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BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Daniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

AC 2008-1695: A TWO-PROJECT SEQUENCE FOR LEARNING FEM, CAD ANDMANUFACTURING SKILLSDonna Ebenstein, Bucknell UniversityDaniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University Page 13.127.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Two-Project Sequence for Learning FEM, CAD and Manufacturing SkillsIntroductionFor biomedical engineering (BME) graduates to be effective contributors to the field, BMEstudents should be introduced to the use of a variety of modern engineering tools in theirundergraduate curriculum. ABET establishes that expectation through criterion 3k, which statesthat a biomedical engineering graduate from an accredited program should be able todemonstrate “an ability to

Conference Session

Design in the BME Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Judy Cezeaux, Western New England College; Thomas Keyser, Western New England College; Eric Haffner, Western New England College; Anne Kaboray, Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc.; Carol Hasenjager, Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc.

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Biomedical

. Page 13.806.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Introducing Universal Design Concepts in an Interdisciplinary Laboratory ProjectAbstractDesign for individuals with disabilities has been used by many institutions as a way to teach thedesign process to undergraduate students. These design projects often involve the design of anassistive device for a single individual to facilitate a particular task. The departments ofbiomedical engineering and industrial engineering at Western New England College have furtherdeveloped an interdisciplinary laboratory design experience that involves the design of assistivetechnologies for workers performing light manufacturing work at Goodwill Industries of

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BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shahin Sirouspour, McMaster University; Pawel Malysz, McMaster University; Ali Shahdi, McMaster University; Ryan Leslie, Quanser Inc; Mahyar Fotoohi, Quanser Inc; Paul Karam, Quanser Inc

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Biomedical

Conference Session

BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments

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Biomedical

Conference Session

BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Stetten, University of Pittsburgh; David Weiser, Respironics; Timothy Cooper, University of Pittsburgh; Samantha Horvath, University of Pittsburgh

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Biomedical

electronics. Many other books are available to the hobbyist, notably a series by ForestMims, including Getting Started in Electronics3, which was sold for many years at RadioShack®and is still available online. Mims drew his pages by hand, and his smiling but accurateelectrons have coaxed many young engineers over the years into the field.In an attempt to make electronics in our biomedical engineering curriculum more hands-on, wehave developed the PittKitTM. The PittKit a low-cost set of tools and components (less than$100) that each student owns through their standard laboratory fee. Included in the kit, inaddition to electronic components for a series of educational projects, are a digital meter, aprototyping board, hand tools, a tool-box, and a

Conference Session

BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Jevsevar, Vanderbilt University; Melanie Aston, Vanderbilt University; Shaun Price, Vanderbilt University; Cynthia Paschal, Vanderbilt University; Stacy Klein-Gardner

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Biomedical

AC 2008-568: DESIGNING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING CURRICULUMFOR UNDERGRADUATES: SAFE, HANDS-ON AND INEXPENSIVEINSTRUCTIONKristen Jevsevar, Vanderbilt University Ms. Jevsevar is a senior in biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University. She was one of four undergraduates who conducted the beta testing and developed the project in the summer of 2007. Ms. Jevsevar completed the adaptation of the undergraduate materials that were developed to the high school level.Melanie Aston, Vanderbilt University Ms. Aston is a senior in biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University. He was one of four undergraduates who conducted the beta testing and developed the project in the summer of 2007

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Careers and Professional Development in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Allen, University of Virginia; Shayn Peirce-Cottler, University of Virginia

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Biomedical

,including biomedical and biotech industries, academic research, intellectual property, FDAregulation, consulting, finance, and other professional tracks. To address the need forundergraduates to possess adequate non-technical skills prior to graduation, BME curriculatypically use capstone courses as vehicles for teaching professionalism. In the BME Capstonecourse at the University of Virginia, we have instituted several mechanisms for instilling a widearray of non-technical professional skills in BME majors. An emphasis on career developmentbegins at the outset of the course with a formal project selection process that features a BMECapstone “Project Fair,” which is similar to a job fair where the students submit resumes andinterview with potential

Conference Session

Design in the BME Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; Donna Ebenstein, Bucknell University; James Baish, Bucknell University; William King, Bucknell University; Daniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

AC 2008-757: INTEGRATING EXTERNAL MENTORS INTO BME SENIORDESIGNJoe Tranquillo, Bucknell UniversityDonna Ebenstein, Bucknell UniversityJames Baish, Bucknell UniversityWilliam King, Bucknell UniversityDaniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University Page 13.764.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Integrating External Mentors into BME Senior DesignIntroductionTo build strong independent design skills, our department exposes students to more andmore open-ended projects through our curriculum. The culminating experience is a two-semester, team-based senior capstone project, mentored by external biomedical expertsand advised by faculty within the department. The single most

Conference Session

Unique Student Opportunities in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Abramowitch, University of Pittsburgh; Mark Redfern, University of Pittsburgh; Richard Debski, University of Pittsburgh; Alejandro Almarza, University of Pittsburgh; Harvey Borovetz, University of Pittsburgh; Savio Woo, University of Pittsburgh

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Biomedical

program now exceeding 150 students, the major challenges that stemfrom our decision to make this a required course are 1) providing a sufficient number ofinternship opportunities, and 2) finding projects that match students’ interests. Fortunately, at Page 13.797.3the University of Pittsburgh, the Swanson School of Engineering is located within one city blockof our world class School of Medicine and the vast clinical research facilities at the University ofPittsburgh Medical Center. As a result, undergraduates are able to participate in research andpatient care programs that are unmatched across the United States.These include the extracorporeal

Conference Session

Unique Student Opportunities in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Jean Alley, Vanderbilt University; Penny Hirsch, Northwestern University; Stacy Klein-Gardner; Julie Greenberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mark Bourgeois, Northwestern University

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Biomedical

firm since 1986, she is also the VaNTH project leader for core competency instruction. Hirsch has a B.A. in English from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in English from Northwestern University.Stacy Klein, Vanderbilt University Stacy S. Klein is the Associate Dean for Outreach at the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering. She is also a Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Radiological Sciences, and Teaching & Learning. An active mentor in the REU program, she also runs an RET program.Julie Greenberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Julie E. Greenberg is a Principal Research Scientist and Director of Education and Academic Affairs at the

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Design in the BME Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Johnson, University of Cincinnati / Engineering; Mary Beth Privitera, University of Cincinnati; Daria Narmoneva, University of Cincinnati; Balakrishna Haridas, University of Cincinnati

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Biomedical

. Concepts are generated and evaluated, and a plan is generated for thePage 13.359.4The faculty concluded that completely independent capstone experiences were not conducive tocreating a comprehensive design or experimental capstone experience.Phase II: Selective Integration of Capstone ExperiencesWe implemented a pilot study (Phase II) in which two of the design teams were allowed toremain intact for the experimental capstone experience. Furthermore, those teams were alsoassigned the same project in both capstone sequences. All other students experienced thecapstone courses in a manner identical to students in Phase I. We found that the students in theÐukping-team, single-rtqlgevÑ"rgthqtogf"cv"c"jkijgt"ngxgl as measured by quantitative

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BME Courses & Curricular Content

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Cardinal, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

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Biomedical

preclinical and clinical testing, in order to prepare them to succeed in a regulatory-basedenvironment.This is a case-study based course, where cases range from small in-class examples that facilitateactive student engagement in the material, to large cases that span multiple lessons andincorporate out of class assignments and projects. Cases are selected and presented such thatstudents gain insights into the progression and complexities of “real-life” devices, while learningin vitro and in vivo preclinical evaluation techniques, clinical trial guidelines, FDA processes andrequirements, and overall regulatory constraints.IntroductionFDA regulations are a large part of many facets of life in the medical device industry. In rolesranging from business

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Instructional Methods and Tools in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Tracy Volz, Rice University

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Biomedical

Director and an award-winning instructor for the Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication at Rice University. She supports written, oral, and visual communication instruction in science and engineering courses. In addition to working with students, Dr. Volz has conducted communication seminars about oral presentations, interviewing, and technical poster design for the Texas Society of Professional Engineers and Baylor College of Medicine. Page 13.708.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Implementing Calibrated Peer Review™ to Enhance Technical

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Instructional Methods and Tools in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; David Lalush, North Carolina State University

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Biomedical

desktop. Students work in the laboratory on weekly homework assignments and “mini-projects”, in which they program microcontrollers and develop biomedical instruments. Thelaboratories on each campus have equivalent hardware setups, as well as videoconferencingequipment so that faculty can help the students remotely. The primary teacher for this class isbased at UNC, and he occasionally travels to NCSU to work with those students directly. Inaddition, a faculty member at NCSU is present for most classes, and he is available to provideassistance to the NCSU students outside of class. In this manner, the NCSU students haveopportunities to get “in-person” help from a faculty member. Feedback on this experience wasmeasured at mid-semester and at the

Conference Session

Instructional Methods and Tools in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Geiger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Biomedical

Florida Gulf Coast University. He received his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from Kansas State University in 1993, M.S. degrees in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering from Stanford University in 1984, and a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1975. He served in the Army Corps of Engineers for 23 years and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. Dr. O'Neill has been active as a Senior Mentor and instructor in Project ExCEEd for the American Society for Civil Engineering. Page 13.1376.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Utilizing the

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Unique Student Opportunities in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Malkin, Duke University

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Biomedical

language training is needed to train a nurse to use a piece ofmedical equipment, and much of the requisite vocabulary is similar to English.The technical training is also specialized to our project and developed by EWH. Our trainingaugments the already excellent theoretical training engineers receive with practical knowledgeappropriate to the developing world. This training includes topics like testing medical Page 13.531.3equipment when specialized test equipment is not available and manufacturing alternative spareparts in resource poor environments. A unique and critical element in our volunteer engineers’training is the lessons on how to train

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BME Courses & Curricular Content

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; David Gatchell, Northwestern University

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Biomedical

Recognizing the importance of certain areas in the physiology curriculum, and thepaucity of quantitative problems, we have initiated a project to create problems that can be doneby students electronically and independent of a particular textbook. This project uses thepowerful Courseware Authoring and Packaging Environment (CAPE) and ExperimentalLearning Management System (eLMS) that has been developed by the VaNTH ERC 8.CAPE/eLMS problems have many features which differentiate them from problems madeavailable through other learning management systems such as Blackboard. In a CAPE/eLMSproblem, the student interacts continuously with the computer. When a student enters the answerto a problem, he or she receives feedback immediately on whether he or she