perspectives. Preliminary effectiveness of thebioengineering curriculum revision, as indicated from the positive responses from industry,academic colleagues, and student alumni serves as an initial indication that our integration ofresults obtained from the multiple means of assessment allows for in-depth analysis and well-informed revision. Although future assessment of the success of curriculum changesimplemented in our department will be needed as the new courses are phased in (starting Jan.2011), we propose that the methods of program analysis described in this work may be useful forother departments similarly motivated to evaluate their own curriculum. In addition to specificassessments of individual course outcomes, future work involves a survey
AC 2011-756: INTEGRATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATIONINTO A BIOENGINEERING CAPSTONE DESIGN CLASSHoward P Davis, Washington State University Dr. Davis received degrees from The Evergreen State College (BA 1976), WSU (BS 1981, MS 1988) and the University of Oregon (Ph.D. 1993). He is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering. He has been the president and CEO of IPM, a medical device company and Total Dynamics LLC a software company. He is also on the board of directors of Developing World Technologies, a company started by former students of the capstone class that he teaches. His interests include engineering and entrepreneurship
Page 22.404.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011Ron J. Gerrits, Ph.D.Ron Gerrits is currently an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Academic Program Di-rector of the Master’s of Science in Perfusion program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. He holdsa B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering (1994) and a Ph.D. in Phys-iology from the Medical College of Wisconsin (1999). He most commonly teaches health science coursesfor nursing, perfusion and biomedical engineering students. Professional interests focus on science ed-ucation and he currently serves as the chairperson of the Curriculum and Instruction Committee of theHuman Anatomy and Physiology
Leadership Development and Learning Technologies. She is currently the Chair, MSN Advance Practice Role Program, Coordinator of Informatics Projects and Associate Clin- ical Professor at Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Profession teaching in both under- graduate and graduate programs. She is a board certified nurse informaticist and an NLN certified nurse educator. Her area of research involves student learning, development of clinical decision making skills, faculty development in integration and application of instructional technology for classroom innovations and simulation learning experiences, virtual learning environments for DL, and information seeking be- haviors among students and professionals in
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for biomanufacturing education, training and theworkforce, the Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and Collaborative (NBC2) developsinstructional materials and resources, based on harmonized biopharmaceutical manufacturingindustry skill standards. These learning and teaching resources, available in printed and onlineformats form a Global Biomanufacturing Curriculum to support biomanufacturing education andtraining. As a part of our educational efforts, we designed the first module of a comprehensiveinteractive virtual learning environment for biomanufacturing – a virtual low pressure liquidchromatography laboratory based on NBC2 equipment and process SOPs utilizing a BioLogicLow Pressure (LP) Chromatography System made by Bio-Rad Laboratories
encourages theunderstanding of anatomy and aids in the development of clinical thinking2. The rigorous Page 22.1342.3mathematical curriculum is the cornerstone of engineering education. It is challenging forengineering programs to incorporate an in depth study of the systemic interdependence ofmedical courses. To be sure, many biomedical engineering programs require their students toenroll in anatomy and physiology courses7. Often, however, these courses are challenging sincethey are so different than traditional engineering courses. Traditionally many courses in the areaof medical science and medicine have been added to curriculum for the
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
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
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
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
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
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
: 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