VermontProf. Rachael A Oldinski American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: A Vertically-Integrated, Project-Focused Approach to Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering EducationIntroduction The Biomedical Engineering (BME) program at the University of Vermont (UVM) iscurrently restructuring its required curriculum into a vertically-integrated, interdisciplinary corefocused on engineering design and active learning instructional methods in order to prepare ourstudents for dynamic engineering careers in the modern era. Engineering solutions to current andfuture grand challenges are increasingly interdisciplinary, which is especially true in
. Hatice Ozturk is a Teaching Associate Professor at North Carolina State University, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. She teaches Signals and Systems, works on curriculum development and coordinates assessment and accreditation activities. Her engineering education area of research is devel- opment of instructional technologies for successful math to engineering transition. She also collaborates with faculty in Women’s and Gender Studies to study the impacts of interventions done to increase the number of women in engineering.Prof. Kelly A Umstead, North Carolina State University Kelly Umstead is an assistant professor of industrial design at North Carolina State University. She earned her MID from NC State
-led UD’s Mandela Washington Fel- lowship Civic Leadership Institute as part of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative. She advises the UD student chapter of Engineers Without Borders, which links student teams with community partners abroad to implement sustainable engineering projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work In Progress: Incorporating Global Context to a Biomechanics Course through Service-Learning CollaborationIntroductionABET, the accrediting body for engineering programs, expects undergraduate engineeringprograms to prepare students with “an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutionsthat meet specified needs with
State University.Ms. Ellen M Swartz, North Dakota State University Ellen Swartz is currently pursuing a M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering at North Dakota State Univer- sity. Her research interests include STEM education, innovation-based learning, agent-based modeling of complex adaptive systems, and bioelectromagnetics. She previously received her B.S. degree from North Dakota State University in Electrical and Computer Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Benefits of Distance Education Collaboration in Higher Education Institutions to Train Students in Self-Learning and Innovation Practices Abstract – The class described below is comprised of
industrial experience in the casting and silicon wafer manufacturing industries. Pat is registered as a PE in the states of Ohio, Michigan and Washington. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Student Collaboration as a strategy to achieve learning outcomes in Biomaterials CoursesAbstractSeniors in the mechanical engineering department at university A and junior biomedicalengineering majors at institute B were given two common assignments in their biomaterialscourses. The first assignment asked students to act as respective clients and materials consultantsfor a biomaterials problem. Groups of student “clients” presented their problem to groups ofstudent “consultants” who were required to pose a
National Academy of Education / Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions; this includes a two- strand research program focused on (1) authentic assessment, often aided by interactive technology, and (2) design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn.Dr. Linnea K Ista, University of New MexicoDr. Heather Canavan, University of New Mexico c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Biomedical prototype design in collaborative teams to increase students’ comprehension and
Morgantown, West Virginia as well as a faculty member at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Fostering Cross-Disciplinary Collaborations between Biomedical Engineering and Occupational Therapy Students: A Model for Clinical Exposures for BMEBackgroundCollaborations between occupational therapy and engineering student design teams are not a newconcept. In some cases, first-year engineering students work on design projects for individualswith disabilities as an introduction to the design process [1], [2]. In general, design teams willinteract with occupational therapists or physical therapists, and
California, Irvine (UCI) American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work in Progress: Novel Initiatives for Senior Design Collaborative Projects with Healthcare Workers and Undergraduate Students – a COVID-19 Response Nursing HackathonIntroduction:Nurses and healthcare staff are uniquely positioned to identify opportunities to improve systemsof care delivery but are often underrepresented in medical innovation initiatives [1, 2].Furthermore, although hackathons have gained traction over the past decade as a successfulinnovation tool to tackle modern healthcare problems [3], there remains a lack of events thatallow undergraduate students in different
Paper ID #23350Work in Progress: Teaching Effective Teamwork Skills in Biomedical Engi-neering Laboratory CoursesMs. Monica D. Okon, The Ohio State University Monica Okon, a current graduate student in biomedical engineering at Ohio State University, became in- terested in engineering education when starting as a graduate teaching associate (GTA) for the Engineering Education Department at Ohio State University. She has had the opportunity to teach the Fundamentals in Engineering laboratory component for the standard courses as well as served as a lead GTA for that department for two years. She is currently a lead GTA in
, works on curriculum development and coordinates assessment and accreditation activities. Her engineering education area of research is devel- opment of instructional technologies for successful math to engineering transition. She also collaborates with faculty in Women’s and Gender Studies to study the impacts of interventions done to increase the number of women in engineering.Dr. Frances S. Ligler, North Carolina State University Frances S. Ligler is the Lampe Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Joint Depart- ment of Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University and School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an elected
Transformations Institute and conducts research on online as well as intercultural engineering education. In his work, he focuses on develop- ing broader educational strategies for the design and use of online engineering equipment, putting these into practice and provide the evidence base for further development efforts. Moreover, he is develop- ing instructional concepts to bring students into international study contexts so that they can experience intercultural collaboration and develop respective competences. Dr. May is Vice President of the Interna- tional Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), which is an international non-profit organization with the objective of encouraging the wider development, distribution and
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 stakeholders.Dr. David A. Delaine, The Ohio State University Dr. David A. Delaine is an Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University Department of Engineer- ing Education. Within this newly formed department he strives to creatively impact society through investigating the intersections of engineering, education, and social need through research on community engagement and collaborative
identities in engineering.Mr. Daniel B Whitaker, University of Arizona Daniel Whitaker is an Instructional Designer for Digital Learning at the University of Arizona. He has been involved with developing and designing instructional material since 2006 and has a background in digital media development and design. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work-in Progress: Switching Modalities: Implications of Online Education in Biomedical EngineeringIntroductionThe notion of providing higher education at a distance is growing at a rapid pace with advancesin online and digital technologies. Currently, nearly 30% of all postsecondary
Society for Engineering Education, 2021 WIP: Conversion of a Biotransport Course from Face-to-Face to OnlineIntroduction & MotivationSeniors at Texas A&M University enroll in BMEN 462: Mass & Energy Transport inBiosystems, a core, math intensive course. Upon successful completion of this course, studentsare able to mathematically define, describe, solve, and analyze general biotransport problems anddevelop transport models and approaches to contemporary biomedical problems and criticallyevaluate the solutions. The course design consists of eight content modules covering transportover cellular to whole body length scales. Traditionally the course is taught face-to-face (F2F)using a blended approach of lectures and collaborative
Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: Embedded Ethical Inquiry and Reflection in a Biomedical Engineering CurriculumIntroductionThe field of biomedical engineering (BME) aims to improve medicine through design. Amplecurricular resources guide instructors when helping students practice application of theorytoward design; however, few content-rich, teaching resources exist for faculty to incorporateengineering ethics throughout a student’s BME undergraduate experience. BME programscontinue to refine the implementation and assessment of ethics assignments, as the recent 2018ABET changes identify the ability to recognize ethical responsibilities as a necessary studentoutcome in the preparation of engineers that can make
Paper ID #30198Work in Progress: Engaging Early Career Students in Bioengineering withStudent-Specific ContentDr. Erika M Pliner, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Erika Pliner is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia. Her research interests are fall prevention in the workplace and among older adults, postural control and sensory reweighting, and engineering education. Erika received her PhD in Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh, specializing in human movement biomechanics. She received her Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering and Master’s in Engineering from the University of Wisconsin
Diversity and Ethics in an Introductory Bioengineering Course”, Pacific Northwest Section Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, Seattle WA. (April 2017) 5. C. Birch, C. Gunnarsson, and D.G. Hendricks. “Work in Progress: Exploring the Interplay of Diversity and Ethics in an Introductory Bioengineering Course.” American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT. (2018) 6. C. Gunnarsson, C. Birch, and D.G. Hendricks “Design and Implementation of an Engineering for Social Justice Curriculum.” Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity (CoNECD) Annual Conference, Crystal City, VA. (2019) 7. C. Birch, C. Gunnarsson, and D.G. Hendricks. “Work in
Incubator connects participants to post-graduate opportunities (e.g. industry,research, government) and educational research literature to support them in the co-creation of 1-credit experiential BME-in-Practice courses. This course acknowledges that learning is bothsocial and situated. As such, it is taught so that students construct knowledge with each other,thus increasing their participation in the community of engineering education and effectiveteaching. Course instruction was designed to model the numerous active pedagogical approachesstudents read about and discuss throughout the course (e.g. active learning, problem-basedlearning, collaborative learning etc.).Methods For this study, we were specifically interested in exploring how
National Institutes of Health under Award NumberR25EB012963. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarilyrepresent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.References1 S. Purzer, N. Fila and K. Nataraja, "Evaluation of Current Assessment Methods in EngineeringEntrepreneurship Education", Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 5, no. 1, 2016.2 B. Przestrzelski and J. DesJardins, "The DeFINE Program: A Clinical Immersion forBiomedical Needs Identification", in American Society for Engineering Education ConferenceProceedings 2015, Seattle, 2015.3 B. Moyer, "Collaborative Efforts to Encourage Entrepreneurial Mindsets", in American Societyfor Engineering Education Conference Proceedings 2016, New
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well as education.Prof. Henry Hess, Columbia University Henry Hess received the Dr.rer.nat. in Physics from the Free University Berlin, Germany, in 1999. He is currently a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, New York, a member of the External Advisory Board of Nano Letters since 2010, and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience since 2014. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Designing a hybrid engineering course combining case-based and lecture-based teaching Traditionally, engineering and business school courses have had different pedagogical emphases.Engineering courses
focused on engineering education, his research interests included hemodynamics and the study of how vascular cells respond to fluid forces and its implications in vascular pathologies.Dr. Olga Imas, Milwaukee School of Engineering Olga Imas, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the Milwaukee School of Engi- neering, where she teaches a variety of courses in biomedical digital signal processing, medical imaging, computing in biomedical engineering, biomaterials, anatomy and physiology. In addition to her academic responsibilities, she acts as a consultant to GE Healthcare for product development with emphasis on advanced imaging applications for neurology, cardiology, and oncology. Olga’s
Society of Engineering Education WIED Mara H. Wasburn Early Engineering Educator Grant. Erica has served as a teaching assistant for BME senior design for two years, working under Dr. Conrad Zapanta. Her education research at CMU aims to provide students with a capstone design course that mimics the work dynamic between Biomedical Engineers and Industrial Designers in the medical device industry. She has served as president of CMU’s Graduate Biomedical Engineering Society for one year and as president of an organization entitled, ”CMU Women in BME” for two years.Mr. Elisha Anthony Raeker-Jordan, Carnegie Mellon University Elisha A. Raeker-Jordan is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at
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, CO, USA) in 2018. There she gained experience working as a graduate teaching assistant for computer aided engineering, biomedical engineering capstone design, and biomedical engineering introductory classes. She served as a Graduate Teaching Fellow for the College of Engineering during the 2016/2017 academic year. Nicole is currently a instructional post-doctoral fellow in the Transforming Engineering Education Laboratory within the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. Her engineering education interests include collaborative active learning, assessment methods and accreditation, and curriculum design.Dr. Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan Aileen is faculty in Engineering
Engineering. His research interests consist of therapeutic and diagnostic applications of directed energy, including electric fields and ultrasound. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020AbstractProblem based learning (PBL) has been shown to be an effective teaching strategy, particularly forinterdisciplinary fields such as biomedical engineering (BME). Due to the broad range of problems anddisciplines within the biomedical field, it is desirable to develop and enhance problem-solving andteamwork skills early in undergraduate education. However, PBL requires a broad range of expertise andsignificant time investment for facilitation and feedback. These are difficult
primary research interests are bioinformatics and the mechanics of biomaterials. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020Work in Progress: Improving student engagement in undergraduate bioinformaticsthrough research contributionsAbstractCUREs (Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences) are a model for changinglaboratory design to include hallmarks of authentic research. CUREs have been shown to havesimilar improvements in student research skills to apprentice-based research experiences [1].Unlike apprentice-based experiences, course-based research is available to all students in aprogram. At Endicott College, the undergraduate bioinformatics lecture course is
student interest. Dr. Warren is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.Dr. Charles Carlson, Kansas State University Charles Carlson received a B.S. degree in Physics from Fort Hays State University in 2013 as well as B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University in 2013, 2015, and 2019, respectively. Charles is currently a Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Kansas State University (KSU). He works in the KSU Medical Component Design Laboratory and is interested in engineering education, bioinstrumentation, and bioinformatics. He is a member of the American
freshmen on the topic Science and the Bible. Professor Diller is a graduate of Ohio State University (BME with honors, 1966; MSc, 1967) and MIT (ScD, 1972). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Evolution of Biomedical Engineering Students’ Perceptions of Problem Solving and Instruction Strategies During a Challenge-Based Instruction CourseAbstract: Collaborative teams of engineers and learning scientists have developed challenge-based instruction modules for a number of Biomedical Engineering (BME) courses, rangingfrom optics to microbiology, biotransport, and biomechanics. One key piece of anecdotalevidence employed to block the development and implementation of additional challenge
Human Centered Design & Engineering and the Director of the Engineering Communication Program at the University of Washington. She designs and teaches courses involving universal design, technical communication, ethics, and diversity, equity and inclusion. She co-founded HuskyADAPT (Accessible Design and Play Technology), where she mentors c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Paper ID #23659UW students in design for local needs experts with disabilities. She also leads STEM outreach activitiesfor the UW community and local K-12 students involving toy adaptation for children with disabilities. Di