Conference Session

BME Laboratory Courses and Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Micou, University of California, San Diego

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Biomedical

means ofdeveloping a diverse, internationally competitive, and globally-engaged science and engineeringworkforce. After an undergraduate research experience students should be prepared andmotivated to pursue careers in science and engineering. A critical component of an effectiveprogram is the cultivation of a positive and supportive community by fostering student-studentand student-faculty relationships. The potential benefits of transitioning a summer researchexperience composed primarily of isolated research and seminars to one based on a learningcommunity approach has recently been demonstrated. In 2008, the Department ofBioengineering at The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) initiated a ten-week summerprogram through a National

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Cawthorne, Purdue University; Osman Cekic, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Melissa Stacer, Purdue University

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Biomedical

into whatgraduate students identified as take away lessons for their careers. Finally, sharing their viewson the concept of effective instruction generate demonstrates whether thinking about learningand teaching impacts their understanding of the process. This paper will equally focus on how totie the results of the exploratory study to the emergent explanatory protocol designed tounderstand more fully the experience of graduate student participants while working with theVaNTH ERC.Introduction The National Science Foundation’s Engineering Research Center (ERC) program wascreated in 1984 to encourage collaborations between industry and academia. Since their creation,these multi-university, multidisciplinary ERCs have increased the

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Jacques, Milwaukee School of Engineeirng; John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Thomas Swiontek, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jeffrey LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Charles Tritt, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Ron Gerrits, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Vincent Canino, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Nancy Schlick, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical

2020 Report (2) as well as alumniand employer data.Recommendations from the Engineer of 2020 ReportSeveral recommendations on engineering curriculum as well as skills engineers need to gainduring their undergraduate career were given in the report from the National Academy of Page 14.280.2Engineering. Below are some of these recommendations [2]1. Students and professors should be the primary actors in the learning process.2. Engineering curricula must be better aligned with the challenges and opportunities graduates will face in the workplace3. The teaching, learning, and assessment processes should move a student from one state of knowledge

Conference Session

BME Laboratory Courses and Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Allen, University of Virginia; Jeffrey Saucerman, University of Virginia; Jason Papin, University of Virginia; Shayn Peirce-Cottler, University of Virginia

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Biomedical

where you perform the following skills? In other words, which of the following skill sets would you prefer to use your future career? Page 14.462.15 a. Computer modeling b. Experimental analysis c. High-throughput data analysis d. Integrating heterogeneous datasets e. None of these Rank-order the skills that you would be most interesting in using in your future career. Fill in numbers 10-14 with one of the letters above, where 10 is your top preference, and 14 is your lowest preference.In the second round of the survey given January 2009, two questions were added: 15. How much does your

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regina Nelson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

taxonomy(Table 1). This approach may have evolved as medical students need to fully understand eachphysiological system. Learning each system completely may be advantageous to biomedicalengineering students who move onto careers in medicine or medical instrumentation; however,in one or two courses it is not possible to present the extensive content of a systems physiologytaxonomy.Table 1. Systems-based taxonomy for human physiology coursesHomeostasis: A Framework for Human Physiology Sensory PhysiologyChemical composition of body Efferent Peripheral Nervous SystemCells and Tissues Skeletal-Muscular SystemMembrane Dynamics Control of Body