Paper ID #23272Work in Progress: Project Tadpole - A Student-led Engineering Service ClubMartin Li, Duke University I am a Junior Biomedical and Electrical and Computer Engineering Student at Duke University. I am co-president of Project Tadpole, a service organization at Duke.Brianna Loomis, Duke University I am a recent graduate of Duke University with majors in Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering. I am co-president of a service organization at Duke called Project Tadpole which switch modifies toys for children with disabilities.Prof. Kevin Caves, Duke University Kevin Caves is an
required fortwo majors, Biology/Biotechnology and Bioengineering. The addition of an authentic in silicoresearch experience as a project for this lecture course would thus expose all students in bothmajors to an independent research experience. A single post-project survey was used to measuredifferences in student perception of themselves as a researcher by asking students to rate how theresearch project increased their knowledge in the use of scientific practices, was an act ofdiscovery, required collaboration, required iteration, and had relevance outside the course. Thesecategories have been used to assess other CUREs and define the characteristics a CURE [2].Students who participated in both the traditional lab to sequence DNA and the
Evaluator (PEV) for Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering programs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Work-in-Progress: Approaches to Introduce Biomedical Engineering Designin a Short Summer CourseAbstractRising high school seniors from all over the country take summer college courses as a trial runfor choosing potential majors before applying to colleges. In the initial offering of the summercourse described in this paper, high school seniors took a six week, introductory, project-basedcourse in biomedical engineering (BME). This introductory course incorporated bothengineering design and clinical applications. Students were introduced to basic principles ofBME design by exposure to the process of
undergraduate courses to train engineers who are critical thinkers, problem solvers, and able to understand the societal contexts in which they are working to addressing the grand challenges of the 21st century.Dr. Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and assistant professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information & Learning Sciences program, and in the Chemical & Biological Engineering Department. She served as Co-PI on an NSF RET Grant and a USDA NIFA grant, and is currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revolutioniz- ing Engineering Departments project. She was selected as a
. David P. Wick, Rochester Institute of Technology David Wick is an Associate Research Professor in the School of Individualized Studies and Assistant Vice President in the Division of Diversity and Inclusion at Rochester Institute of Technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Designing an Introduction to Biomedical Engineering course around a design challengeIntroductionFirst-Year science and engineering courses which have been modified to incorporate engaginghands-on, team-based projects have witnessed increased retention rates, greater knowledge gains,improved student satisfaction, and increased student enthusiasm over traditional
increased K-12 STEM awareness and education. Prior to joining UC Davis, Jennifer taught in the BME Department at Rutgers University, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Advanced Technologies and Regenerative Medicine, LLC. She received her doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering from Tufts University, M.S. degree from Syracuse University, and B.S. degree from Cornell University. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work in Progress: Promoting equitable team dynamics in an introductory biomedical engineering courseIntroductionTeam-based projects are widely utilized in the engineering curriculum, and often used inintroductory
universally accessible. Within this theme, studentscomplete multiple design projects through the prototyping phase (e.g., redesigning the ‘popcornpopper’ walking toy for children with a range of physical abilities and sensitivities),accompanied by a range of documentation (e.g., empathy maps; engineering drawings; written,poster, and oral presentations). Traditional first year curriculum places an emphasis on soundengineering fundamentals and does not, in our opinion provide enough room for the applicationof said concepts. This paper introduces a new practice-driven biomedical engineering curricula,and will report results of qualitative research on student and faculty/staff reactions to the newcurriculum as the first year progresses. This paper will
testingprototypes. Several prototyping milestones were completed throughout each semester with thefinal deliverable being a team produced video presenting each team’s solution to the problem.Online and in-person learning activities were simultaneously applied throughout the semesterincluding the IDEO design thinking approach in order for each team to develop and practicedesign-oriented skills [10]. In addition to the team projects and coursework, students were able toparticipate in a university design challenge that promoted adaptive needs and inclusion of peoplewith disabilities in engineering. Each team developed a challenge or activity in whichparticipants attempted to complete a daily living activity with an applied constraint simulating aspecific
, developedby our department in 2008, which is a highly interactive apprenticeship learning environment inwhich students work in a stable team of four for the entire semester. In this intervention, studentsare challenged to consider bias in engineering design and its impacts on others through a semester-long project composed of a series of individual and team exercises. This intervention is designedto raise students’ awareness of bias in biomedical engineering designs and processes and theimpacts they have on them and on others.Demand for inclusive design and responsible innovationEngineers’ works significantly affect the world, so they should be aware of assumptions they makewhen they create a new product. It means that consideration of inclusive
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
graduate students to thethought processes involved in human disease research and its translation into therapy byproviding an overview of disease processes, how they are treated, how basic biological science isused to develop those treatments, and the role of various stakeholders in the translationalresearch pipeline. At the end of this course, the student should understand the medical rationalefor studying basic pathomechanisms and how to utilize that rationale to design studies and grantproposals. For the final project of the course, students are provided with examples of recentdiscoveries based on a basic science article published within the past three years and asked todescribe how to take that discovery to clinical application.Elective courses
research interests include novel assessments of educational efficacy, the molecular basis of cell movement, and the mitigation of infectious diseases. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Creativity activities in a design course fail to elicit gains in creativity over and above those elicited by the design course itselfEngineering educators often look to imbue students with qualities beyond purely cognitive skills.Among these are self-efficacy, a psychological construct, and creativity, a pseudo-cognitiveconstruct. We showed previously that a project-based design course is associated withimprovements in both of these constructs without overt training in either. We sought todetermine
Article ReadingPre-departure symposium Following the 10-week training program, students will meet at the University of SanDiego (USD) for a 4-day pre-departure symposium designed to prepare the IRES participants fortheir research projects. The topics covered during this symposium will begin with generalprinciples that are applicable to all IRES participants and conclude with individualized codingsessions that are specific to each student’s project (Table 2). The first day will focus onwelcoming the students, discussing career paths in bioinformatics and include a special sessionfrom the on-campus international center. Since a main goal of this program is to encouragematriculation onto graduate school, a large portion of the first day will
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
and a team project in which they design a scientific orengineering solution that promotes social justice.Learning ObjectivesWe explore social justice in a science and engineering context, with a focus on DEI(diversity, equity, and inclusion). We discover why scientists and engineers must practiceinclusive design and think broadly about the impact of their work on diverse populations,including ethical implications, potential inequities in access, and bias againstunderrepresented people.By the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. Identify how cultural concepts of race, gender, sexuality, and disability have shaped scientific thought and engineering practice (and vice versa) through history. 2. Conduct self-directed
introduce BME applications to high school students,the authors developed a BME high school summer program that was piloted in the summer of2019. Aimed at introducing students to the BME field, the program focused on introducingneuroscience and neuroengineering principles using low-cost and open source materials.The California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) program“BioEngineering Your Brain: Controlling the World with Your Brainwaves” introduced basicneuroscience and bioengineering concepts to 24 high school students through lecture basedmaterial, in class assignments and activities, and hands-on laboratory projects. Through the useof low-cost and open source electroencephalography (EEG) devices (OpenBCI, Brooklyn, NY
below-average students.Troubleshooting Skills in the Bioinstrumentation Laboratory CourseLaboratory courses play an important role in engineering education, providing the students withopportunities to develop proficiency in experimental design, data analysis, the use of relevantequipment and tools, team work, communication skills and other practical skills relevant to theengineering practice1-3. As design instruction has become more prevalent, engineering programshave incorporated design courses and embedded design projects at several stages of theundergraduate curriculum4, including instructional laboratories. However, most of these coursesfocus on the early stages of the design process (i.e. problem identification, design criteria,research
-based, inquiry-based, project-based, and problem-basedlearning”, the MUST students not only learned the course content, but enjoyed the process [9].MethodsOpening DayStudents were randomly assigned to teams of four students prior to the start of the course; thesame teams were maintained throughout the semester, although they had permission to request achange. Within five minutes of the very first class, the teams were given a hypothetical situationand a problem to solve. The hypothetical situation was that an unknown molecule was infectingstudents on campus with a deadly disease (which turned out to be eerily predictive of theCOVID-19 pandemic). Teams brainstormed methods to solve one of the following: (1) Diagnose/identify the
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 received her Bachelors and Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Wright State University, in Day- ton, Ohio. Her experience with teaching first-year engineering students has led to research interests in curriculum development, student empowerment and the development of holistic engineers through the collaboration with engineering
by the high schoolparticipants themselves. Most reports of service learning outreach focus on the experience ofundergraduate and graduate student volunteers, including recent studies of efforts to recruitwomen [15, 16]. Other studies involving K-12 outreach do not address effectiveness of specificmaterials in engaging underrepresented students, but instead focus on general best practices,program development, or assessment [17-20]. Additionally, groundbreaking studies involvingbest practices in teaching engineering to K-12 students have not been within the context ofoutreach, but instead have focused on formal classroom teaching approaches in general such asproblem-, inquiry- and project-based approaches [21]. One program that evaluates
setting. Lab space was limited to~16-18 students per room, with two rooms available to the two sections of the lab. While themajority of students enrolled in the F2F section of the class, various restrictions and quarantineevents for students living on campus meant that a sizeable portion of students might beparticipating virtually during a given week. To accommodate the varying needs of all thesestudents, the introductory and expository portions of the course were streamed live and recordedvia the Zoom web conferencing platform. The instructor would deliver a prelab lecture and discussmaterial in one room with the content streamed live and projected in the second laboratory room.Students working remotely could follow along synchronously and all
developed new methods for imaging and tracking mitochondria from living zebrafish neurons. In her work for the EERC and Pitt-CIRTL, April Dukes collaborates on educational research projects and facilitates professional development (PD) on instructional and mentoring best practices for current and future STEM faculty. As an adjunct instructor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh since 2009 and an instructor for CIRTL Network and Pitt-CIRTL local programming since 2016, April is experienced in both synchronous and asynchronous online and in-person teaching environments.Dr. Kurt E Beschorner, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Kurt Beschorner is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering at
, basic circuits, 3D printing, subtractive approaches to prototyping, and digitalimage analysis. The course culminated in a closed-ended team-based design project with aphysical prototype due at the end.Both explicit and implicit measures were delivered through Qualtrics online survey software.This survey was delivered before the second class session of the semester, and again in the weekof final exams. The survey included: 1. The ability dimension of the engineering design self-efficacy instrument, described in [5]. This measures whether students believe they will be: a. Able, and b. Motivated to engage in engineering design tasks, whether they feel they will be c. Successful in doing so, and how
st 1 year 64% 61% 85 + 42 = 127 2nd year 23% 25% 31 + 17 = 48 rd 3 year 8% 9% 10 + 6 = 16 4th year 5% 5% 7 + 4 = 11 During the first week of the semester, students self-enrolled in teams of 6 or 7 for an out-of-class design project using the self-sign-up group feature of Canvas (Instructure, Salt Lake CityUT); these same teams were also used for all in-class learning activities. Class periods devoted toactive learning where indicated as such on the course syllabus and schedule. On these scheduled
the pilot study, we would like to ask students who havetaken the lessons in previous cohorts about how the lessons may have impacted them in theirfuture coursework, particularly their design courses. During informal conversations withstudents, at least two have mentioned to the GTA how their outlook on design has beeninfluenced by #FunTimesWithTheTA. Students noted that they took design principles learned in#FunTimesWithTheTA and applied them to their senior design projects. Given the small size ofour initial subject pool, we find these positive comments very encouraging.Acknowledgements: We would like to thank Ms. Attiyya Houston for designing our logo.References[1] C. C. Bonwell and J. A. Eison, Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the
projects broadly to find a solution that will have the 0.534 greatest impact I seek input from those with a different perspective than me 0.693 I seek feedback and suggestions for personal improvement 0.690 When problem solving, I focus on the relationships between issues 0.693 Science 0.758 Design an experiment to answer a scientific question 0.733 Confidence Conduct an experiment on your own 0.754 Interpret experimental results 0.742
semester, this isoptional and at their discretion. However, some of the projects have undergone continueddevelopment through existing specialized medical design initiatives at the University’sInnovation Center. Further, some students joined these initiatives, where they may contributetheir expertise to teams including medical, engineering, business, and design faculty.Paired Pre- and Post-Program Survey Questions: To assess the effect of the program on working in interdisciplinary teams and needsidentification, students were prompted with paired pre- and post-program survey questions. Asexpected, student’s agreement with feeling confident working in an interdisciplinary teamincreased as a result of the program. Indeed, many free-response
understand a single part of thecardiovascular system, a user of the GUI can see how different parameters affect the system aswell as how to help make an unhealthy heart healthy.”B. Lessons learnedThere was tremendous work involved in developing the simulation/GUI package. In our case, ittook the undergraduate student researcher nearly two years working part-time on the project tocomplete the development. Nonetheless, it seems the efforts are being paid back given thepositive student feedback and learning outcome. Results from the direct assessment demonstratethat students were able to analyze simple problems in circulation system & hemodynamicsefficiently, and they were able to provide viable solutions to a real-world case in just one week.In