Conference Session

Design in BME Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Gettens, Western New England College; Michael Rust, Western New Engalnd College; Diane Testa, Western New England College; Judy Cezeaux, Western New England College

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Biomedical

simulation, internships and cooperative education, guest speakers,guest instructors, field trips, bioethics instruction and problem-centered instruction.5 AtBucknell, a four course sequence over the Junior and Senior Years was implemented in order tointroduce students to such skills as regulatory issues, teamwork, environmental impacts, formaldecision making, computer-aided design, machining, rapid prototyping, cell culture andstatistical analysis.4 Importantly these skills are taught and practiced prior to embarking on thesenior capstone design project.4 At the University of Virginia professional skills such as jobsearching, interviewing, written and oral communication, ethics, negotiation skills, leadership,intellectual property and

Conference Session

Design in BME Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Taylor, University of Virginia; Katelyn Mason, University of Virginia; A. Leyf Peirce Starling, The Fletcher School; Timothy Allen, University of Virginia; Shayn Peirce, University of Virginia

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Biomedical

angiogenesis and microvascular remodeling, as well as undergraduate engineering pedagogical approaches. Upon completion of her Ph.D. degree, Ms. Taylor will join the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington, where she will coordinate undergraduate teaching labs and the Bioengineering Capstone Design sequence.Katelyn Mason, University of Virginia Katelyn E. Mason is a third year undergraduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. Since January 2009, Ms. Mason has been collaborating on research projects in Shayn M. Peirce’s lab in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. Her research is focused

Conference Session

Design in BME Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nur Ozaltin, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Biomedical

’ design; and to date, very little work has focused on the process variables and factorsthat potentially influence innovation. This work attempts to investigate such influencers.Data CollectionWe collected data from both senior bioengineering students in their capstone courses, as well asdata about their final prototypes from the faculty instructors. Further, we collected informationfrom experts and practitioners in bioengineering design as input to this study.1. Data Collection From StudentsWe collected data from bioengineering students’ senior capstone projects during the 2007-08 and2008-09 academic years. For this research, we had 26 teams from two institutions thatparticipated in our study. The teams varied from three to five students. For

Conference Session

Design in BME Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Kennedy, Bucknell University; Donna Ebenstein, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

conventionalmachining [1]. These skills are vital for engineers to communicate design ideas, and a basicunderstanding of manufacturing technology helps enable students to consider how a design onpaper might be turned into a physical prototype. Faculty observations and student and alumnifeedback have indicated that these skills are vital for success in classroom design projects suchas senior design, as well as for careers in industry [2]. Page 15.482.2Within the biomedical engineering curriculum at Bucknell University, a fabrication andexperimental design course is integrated into a four course design sequence where two coursescomprise the senior capstone

Conference Session

Design in BME Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Robert Dennis, University of North Carolina; Charles Finley, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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Biomedical

, J., “Jumpstarting the capstone experience through a bioengineering product designcourse”, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Austin TX,2009.8. Cavanagh, D. and Tranquillo, J., “Preparing students for senior design with a rapid design challenge”,Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Austin TX, 2009. Page 15.765.129. Tompkins, W., Bernardoni, S., Nimunkar, A., and Lark, T.,“Student-initiated supplemental training curriculumfor support of BME design projects”, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE