Conference Session

Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Thompson, Kansas State University; Steve Warren, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

AC 2007-2420: A SMALL, HIGH-FIDELITY REFLECTANCE PULSE OXIMETERDavid Thompson, Kansas State University David Thompson is a Fulbright Fellow currently studying in Japan. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University University in May, 2006. His areas of research interest include biomedical sensors, neural prosthetics, embedded systems design, and analog & digital circuitry.Steve Warren, Kansas State University Steve Warren is an Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Kansas State University. He teaches courses in linear systems, computer graphics, biomedical instrumentation, and scientific computing. Dr. Warren manages the KSU Medical

Conference Session

BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Verstraete, University of Akron

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

metric, or metrics, in mind for measuring the level of success orfailure, such as examination or homework questions, or project requirements. Course Objectivesand Outcomes should then be included in the course syllabus distributed to each student on thefirst day of class (Figure 1).At the completion of the course, each instructor completes an assessment report for each BMEcourse they taught. The report includes the following sections; Heading, Catalog Description,Grade Distribution, Modifications Made to Course, Course Outcomes Assessment, StudentFeedback, Reflection, Proposed Actions for Course Improvement. Other sections may beincluded as each instructor or the Department wishes. These extra sections may be used toassess the “soft” skills

Conference Session

Communication and Professional Skills in BME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo; Daniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

presentations and Building Engineering Communication Skills 7requiring students to privately view their presentation. This type of self-reflection canquickly highlight the good and bad presentation habits of individual students.Group WorkAs in motivation one, professional engineers will often write documents as a team. Anyof the above communication ideas may be assigned to a group of students. In fact, manyof the final communications used as examples above, were assigned to groups. Groupwriting brings special challenges related to teamwork which we will not expand uponhere. One helpful guideline, however, is to assign responsibility for various sections toprevent one person from assuming the role of

Conference Session

New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin; Mia Markey, University of Texas-Austin; Thomas Milner, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

faculty at three top-tier institutions. Thereforethese students may not reflect typical DE students who select distance delivery Page 12.553.3because of work schedules and family obligations or because they do not have tospend time traveling to campus. This is not say that these students will be atypicalwith expectations for interaction and timely instructional feedback, but ratherthese students should be highly motivated and should not find DE isolating and ahindrance because of their self-discipline.Purpose of the StudyIn order to identify the functional skills that faculty need to possess in order toeffectively teach at a distance, we wanted to begin by

Conference Session

New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael VanAuker, University of South Florida; Joel Strom, University of South Florida; William Lee, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

will come from the Asia/Pacificregion and the Latin-American region, which are expected to grow significantly by 20107. Interms of all medical devices, the U.S. market was estimated to be approximately $86 billion by2006 (close to $220 billion worldwide), with a projected 10% annual growth rate for the nearfuture8. The U.S. medical device industry employs more than 411,400 individuals, about 1/3 ofall biotech jobs8. Cardiovascular devices are a significant part of this market; Table 1 lists someof the dominant technologies. As one example of a specific product, the worldwide market forstents is estimated to be about $8 billion by 2008, with this growth reflecting advances in drug-eluting stents9.Dominant cardiovascular pharmaceutical companies

Conference Session

Communication and Professional Skills in BME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willis Tompkins, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Naomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Walter Block, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Kristyn Masters, University of Wisconsin-Madison; William Murphy, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Mitchell Tyler, University of Wisconsin-Madison; John Webster, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

self team evaluation 6 Reflection paper 6 Design notebook 12 Oral design review meeting 72 Written progress report 84 Patent disclosure x Human studies protocol x Table: Number of times a BME student experiences each type of professional communication during the six-semester BME design course sequence.To insure consistency across the

Conference Session

New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vikki Hazelwood, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

research with biomedical companies;one student felt the experience helped him gain entry into medical school. Participants performedwell on the quiz and reported favorably regarding the experience.Conclusion: Training effectiveness was reflected in the exit survey results, job offers andgraduate school opportunities for students, and student conduct. Student motivation is reflectedin the self reported gain in interest and confidence in clinical research, in the low attrition rate,and in the increased activity levels of all groups. Page 12.7.2BackgroundExperiential education has been demonstrated to be effective in medical and nursing

Conference Session

Design in BME Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David McStravick, Rice University; Marcia O'Mallley, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

techniques, we have adopted a setof activities and policies for the capstone design course. This section will outline the five areasrequired for cooperative learning and our specific activities, based on suggestions of Felder,Brent, and Stice5. Also presented, will be some discussion of our methods for team formation.Positive InterdependenceTo promote positive interdependence, we must create an atmosphere where team members mustrely on one another to achieve their goal. When any team member fails, this must reflect on thegroup as a whole2. For this facet of cooperative learning, we have implemented two revisions.First, we have adopted jigsaw activities4. In the jigsaw workshops, at least one representativefrom each group must attend one of three

Conference Session

Freshman Design and Other Novel Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Willits, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

their knowledge bybreaking the topics down for the high school level. The presenters were asked to fill out a shortquestionnaire (Table 3) about their experience of presenting their project for outreach. Whilethere were only a small number of student presenters (n=2), the feedback was good. They bothcited how the high school student questions allowed them to reflect on their knowledge.Additionally, both students cited methods of improving their projects as demonstrations,including using more games and focusing less on equations or actual lecture. The results fromthis questionnaire will be distributed to students in future courses, to allow them to see other’sreflections on their projects.Table 3: Questionnaire for students who presented their