served on the Board of Directors for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and on the Editorial Panel for Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School. She has published in numerous teaching and research journals, and written books and book chapters for both mathematics and engineering educators. In addition, Dr. Zawojewski has long been active in writing curriculum related to problem solving. mathematical modeling, and performance assessment. Dr. Zawo- jewski is especially interested in the role of modeling and problem solving in developing mathematical capabilities, and in enhancing mathematics education for all students
about engineering pedagogy and has attended several workshops on using techniques that make the classroom instruction more engaging and effectiveDr. Eric G Meyer, Lawrence Technological University Dr. Meyer directs the Experimental Biomechanics Laboratory (EBL) at LTU with the goal to advance experimental biomechanics understanding. Dr. Meyer teaches Introduction to Biomechanics, Tissue Me- chanics, Engineering Applications in Orthopedics and Foundations of Medical Imaging. He has been an active member of the engineering faculty committee that has redesigned the Foundations of Engineer- ing Design Projects course that is required for all freshman in the College of Engineering at LTU. This committee is currently
also been recognized for his dedication to teaching in the College of Engineering (Rose and Everitt awards) and he is routinely nominated to the list of teachers ranked excellent at Illinois.Dr. 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 senior design capstone course
Paper ID #19828Development and Implementation of a New Hands-on Freshman EngineeringDesign Course that Promotes Inclusiveness and Retention (Work in Progress)Dr. Tracy Jane Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison In 2011, Puccinelli joined the Biomedical Engineering (BME) Department. As part of the BME design faculty, she works on curriculum development, as well as innovative approaches for teaching design. Puc- cinelli coordinates BME outreach, advising BME seniors as they develop interactive, hands-on activities for K-12 students that teach biomedical engineering concepts. Additionally, in 2012, she began teaching
AC 2009-504: INTRODUCING BIONANOTECHNOLOGY INTOUNDERGRADUATE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGAura Gimm, Duke University J. Aura Gimm is Assistant Professor of the Practice and Associated Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. She teaches courses in biomaterials, thermodynamics/kinetics, engineering design, and a new course in bionanotechnology. Dr. Gimm received her S.B. in Chemical Engineering and Biology from MIT, and her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from UC-Berkeley. Page 14.802.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Introducing
2006-1162: NEW PATHWAYS TO EDUCATE FUTURE TRANSLATIONALRESEARCHERS IN MEDICINEAnn Saterbak, Rice University Ann Saterbak is Director of Laboratory Instruction and Lecturer in the Bioengineering Department at Rice University. She received her B.A. in Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry from Rice University in 1990 and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in 1995. She conducted research and provided technical support within Shell Development Company from 1995 to 1999.Michele Follen, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Dr. Michele Follen received her B.A. degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1975, her M.D. degree from the
Genomic Biology. He received bachelor degrees in chemical and biomedical engineering at the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia. Paul completed postdoctoral training at Boston College before joining the University of Illinois in 2016.Prof. Karin Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Karin Jensen is a Teaching Assistant Professor in bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. At UIUC she teaches undergraduate courses and serves as an academic advisor. Before joining UIUC she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Sanofi Oncology in Cambridge, MA. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biological engineering from Cornell University
Microbial Systems. Finally, students can alsocross register at neighboring Wellesley College and Brandeis University to take courses relevantto their BioE course plans. Though some students pursue other areas of BioE, the majority takethese core courses and many of those students continue on in the area of cell-biomaterialinteractions as they go on to graduate school or industrial employment.Perhaps more important than the disciplinary content of the courses we teach is skill-building in Page 25.417.5context. The general approach of the Olin curriculum is to focus on teamwork, open-endedproblems, self-directed learning, and hands-on experiences
engineering activities for high school students. In 2009, he joined the faculty of Western New England University as an assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering. He currently teaches undergraduate courses in bioinstrumentation, physiology, circuit analysis, lab-on-a- chip, and global health. He also serves as the faculty advisor for the Engineering World Health (EWH) Club, and is a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). His research interests involve the development of point-of-care medical technologies, including bioinstrumentation for use in low-resource settings.Dr. Andrew Wellesley Browne, Harvard Medical School, University of Southern California
the director of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center in Bioengineering Educational Technologies.Sean Brophy, Purdue University Dr. Sean Brophy is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He is the Director of the Learning Science Thrust for the VaNTH ERC. He holds degrees in engineering and a Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning. He is an expert on learning science with an emphasis on the "How People Learn" educational framework and challenge-based instruction in engineering.Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University Robert A. Linsenmeier is Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neurobiology& Physiology at Northwestern University. He holds the
AC 2009-2110: STUDENT-INITIATED SUPPLEMENTAL TRAININGCURRICULUM FOR SUPPORT OF BME DESIGN PROJECTSAmit Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin, Madison Amit J. Nimunkar is a doctoral student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a teaching assistant at the Department of Biomedical Engineering and a lead consultant for the freshman design course, Introduction to Engineering. He also works as a chemistry instructor and curriculum coordinator for the Engineering Summer Program in the College of Engineering and is pursuing a Delta certificate in teaching and learning.Silas Bernardoni, University of Wisconsin, Madison Silas Bernardoni is a graduate
Engineering Research Center. He joined the BME depart- ment at IIT in 2007, where he is interested in problems associated with molecular and cellular engineer- ing, specifically the computational modeling of cellular migration. David teaches several courses within the BME department, most notably the senior design capstone sequence (BME 419 and 420) which he co-instructs with Dr. Jennifer Kang Derwent. He also is the lead instructor for IPRO 2.0, an interdisci- plinary project-based course required of all undergraduate at IIT. David collaborates actively with IIT’s entrepreneurship academy as well as its math and science education department. David is a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and the American
phenomena, Biotransport focuseson passive biological transport, including mass and fluid transfer both in the body and inartificial organs. In the presentation of biological transport, it is essential that students recognizethe limitations in solving problems with fundamental equations and the importance ofassumptions when investigating realistic problems. A non-traditional laboratory component wasdeveloped to address these issues and it involved a semester-long group project to create anexperiment based on teachings in the first transport course. The objective of the project was toapply the basic principles learned in the first course to biological situations and to present alaboratory using these concepts to a specified audience (e.g., first
more opportunities towork on projects in the design laboratory, earlier in the curriculum. This has already beenaddressed with the hiring of two teaching assistants this spring who are able to provide moreguidance to the students. In the long term, it will be addressed with the hiring of a newundergraduate design faculty, who will be able to fully dedicate the necessary time to thesecourses.SummaryWe have implemented a sequence of courses so that students can develop skills in modern designand manufacturing. Students learn these skills through traditional lecturing, and moreimportantly, through hands on projects and challenges in the design lab. This starts in thesophomore year, and students already have several hands-on experiences as they
Dr. McCullough was afforded the opportunity to work with Dr. Brian Adams, a well-known hand surgeon. In the summer of 2006, he began a post-doctoral fellowship at Mayo Clinic, working on orthopaedic biomechanics and physiology cellular imaging laboratories. This provided the opportunity to work with outstanding clinical and research mentors like Drs. Kai-Nan An, Kenton Kauf- man, Gary Sieck, Ann Reed, Harold Kitaoka, as well as others. His research at that time focused on non-invasive imaging of muscle tissue as well as cadaveric studies of the foot and ankle. Dr. McCullough is a faculty member of the first bioengineering program independently housed at a Historically Black College or University and is a part of
two-time finalist in the UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Society’s Make-a-Thon medical device design and prototyping competition.Dr. Marina Crowder, University of California, Davis Marina Crowder is currently Teaching Faculty in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at UC Davis. In addition to teaching core undergraduate courses, Marina is aimed at understanding how to better support the development students’ problem-solving skills. She has interests in graduate student teaching professional development, effective supplemental instruction models at the upper-division level, and improving the success of transfer students in STEM. Prior to joining UC Davis, Marina taught at Laney Community College and was
Paper ID #18561Building Engineering Skills for the Genomics Revolution, a Genomics Tech-nologies and Analysis Course for Biomedical EngineersDr. Karen R. Thickman, University of Washington Karen R. Thickman is a lecturer in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington. Previously, she was an assistant teaching professor at Carnegie Mellon University in the Computational Biology Department for five years. She received a Ph.D. in molecular biophysics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an A.B. in biophysical chemistry from Dartmouth College. Thick- man develops and teaches courses for an
Paper ID #9867Designing Biomedical Engineering Summer Programs for Undergraduatesand High School Students: A Case Study of a Work-in-ProgressMrs. Catherine Langman, Illinois Institute of Technology Catherine Langman is a graduate student and research assistant at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She holds a B.S. in applied mathematics from Illinois Institute of Technology, as well as a certificate to teach secondary mathematics from the State of Illinois.Prof. Eric M Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology Professor Eric Brey is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and co-Director of Distinctive Education in
, concept generation, and commercialization. Dr. Reuther received her BS in Biomedical Engineering from The College of New Jersey and her Ph.D. in Bioengineering, specializing in Orthopaedic Biomechanics, from the University of Pennsylvania.Mr. Michael John Cennamo, Columbia University Michael Cennamo is a Senior Educational Technologist at Columbia’s Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). He is also an instructor and doctoral student at Teachers College, Columbia. Michael is currently designing both online and blended learning environments for Columbia faculty; his interest and passion lie in helping teachers to effectively use technology in their classrooms, both large and small. Michael lives in NYC.Ms. Tiffany
normal physiological conditions and disease, and in bioengineering and physiology education.Jean Alley, Vanderbilt University Jean Alley has served as the Education Program Coordinator for VaNTH for 7 years, organizing and directing the REU program and other educational outreach efforts for this Engineering Research Center. She is also currently working with the Vanderbilt branch of the Center for the Integration of Research Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) as a site organizer.Penny Hirsch, Northwestern University Penny L. Hirsch is Associate Director of the Writing Program at Northwestern and a Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Lecturer. A principal in her own communications consulting
ranconcurrently. K-14 teacher participants derived from middle schools and community colleges,and undergraduate participants came from both the lead home and partnering institutions. EachREU and RET was teamed with a research mentor (i.e., lead researcher) and an graduate student.REU and RET participants had primary research responsibilities which were carried out over afive-week period. In the remaining sixth week, participants rotated through each laboratory togain familiarity with all research areas. In addition to scientific research; weekly technicalprograms, enrichment activities, and trips were conducted, the goals of which were to fostercreativity and innovation, diversity in thinking, and entrepreneurship; and to broaden participantimagination
is measured at leastthree times throughout the curriculum using a variety of direct assessment instruments such as inclass exams, laboratory reports, and homework. A summary of the courses in which eachprogram outcome is assessed is given in Table 2. Notice that we only measure outcomes in coreengineering and BME courses that all students will be taking, simplifying the assessmentprocess. Also, there can be a tendency to try to measure every possible outcome that is relevantfor a particular course, but this approach is overly cumbersome5. Meaningful conclusionsregarding student attainment of program outcomes can be drawn with a focused set of measures.To keep the system simple and manageable by our small faculty, we aim to assess (measure
Paper ID #12753The LAWA technique implemented in a course in nanomedicineLindsey Taylor Brinton, University of Virginia Lindsey Brinton is a PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. She received her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and B.A. in French from the University of Virginia in 2009. Her dis- sertation research is in the laboratory of Dr. Kimberly Kelly and focuses on the development of liposomes targeted to the stromal compartment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. She has served as a teaching assistant for Calculus I and Physiology II as well as a co-instructor for Nanomedicine.Colleen T
, an Adjunct Professor of Engineering at Austin Community College in Austin, TX, and an Assistant Profes- sor of Surgery and Bioengineering at The Pennsylvania State University in Hershey, PA. He also worked for CarboMedics Inc. in Austin, TX, in the research and development of prosthetic heart valves. Dr. Zapanta’s primary teaching responsibilities are Biomedical Engineering Laboratory and Design. Ad- ditional teaching interests include medical device design education and professional issues in biomedical engineering. Dr. Zapanta’s responsibilities as Associate Department head include overseeing the under- graduate curriculum and undergraduate student advising. Dr. Zapanta’s research interests are in developing
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
Technology had on theparticipants’ career paths. Over the nine years, there have been 131 undergraduate students whoparticipated. Ninety nine (76%) of these students were supported via funding from the NationalScience Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates program. The other 32 (24%)were supported through institutional funds. More than half of the students (56.5%) were female,26.7% of the students were from underrepresented groups, and 52.7% students without previousresearch experience. The undergraduate research program understudy is a 10-week engineeringresearch project working in research laboratories at the University or a collaborating MedicalSchool. A tiered mentoring structure was developed within the participating laboratories
. Page 24.956.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Open-source software in Biomedical Education: from tracking to modeling movementsProject OverviewA curriculum in biomedical engineering requires a set of laboratory experiences which allowstudents to familiarize with a number of medical equipment and simulation software that arecommonly used in the health care industry. Typically, engineering tools such as force plates,electromyography (EMG), and motion capture systems are used to acquire subjects’ data to beused as input for simulation software, so to characterize human movement performance.Movement analysis is a topic of extreme importance to be presented to the
Paper ID #13213Enhancing undergraduate education through research-based learning: a lon-gitudinal case studyDr. Yawen Li, Lawrence Technological University Yawen Li is an associate professor in the biomedical engineering program at Lawrence Technological University. Her teaching portfolio include courses such as Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Tissue En- gineering Lab, MEMS, MEMS Lab, and Engineering Materials. Serving as the university assessment committee representative since 2011, she coordinates various aspects of the assessment-related activities within the program
undergraduate student in topics of medical devices, biomaterials, and clinicalanatomy. This paper details the development, application, and assessment of a mentoredundergraduate teaching and research program known as Creative Inquiry at Clemson Universitythat is focused on the development of a statewide implant retrieval program for educational andresearch purposes.IntroductionThe mission of the Department of Bioengineering at Clemson University is to provide anoutstanding education for engineers in bioengineering and developing future leaders. With thismission in mind, three goals were identified: 1) to provide students with the education needed fora rewarding career, 2) to provide an intellectually rigorous undergraduate education thatemphasizes
initiate the learning process in accordanceto their own preference, learning styles, and various skills9. DBL approach motivates students tolearn because of the more obvious application of their knowledge to real life situations8. TheDBL approach encourages active learning, creativity, team work and enthusiasm. Teaching engineering students some basic human anatomy, especially themusculoskeletal system, is important to their preparation to be a qualified orthopedic engineer(such as designer and developer of an orthopedic implant). However, in tradition, most learningis carried out in dissection laboratories. Recently WWW-based interactive images, anatomysoftware applications have made significant progress2, 5, 12, 17, 21, 23. PBL