Conference Session

Novel BME Courses and Course Adaptations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Conrad Zapanta, Pennsylvania State University; Keefe Manning, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

. Currently, he is a board member for the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs. His research interests include cardiovascular fluid dynamics, cardiovascular prosthetics (artificial hearts, ventricular assist devices, mechanical heart valves), and hemorheology. Page 11.464.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Development of an Artificial Organ Design CourseAbstractOver the last 50 years, artificial organs have had a significant impact on the types and quality ofmedical care available today. In order to address this important field, the Department ofBioengineering at the

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratories in BME

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lanny Griffin, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

engineering.Intended OutcomesCalifornia Polytechnic State University has an earned reputation as a proponent of the hands-on,laboratory-based, learn-by-doing approach to education. We have also won a reputation as acollege whose students are steeped in open-ended problems and underpinned by anunderstanding of design and the process of design. As part of our newly-created BiomedicalEngineering Department, it was our goal to create a flexible, modular, expandable laboratory thatwould provide support across the entire spectrum from early design exposure for students toadvanced industry-sponsored applied research for teams of faculty, graduate students, andundergraduates.The rapid pace of advanced manufacturing technology has resulted in highly