Paper ID #22922Work in Progress: Prosthetic Design Cases as an Educational Tool In andOut of the ClassroomMr. Samuel Elliot Krause, Helping Hand Project Senior studying BME in the UNC & NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. Project man- ager for the Helping Hand Project, a non-profit that builds custom prosthetic devices for children with amputations.Mr. Jeff Powell, The Helping Hand Project Jeff Powell is a graduate student at UNC-Charlotte studying Biological Sciences. He is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Biomedical Engineering program. As a student at UNC-CH, Jeff started The Helping Hand Project, a
guiding questions tostructure the sessions; and (iv) including multiple sessions with the same clients over time toobserve changes that may result from the therapies.Capstone Projects: Future iterations of this program will task students with identifying clinicalneeds from their shadowing experiences, propose a possible solution, and encourage them topursue those solutions during their own Capstone Design courses. Capstone design projects areubiquitous in engineering education, aimed at promoting practical and real-world projects duringan undergraduate’s education [7], [8]. The pairing of this shadowing experience with CapstoneDesign is expected to increase student engagement and satisfaction; supported by results fromprevious clinical immersions
for Medical and Biological Engineering, and the American College of Clinical Engineering.Dr. Icaro Dos Santos Dos Santos, Milwaukee School of Engineering c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Work-In-Progress: Streamlining Biomedical Engineering Design ProcessThe Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology (ABET) Criterion 5 states that an ABET-accredited undergraduate engineering program must incorporate a capstone design process tobetter prepare its graduates for various engineering careers [1]. The most common pedagogicalapproaches to teaching design focus on a Problem-Based Learning and are centered around aspecific problem to be addressed, and include general capstone courses covering
and associate director of BME’s undergraduate program. In this role, she will strengthen the department’s connection with the local medical community, both in clinical and industrial settings, in order to foster undergraduate design projects as well as internship and employment opportunities for our students.Dr. Sarah Ilkhanipour Rooney, University of Delaware Sarah I. Rooney is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program in the Biomedical Engineering department at the University of Delaware, where she seeks to bring evidence-based teaching practices to the undergraduate curriculum. She received her B.S.E. (2009) and M.S.E. (2010) in Biomed- ical Engineering from the University of Michigan (Ann
experienceencouraging transformative learning. The students explain the purpose, rationale, potential targetpopulation as well as demonstrate their prototype. The summer following the completion of thisintroductory assistive technology course, faculty members in occupational therapy andengineering meet to discuss which projects are best suited for further development.Occupational therapy students who have expressed an interest and whose projects have thepotential for universal design, pitch their AT device to student engineering teams. Thebiomedical engineering students are either in the first semester of their capstone design course orin a product development course. Not all occupational therapy AT projects presented to theengineering design teams are chosen
multidisciplinary collaborative research projects, capstone and honors projects, andpotential entrepreneurial initiatives. Follow-up information is collected to track oral/posterpresentations, published manuscripts and patent applications resulting from course projects.4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONEight engineering students enrolled in the course in spring 2016 and six in 2017. The engineeringstudents included students from the biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, andindustrial systems concentrations. In 2017, 3 teams of engineering students partnered with 12students from the entrepreneurship course in the College of Business (4 per team). Studentsreported spending an average of 6.3 ± 2.4 hours per week outside of class and clinic, preparing
aspects of the design process, including iterativebrainstorming, hands-on prototyping & fabrication, CAD, materials, machining, assembly, andbasic microcontroller design. Seniors then complete a yearlong capstone sequence in which theypursue a client-mentored project and apply the skills they have developed in the prior courseswithin the curriculum [2]. All projects in the introductory design skills course and the vastmajority of projects in the capstone are client-sponsored, pre-identified problems or need areasthat the client pitched to potential teams, such that students who take these core design coursestypically do not have the opportunity to identify clinical or patient-centered needs as part of thecourse structure. However, a growing
themes in engineering have focused on sustainability, entrepreneurship, designthinking, internationalization and social justice (Murphy et al., 2009; Tranquillo 2013;Tranquillo 2017; UNESCO 2010). As improved health care intersects all of these trends,biomedical engineers are well suited to take on leadership roles. In parallel, pedagogicaltrends have moved toward design challenges, wicked problems, project-based learningand engagement with live case studies (Blumenfeld et al. 1991; Prince 2004; Omenn2006; Bell, 2010; Beaurey 2010; Mote et al, 2016). Biomedical engineering faculty havein fact led the way in developing many of these learning opportunities (Tranquillo andCavanagh 2009; Gimm 2011; Abby et al., 2013; Dolan 2013).This paper outlines
quarter. They wanted toimprove the users’ experience with added features. The remaining seven groups proposedprojects from a variety of areas: one group worked on an project for a third world country, onegroup looked at determining thyroid levels, one group developed a warning system for a facultymember’s research, one group looked at developing a device for physical therapy, one groupworked with an ME Capstone Design group, one group adapted a workout device for athletes,and one group developed a toy for college students.Students were required to write an in-depth proposal for their project. Their writing abilityshowed marked improvement along with their ability to express the social, environmental,economic, and ethical aspects of their
bioengineering, service learning, universal design, tissue and protein engineering labs, bioengineering ethics, leadership, and capstone proposal writing and design. She is committed to enhancing diversity and inclusivity in en- gineering, and creating opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in K-12 educational outreach. Dr. Hendricks has over a decade of experience leading educational outreach and summer camp programs at both Duke University and the University of Washington.Dr. Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington Ken Yasuhara is an instructional consultant and assistant director at the Office for the Advancement of Engineering Teaching & Learning (ET&L) at the University of Washington. He completed an
were required to take a capstone design course in theconsecutive semester. Some students worked on the same project continuously from ENGR4520to ENGR4950 for development of final design and prototyping.MethodsThe ENGR4520 course consisted of lectures, student presentations, labs, documents and a majorteam project that led to final design. The main goal of the team project was to expose students tothe design and engineering challenges in the application of biomedical engineering. Thesechallenges were complex and multidisciplinary by nature, and students were required tounderstand specific medical/biological issues relevant to their projects. In class, students weredivided into groups (4-5 students per group) and selected their own project from
highlyvalues familiarity with these topics in biomedical engineering (BME) undergraduates; there is agrowing demand for professionals who possess a combination of both technical knowledge andregulatory affairs [1]. However, it is challenging to instruct students on these inherently drytopics, particularly in the absence of practical applications.Recognizing that expertise in any of these areas is an impractical goal for undergraduatestudents, BME programs have implemented several different approaches to provide a workingknowledge of these topics to equip graduates for work in the medical device industry. Theseapproaches range from entire courses devoted to singular topics, such as medical deviceregulation [2], to lectures integrated into the capstone
and stay engaged with the material introduced in the course. Theplot shows the % of students giving a rating of either “Strongly Agree” or“Agree” (% Agreement). Out of a scale of: Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral,Disagree, Strongly Disagree. * p < 0.05.Although significant increases were not seen across other student responses of thecourse’s learning methods, there was a general increasing trend across the years studied,with students assessing the course more highly in contributing to their ability to work ona team, develop their projects, and learn new skills and techniques helpful for theircareers.Course ContentTo assess student’s perceptions of how well the course content prepared students fortheir Capstone senior design course, and how
Paper ID #23500Work in Progress: Knowledge Translation for Biomedical Engineering Grad-uate StudentsDr. J Christopher Bouwmeester, University of Toronto I am an assistant professor, teaching stream in the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. I have a background in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and cardiovascular physiology. I am currently focused on meshing inverted classroom structures with hands-on activities to teach engineering design in capstone and core biomedical engineering engineering subjects. I am
. He instructs/coordinates undergraduate labs including Bioinstrumentation, Biotransport, and Capstone Senior Design. He also serves as the school’s ABET coordinator. Asem received his BS and MS degrees in Bioengineering from the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio.Dr. Erica Lott, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Erica Lott is an Instructional Developer at the Center for Instructional Excellence at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. She earned her Ph.D in College Science Teaching specializing in Earth Sciences from Syracuse University. Her research interests include, but are not limited to: learners’ understanding and representation of physical phenomena, course transformations
capstone design courses, including the longstanding core senior design sequence and the recently launched interdisciplinary medical product development course. She also serves as co-Director of the Freshman Engineering Success Program, and is actively involved in engineering outreach for global health. Miiri received her Ph.D. in Bioengineering and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a B.S. in General Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.Dr. Jennifer D. Olson, University of Illinois at Chicago Jennifer Olson is a clinical assistant professor in the College of Education at University of Illinois at Chicago. She coordinates the Secondary Education
in the department of biomedical engineering at The Ohio State University. He holds a B.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Puerto Rico Mayag¨uez, and a M.S. and PhD in biomedical engineering from The Ohio State University. His current position entails teaching measurements and instrumentation courses, leading micro and nano educational labs, as well as mentoring students in their senior capstone projects. His current projects include indus- try integration in the curriculum, undergraduate professional development, and entrepreneurial minded learning in the classroom.Amena Shermadou, Ohio State University Amena Shermadou is an Engineering Education graduate student at The Ohio State University. She
± 0.78 learn. The class discussions helped me explore the class content. 4.29 ± 0.66 The Concept Questions and Practice Problems helped me learn. 4.49 ± 0.64 Homework problems and test questions helped me assess my progress learning 4.12 ± 0.62 the course content. The structure of this course encouraged me to explore outside resources to help 3.94 ± 1.07 me learn. I can relate what I learned in this course to other courses, my Capstone/Thesis 4.12 ± 0.88 project, and topics in the fields of biomedical engineering and medicine.Learning EnvironmentStudent perceptions of the learning environment were assessed using a series of seven Likert-type questions encoded on a
inspire young women to be leaders in engineering and medicine, while Project Lead the Way works to bring engineering and medicine to teachers and students in K through 12 programs. Hannah was a four year club sports athlete for the Clemson University Women’s Ultimate team. She was captain for two years, which taught her team-centered leadership. Hannah used these skills to lead her senior design capstone team to develop and create a functional sports rehabilitation device. Hannah found her drive for design and engineering education during the development of this device and is working to instill students with the same drive and initiative through experimental learning.Dr. John D. DesJardins, Clemson University Dr
Paper ID #23030Work in Progress: Dialogue Videos Foster Interaction Between HomeworkPartnersDr. Michael R. Caplan, Arizona State University Michael Caplan earned his undergraduate degrees from The University of Texas at Austin and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Following post-doctoral research at Duke University Medical Center in Cell Biology, Michael joined the faculty of Arizona State University in 2003, and he is now an Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Caplan’s research focuses on molecular cooperativity in drug targeting, bio-sensing, and cell sig- naling. Current projects
University (Fort Collins, CO, USA). She has experience working as a graduate teaching assistant for computer aided engineering, biomedical engi- neering capstone design, and biomedical engineering introductory classes. Nicole’s engineering education interests include active learning, metacognitive thinking, and the use of technology platforms. Her doc- toral research is focused on the material properties of spinal cord tissues to contribute to the understanding and treatment of spinal cord injuries.Jasmine Erin Nejad, Colorado State University Jasmine Nejad is a PhD student in the Biomedical Engineering program at Colorado State University (CSU). She completed her B.S. in Biochemistry and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at
. Anthony is also active in ophthalmology research - having co-formed and currently serving as a Technical Director for the ophthalmology-based medical device design lab (ORBITLab) at the UIC Innovation Center. Anthony holds a B.S. and Ph.D. in Bioengi- neering.Dr. Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago Miiri Kotche is a Clinical Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and currently serves as Director of the Medical Accelerator for Devices Laboratory (MAD Lab) at the UIC Innovation Center. Prior to joining the faculty at UIC, she worked in new product development. She teaches capstone design courses, including the longstanding core senior design sequence and Inter
dramatically, 96% were aware of the benefit of interdisciplinary capstone projects, butonly 56% incorporated them in engineering classes[9]. If educators are aware of superior teachingpractices, supported by experimental evidence, why are these practices not standard in engineeringprograms?In an additional survey by Besterfield-Sacre et al. faculty, department chairs, and deans wereindependently surveyed and asked in open-ended fashion to identify opportunities for facultyprofessional development and rewards, to improve the incorporation rate of identified student-centered instructional practices [10]. The researchers then grouped the responses into the formatof the Four Categories of Change Strategies model [18]. Interestingly, numerous responses