Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Towles, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John G. Davis, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Brian Frushour, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

and sensorimotor integration in the context of functional restoration of grasp.John G. Davis, University of Wisconsin, Madison John G. Davis, PE John holds dual appointments at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, College of Engineering. He is an Assistant Faculty Associate and Program Director in the Department of Engineering Professional De- velopment and a Research Engineer at the Industrial Refrigeration Consortium (IRC). John’s professional interests include HVAC products and systems, DX refrigeration, industrial refrigeration, geothermal sys- tem design, thermal systems optimization, building science and building energy management, technical leadership and project management. John is a member of

Conference Session

BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Gatchell, Northwestern University; Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

tool for determining the key concepts that comprise an ideal core curriculum hasbeen the VaNTH Key Content Delphi Study. This study, conducted as a series of online surveys,has completed nearly two rounds, involving over 180 academic and industrial participants fromthe biomedical engineering community. The first round of the study was launched in 2004 andthe second round was launched in 2006. Whereas results of the first round have been presented atseveral engineering and educational conferences, this is the first presentation of the results fromthe second round.The purpose of this paper will be to summarize the key findings of the first two rounds of thisstudy and to outline how these findings can be used to improve undergraduate BME

Conference Session

Novel BME Courses and Course Adaptations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Denis Enderle, University of Connecticut

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Biomedical

/dental schoolrequirements of one year of biology and organic chemistry in our curriculum. An additionalcourse in the curriculum like genetics, molecular biology or biochemistry would be an asset.Many universities are requiring engineering programs to reduce the total number of credit hours,while increasing the number of general education credit requirements. In the past year at theUniversity of Connecticut (UConn), we were forced to reduce the number of semester credithours in BME from 133 to 127 . This has caused us to rethink our curriculum and to optimizeour course offerings.Another consideration in a BME curriculum is ABET, the organization that accredits allengineering programs. ABET's Engineering Criteria 2000 allows programs to define

Conference Session

BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

minimum of four (4) recognized major civil engineering areas (Remembering); the ability to conduct laboratory experiments and to critically analyze and interpret data in more than one of the recognized major civil engineering areas; the ability to perform civil engineering design by means of design experiences integrated throughout the professional component of the curriculum (Creating); and an understanding of professional practice issues such as: procurement of work, bidding versus quality-based selection processes, how the design professionals and the construction professions interact to

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Burks Fasse Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; Essy Behravesh, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

. She also conducted an NSF-funded ethnographic study of learning in a problem-driven, project-based bio-robotics research lab at Georgia Tech. In addition to her duties in BME, she is a member of the interdisciplinary research team conducting the Science Learning: Integrating Design, Engineering, and Robotics (SLIDER) project.Dr. Essy Behravesh, Georgia Institute of Technology Essy Behravesh is the Director of Instructional Laboratories in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in bioengineering from Rice University

Conference Session

BME Courses and Learning Activities

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge E. Bohorquez, University of Miami; Ozcan Ozdamar, University of Miami; Jonathon Anthony Toft-Nielsen, University of Miami

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

industry or enrollin graduate programs and are confronted with the challenge of developing electronic medicaldevice prototypes. These prototypes requires the integration of very diverse technical skillsincluding analog and digital electronics, microcontroller hardware and software,telecommunications, power electronics and signal processing. The course investmenttraditionally used to foster and hone these skills is not practical in a four-year BME program. Inorder to accommodate the broad nature of the BME curriculum, and still equip BME studentswith the skills they will need in electronic medical device prototyping, our program implementsa problem-oriented, top town approach to teaching medical electronics. Two senior level, co-requisite courses

Conference Session

BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shahin Sirouspour, McMaster University; Pawel Malysz, McMaster University; Ali Shahdi, McMaster University; Ryan Leslie, Quanser Inc; Mahyar Fotoohi, Quanser Inc; Paul Karam, Quanser Inc

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

are beginningto create undergraduate programs in biomedical engineering and developing new curriculums tosupport such programs. Medical Robotics is a Level 4 compulsory course in McMasterUniversity’s new established Electrical and Biomedical Engineering program. This paperprovides an overview of a laboratory component which has been co-developed by McMasterUniversity and Quanser Consulting Inc. for this course. First, the motivations for introducing aMedical Robotics course into the Biomedical Engineering curriculum and the desired learningoutcomes pursued by the proposed laboratory experiments are discussed. These are followed bya brief introduction of the hardware/software system used in the lab as well as detaileddescriptions of four

Conference Session

BME Courses & Curricular Content

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; David Gatchell, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

. Page 13.981.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Physiology Concepts and Physiology Problems for Biomedical Engineering StudentsAbstract Physiology is a core element of an undergraduate biomedical engineering curriculum,although programs differ in whether the biomedical engineering faculty or biology faculty teachthese courses, and in whether physiology is taught in stand-alone courses or incorporated intoother courses. Here we first present an analysis of the concepts and topics in physiology that areviewed by biomedical engineering faculty and by representatives of industry as being mostimportant for biomedical engineers to learn. We also provide information on the importance

Conference Session

BME Courses and Learning Activities

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles J. Robinson, Clarkson University

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Biomedical

given to each student: Course: This is a three-hour survey course whose aim is to give you a brief exposure to the biomedical and rehabilitation engineering field. As such, it is impossible for me to transmit any knowledge to you in detail. I hopefully will present you with a pretty good feel for the field, based on my 35 years of experience in it. To be fair, it also follows that assignments cannot have real depth. But they can be broad, and the can test the developing status of your engi- neering mind. The overview of necessity will not be comprehensive - rather an in depth look at each topic is left to other topical classes that you will take later in your academic career. In all cases we will try to integrate lectures and clinical

Conference Session

BME Courses and Learning Activities

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weizhao Zhao, University of Miami; Xiping Li; Fabrice Manns, University of Miami

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

: Internet-based medical imaging teaching software.As a key component in BME, medical imaging, combining physics, mathematics, electrical andcomputer engineering, provides students with a broad view of an integration of differenttechnologies applied to biology and medicine. Recognizing the broad impact of medical imagingeducation on BME students, many institutions have established such a curriculum. Based on the Page 22.1057.2Whitaker Foundation’s BME program database31, there are 119 universities or colleges that haveBME programs in the nation. 70 undergraduate programs have been accredited by the ABET.Through the Internet, we surveyed these 119

Conference Session

Freshman Design and Other Novel Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Temple, University of California-San Diego; Peter Chen, University of California-San Diego; Robert Sah, University of California-San Diego

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Biomedical

AC 2007-2580: TEACHING BIOENGINEERING TO FRESHMEN AT UCSDMichele Temple, University of California-San Diego Michele M Temple is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Bioengineering at UC San Diego. Her educational research interests include teaching evaluation, assessments, and course and curriculum improvement. Her teaching interests include physiology, tissue engineering, and introductory biomechanics.Peter Chen, University of California-San Diego Peter Chen is a researcher and lecturer at UCSD and has been associated with the Bioengineering department since 1968 when he was an undergraduate. His research areas include human and animal microcirculation studies in health and

Conference Session

Freshman Design and Other Novel Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachael Schmedlen, University of Michigan; Mimi (Miriam) Adam; Robert Sulewski; Matthew O'Donnell, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

key conceptsin systems biology, with special emphasis on metrics and quantification. The control feedbackloop is an example of a key concept underlying systems biology that we tackle at a very earlystage in the curriculum. Moreover, we wanted students to become sensitive to the role ofstakeholders, identifying stakeholders as well as prioritizing their needs and demands in thedesign process. Finally, we wanted students to learn to exploit resources, including their ownand those of their team mates, through effective research, brainstorming, and problem solvingstrategies.Business OrganizationIn order to provide the students with a strong sense of what it means to be an engineer, we haveorganized the course as a company, Blue Genes Research and

Conference Session

"Best" of BED

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony J McGoron, Florida International University; Hamid Shahrestani, Florida International University, BME; Michael Edward Brown, Florida International University; James Dennis Byrne, Florida International University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

then approves the project, does not approve the project, or suggests an expansion orreduction in the scope. Close coordination with the company or faculty advisor ensures that theproject meets the curriculum requirements of the program and that the scope of the project isrealistic. An assessment tool is completed by each panel member, which is also used to provideinput for the students’ grades. In the second semester students complete the project and give awritten report and oral presentation to a panel made up of members of the department’s IndustryAdvisory Board. Students attend weekly lectures by experts on various topics critical to thesuccess of practicing engineers, including regulatory, intellectual property, marketing,prototyping

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Eric A. Kennedy, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

based biocompatibility module with laboratory and lecture components that can be easilyintegrated into an engineering or biomaterials course.Within the biomedical engineering curriculum at Bucknell University, a senior-level fabricationand experimental design course is integrated into a four course design sequence where twocourses comprise the senior capstone experience and two courses teach supplementary material.The intent of the sequence is to provide experience with a variety of skills that are valuable forboth senior design projects and in BME careers after graduation. As designed, the Fabricationand Experimental Design course is not a full-credit course, meeting only two days a week forone-hour sessions, with several lab sessions

Conference Session

BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

engineering student to find the functions thatmost apply to their course and hence a better organization is needed to help teach and understandconcepts. In this paper, we will explore a new Startup kit that has been developed to address thisconcern. We will explore the current environment and the areas that can be improved upon andpresent the free biomedical startup kit and discuss the pros and cons of this approach1. INTRODUCTIONBiomedical Engineering education has evolved significantly in the recent years to encompassadvanced areas from the life sciences, as well as electrical and mechanical engineering such asadvanced signal and image processing, data acquisition and instrumentation. With the inclusionof such areas in the curriculum comes the

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Estefania Alvarez, Clemson University; Steven Saville, Clemson University; O. Thompson Mefford, Clemson University; John DesJardins, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

realworld problem solving in the undergraduate curriculum and the ability to promote criticalthinking, teamwork, interpersonal skills, analytical, problem solving and communication skills.Therefore, this course matches these desired technical abilities to the idea of being able tointerpret the calculated material properties and effectively use this data to propose a specificmaterial for a bioengineering application. Considering that this is the first engineering laboratoryin the curriculum, several authors5,6 have emphasized that these „first‟ laboratory experiencesmust generate enthusiasm, moving away from the traditional laboratory designed as „foodrecipe‟. The idea of an „open ended hypothesis‟ laboratory experience can allow the student