Conference Session

Ethics Education, Global Health, and Outreach in BME

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Rust, Western New England University; Steven G. Northrup, Western New England University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

, healthcare workers, andpatients. In order to assess the impact of the new course on student interest and attitudes towardglobal health, a set of pre- and post-course surveys were developed and administered. Theresults from the surveys showed increased student-reported knowledge regarding global healthissues after completing the course. The students also reported an increased level of interest inpursuing further studies and careers in the area of global health, as well as a desire to becomemore proficient in a foreign language.IntroductionThe development of solutions to healthcare problems facing the global community is ofsignificant interest to biomedical engineers working in both academia and industry. Thesesolutions often require technologies to

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

, project-based design courses. She has also studied and published on other aspects of the student experience, including studies of persistence and migration (why students stay in engineering or choose to leave), as well as differences in the engineering experience between male and female students. In 2010, she received an NSF CAREER Award in support of her research on engineering education. Page 25.417.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Developing a Small-Footprint Bioengineering ProgramAbstractThe field of bioengineering is rapidly changing and expanding to

Conference Session

Ethics Education, Global Health, and Outreach in BME

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

currently pursues educational research activities, with the ultimate goal of optimizing bioengineering curriculum design and student learning outcomes. Page 25.1409.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Use of Case Studies and a Systematic Analysis Tool to Engage Undergraduate Bioengineering Students in Ethics EducationAbstractIn addition to developing technical skills, engineering undergraduates must also be prepared tonavigate the ethical issues they will encounter during their professional careers. Inbioengineering in particular, students must be prepared to identify

Conference Session

Ethics Education, Global Health, and Outreach in BME

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John D. DesJardins, Clemson University; Ellen Breazel, Clemson University; Marilyn Reba, Clemson University; Irina Viktorova, Clemson University; Jonathan Bradford Matheny, Clemson University; Taufiquar R. Khan

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

found in, 1) convincing students throughapplied learning experiences that mathematics is an important component of any research planand indispensable to their career success, and (2) ensuring that these students do not falter incalculus and abandon their STEM goals. Outreach modules for K-12 are also being developed aspart of student participation. This paper presents our developed methods and initial findings withthe hopes of inspiring other institutions to adopt similar applied learning experiences for theirSTEM students.IntroductionResearch in science and engineering is increasingly reliant on mathematical and statistical tools.The NSF has argued that to build a competitive international workforce in STEM fields, collegesand universities

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Warren, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

allocated to teaching-to-learn sessions based on a recent enrollment of 24students (2 students per team * 2 teams per 50-minute session), although some students requestto deliver a session on their own. Spring 2012 enrollment in ECE 571 is currently at 42 students,which will require an adjustment in the relative amount of time allocated to these experiencesand perhaps the way in which they are administrated.As a side note, the static topics in this course are chosen from a broader listing that takes variousforms depending on the published source. Table 1 contains three listings of subject areas relatedto biomedical engineering that were obtained from the course textbook,2 the biomedicalengineering career guide published by the IEEE Engineering in

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Lynn Brugnano, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Kevin Andrew Richards, Purdue University; Marcia A. Pool, Purdue University; Allison L. Sieving, Purdue University; Juan Diego Velasquez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sherry L. Voytik-Harbin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ann E. Rundell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Computer Engineering at Purdue University. Her research interests apply systems and control theory to control cellular and physiological processes for developing and designing diagnostics and therapeutics. She is actively involved in curriculum design and employs pedagogical advances towards engineering education. She has co-authored more than 25 peer- reviewed articles, is a senior member in IEEE, serves as a Section Editor for the Encyclopedia of Systems Biology, and received the NSF CAREER award. Page 25.1140.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Scaffolding

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve R Marek, University of Texas, Austin; William Liechty, University of Texas, Austin; James W. Tunnell, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

AC 2012-5008: CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY FROM ALGINATE SPHERESIN DESIGN-BASED LEARNING COURSEDr. Steve R Marek, University of Texas, Austin Steve R. Marek is a lecturer in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin. He received a B.S. in chemical and biomolecular engineering with a minor in biomedical engi- neering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2005. He earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the University of Texas, Austin, in 2009 and transitioned to the College of Pharmacy, Division of Phar- maceutics, for his postdoctoral research in pulmonary drug delivery. He began his career as a teaching faculty member at the University of Texas, Austin, in 2011. Marek’s primary

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Eric A. Kennedy, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

based biocompatibility module with laboratory and lecture components that can be easilyintegrated into an engineering or biomaterials course.Within the biomedical engineering curriculum at Bucknell University, a senior-level fabricationand experimental design course is integrated into a four course design sequence where twocourses comprise the senior capstone experience and two courses teach supplementary material.The intent of the sequence is to provide experience with a variety of skills that are valuable forboth senior design projects and in BME careers after graduation. As designed, the Fabricationand Experimental Design course is not a full-credit course, meeting only two days a week forone-hour sessions, with several lab sessions