interest is in rehabilitation engineering and assistive technology for people with disabilities.Kevin Caves, Duke University Kevin Caves is an Instructor in the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University and a Clinical
-native speakers ofEnglish.10,11Students’ consistent performance increase is generally attributed to a cluster of interrelatedpractical and cognitive factors. Foremost, given the limited time that an instructor has availablefor formative review of student writing (particularly in writing-across-the-curriculum designs),peer review effectively increases a student’s opportunities to receive timely feedback to informrevisions.2,6 Reviews across a breadth of research suggest that in higher education settings, theeffect of peer feedback upon a student’s work is equivalent to the feedback of the instructor.1Substantive revision is a key practice of experts that we must often scaffold in students, and peerreview serves as an organizing circumstance for
needed in the way science is presented in K-12education.Engineering has successfully been used as a tool to increase student confidence in science andmathematics4. Therefore, we posit that students will become more interested and likely to pursuecareers in STEM fields if they are engaged in science curriculum in ways that allow them to beactive participants in their learning. In an effort to respond to the lacking diversity in the STEMfields and worker shortage5,6, the Engineering Research Center for Revolutionizing MetallicBiomaterials (ERC-RMB) has developed a series of impactful educational outreach activities.These include short term (one-day) workshops, one week programs, and multi-week experiencesaimed at improving overall scientific
AC 2011-1073: ENGAGING CSULA ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN BIOMED-ICAL ENGINEERING LEARNING ACTIVITIES WITH THE TABLET PCDeborah Won, California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) Deborah Won joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at CSULA as an Assistant Professor in Januray 2009. Her specialization is in biomedical engineering, and she has launched 3 new courses in biomedical engineering. She also enjoy teaching a variety of courses ranging from electronics to signal processing. She conducts research in the area of bioelectrical communication.Huiping Guo, California State University, Los AngelesJianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles
Paper ID #19614Clinical Immersion Program for Bioengineering and Medical StudentsProf. Susan Stirling, UIC School of Design, University of Illinois at Chicago Susan Stirling is a a designer, researcher and educator. She has an undergraduate degree from the Univer- sity of Wisconsin-Madison and a graduate degree from the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology. At the University of Illinois at Chicago she teaches Design Research Methods, Human Experience in Design and Interdisciplinary Product Development. Susan collaborates with non-design faculty to teach the design process, and helps
Problem-Based Learning curriculum development and research project. She has also con- ducted an NSF-funded ethnographic study of learning in a problem-driven, project-based bio-robotics research lab at Georgia Tech. Dr. Fasse is a member of the Science Learning: Integrating Design, Engi- neering, and Robotics (SLIDER) interdisciplinary research team.Paul Benkeser, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Paul J. Benkeser received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in 1981 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1983 and 1985 respectively. His current position is Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies in the Wallace H. Coulter
AC 2007-2420: A SMALL, HIGH-FIDELITY REFLECTANCE PULSE OXIMETERDavid Thompson, Kansas State University David Thompson is a Fulbright Fellow currently studying in Japan. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University University in May, 2006. His areas of research interest include biomedical sensors, neural prosthetics, embedded systems design, and analog & digital circuitry.Steve Warren, Kansas State University Steve Warren is an Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Kansas State University. He teaches courses in linear systems, computer graphics, biomedical instrumentation, and scientific computing. Dr. Warren manages the KSU Medical
/subspecialties including MedicalInstrumentation, Imaging, Biomechanics and Human Factors, and Biomaterials/Cellular/TissueEngineering. With a thorough introduction to various technical and professional skills as well aseach subspecialty, it was hypothesized that there will be an improvement in student performancelater in the curriculum and that students can make informed decision while selecting appropriatetrack and career path. We have compiled data from our department’s Assessment Committeewho evaluate student outcome performance throughout the curriculum (sophomore throughsenior year) from student populations with the new BME 201 (post-201) and students in theprevious client-based sophomore course (pre-201). We have also assessed the
and solve the wide variety ofethics problems encountered in this rapidly-progressing field. Because of the importance ofethics education in engineering, ABET criteria for accreditation includes the requirement thatgraduating students be equipped with an understanding of professional and ethical responsibilityand the ability to engage in engineering design while considering ethical, economic,environmental, social, and safety constraints. At the University of Washington, this requirementis satisfied by addressing ethical responsibility and engineering ethics problems throughout thebioengineering curriculum. Students are first exposed to ethical issues in the context ofbioengineering in a recently-implemented course entitled Introduction to
student designed projects), a course in biomedical ethics, and oversees an off-site undergraduate clinical experience. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Sophomore Design Course on Virtual Prototyping1. IntroductionA sophomore-level design course (BME282) teaches students how to apply the design process toa biomedical product. Course objectives are for students to be able to: (1) apply principles fromcourses they have completed and from courses that they will take in their BME curriculum tobiomedical product design and development to determine quantitative design constraints criticalto biomedical device design and (2) integrate these principles and resultant design constraints
Paper ID #19742Freshman Design Course: Device Design for Low-Resource SettingsDr. Emma K. Frow, Arizona State University Emma Frow is an Assistant Professor at Arizona State University, with a joint appointment in the School of Biological & Health Systems Engineering and the School for the Future of Innovation in Society. She has graduate training in both the natural and social sciences, with a PhD in biochemistry and an MSc in science & technology studies. Emma is interested in the engineering imagination, particularly in the emerging field of synthetic biology. Over the past 7 years, her curricular and
expense of exploringmore recent advancements in the field. As such, we are using popular news articles to augmentcoverage and motivate students in a variety of courses. Student gains in information literacy,lifelong learning and overall enthusiasm for the field makes these types of projects an easy wayto integrate current trends and advancements into the course curriculum, and provides a way toencourage student participation by making activities student-driven.Our definition of a “mini project” is finding a recent news article about a current technology,advancement or innovation related to the course subject matter at hand, and investigating thescience or technology described in the article. For many of these projects (see below forvariations of
more inclusive and welcomingclassroom; and ultimately increase retention, particularly of underrepresented minoritiesincluding women. Herein, we discuss the development and implementation of a new hands-onfreshman engineering design course, Design Practicum, with an emphasis on improvements incurriculum and teaching strategies, and creating a more inclusive environment.Development of Design PracticumWe began by looking through student survey responses to determine areas needing improvement,and which features of past courses were the most effective at engaging students, retainingstudents, and creating a more inclusive environment. From there, participating faculty and ourteaching intern developed curriculum and strategies to implement in our
Molecular Biophysics at the University of Vermont under David Warshaw. His research interests include novel assessments of educational efficacy, the molecular basis of cell movement, and the mitigation of infectious diseases.Miss Anna S. Blazier, University of VirginiaAlyssa B. Becker, University of Virginia c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Work in Progress: The Effect of Immersive Design-Build Experiences on Knowledge of the Engineering Design ProcessKnowledge of the engineering design process is integral to all engineering fields. Explicitdidactic approaches exist for instilling students with this knowledge (see an excellent review byDym, et al. 1), and project-based