Paper ID #15572Re-designing Design: A Technology-enhanced Graduate-level Biomedical De-sign CourseDr. Katherine E Reuther, Columbia University Katherine E. Reuther, Ph.D., is a Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University and the Assistant Director of the Columbia-Coulter Translational Research Partnership. She is is working on developing new instructional tools and programs to enhance graduate education in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. She has spearheaded the development of a graduate-level Biomedical Design program that covers all aspects of the design process, including needs identification
alumni (7.5%) have pursued other advanced degrees: Law, Pharmacy,Dentistry and Business. Overall, 74.7% of alumni pursued/are pursuing an advanced degree.The remaining REU alumni are either working in industry (22.6%) or K-12 teachers (2.7%). Inthis work we will provide a more comprehensive analysis of the results from the longitudinalassessment of the program.Introduction Undergraduate research has been identified as an educational practice that directlyaddresses challenges facing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)education1, 7, 8. Specifically, engaging undergraduates in research is expected to increase interestin careers in STEM, improve retention of undergraduates in STEM fields and increase thenumber of people
from the University of Iowa. His research involves musculoskeletal biomechanics with a focus on computational methods. He is also deeply interested in engineering education and especially creating opportunities for underrepresented minorities and women in the field.Miss Heather Rae Aschenbrenner Page 26.415.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Coordination of Pre-College Summer Programs to Create a Pipeline into BiomedicalEngineeringIntroductionCurrent political and academic discourse is riddled with a call for more students to graduate andenter into Science, Technology
Paper ID #13407Works in Progress: a Challenge-Inspired Undergraduate ExperienceProf. Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Rohit Bhargava is Bliss Faculty Scholar of Engineering and Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a faculty member with affiliations in several departments across campus (Pri- mary – Bioengineering: Affiliated - Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Science and En- gineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry) as well as the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. Rohit received dual B.Tech. degrees (in
given the growingscope of the challenges ahead and the complexity and diversity of the technologies of the 21 stcentury, creativity will grow in importance” (p. 55).1 However, creativity is not typicallyemphasized in the traditional engineering curriculum and, rather, is relegated to design coursesor entrepreneurship minors. Few core technical courses incorporate elements that requirestudents to demonstrate aspects of the creative process in their assigned work. In fact, researchhas shown that both faculty and students feel that creativity, “is not valued in contemporaryengineering education” (p. 762).2This lack of focus on the creative process in the engineering curriculum has been hypothesized tobe a factor in the retention of engineering
Paper ID #16537Expert Study of Engineers Solving Ill-defined Biotransport Problems: Find-ings to Influence Development of Student InnovationDr. Stephanie Rivale, University of Texas, Austin Stephanie Rivale is a Research Associate faculty member at the Center for STEM Education at the Uni- versity of Texas. She received her Ph.D. in STEM Education at the University of Texas. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Rochester and her M.S. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Colorado. She has collaborated on engineering education research with both the VaNTH Engineering Research Center
years, and began teaching in the University of Illinois at Chicago’s DPT program in 2010. She became a board certified pediatric clinical specialist in 2012, completed her Assistive Technology Certificate from UIC in 2015, and earned her PhD in Disability Studies from UIC in 2016. She joined the University of Washington’s Department of Mechanical Engineering as a postdoctoral researcher in September of 2016. Heather has a special in- terest in user-centered design and participatory research, and has been a lab member of the GoBabyGo program, which creates custom safety and accessibility modifications to commercially available battery powered toy ride-on cars for children with disabilities, since 2012. Heather’s
range of students. ˜ University of Wisconsin–MadisonMr. Samuel Alberto Acuna, Samuel Acu˜na is Ph.D. candidate in the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Wis- consin–Madison, where he studies neuromuscular biomechanics. He aims to improve gait and balance in older adults by developing technology that influences the nervous system. Samuel received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University in 2012, and his MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2015.Dr. Joseph Towles, University of Wisconsin, Madison Joseph Towles is a faculty associate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Joe
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
Paper ID #19401Impact of a Sophomore BME Design Fundamentals Course on Student Out-come Performance and Professional DevelopmentDr. Christa M Wille, University of Wisconsin, Madison Christa Wille is a Biomedical Engineering doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering and went on to get her clinical doctorate in Physical Therapy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She advanced her clinical skills through a Sports Physical Therapy Residency at UW Health. Although continuing to practice Physical Therapy, Christa has returned to academia to continue
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Paper ID #16066Work in Progress: Immersive First-Year Experience for Bioengineering Cur-riculaDr. Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr Amos joined the Bioengineering Department at the University of Illinois in 2009 and is currently a Sr Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate programs. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of South Carolina. She has developed and offered more than 5 courses since joining the faculty and has taken the lead roll in curriculum development for the department.Dr. Marcia Pool, University of Illinois
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