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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge E. Bohorquez, University of Miami; Ramón Benjamin Montero, University of Miami

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Biomedical Engineering

Paper ID #27417Board 1: Introduction to Design Thinking and Human Centered Design inthe Biomedical Engineering freshman yearMr. Jorge E Bohorquez, University of Miami Dr. Jorge Boh´orquez received his bachelor degrees in Physics and Electrical engineering in 1984 and his Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering in 1991. Currently Dr. Boh´orquez works as an Associate professor of Professional Practice at the Department of Biomedical Engineering of the University of Miami. His research interests are Engineering Education, Neural Engineering, Biosignal Processing and Instrumentation.Dr. Ram´on Benjamin Montero, University of

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Clinical Learning Experiences in BME

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony E. Felder, University of Illinois, Chicago; Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago; Susan Stirling, University of Illinois at Chicago; Kimberlee M Wilkens, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

are many variations of this cycle,design always begins with identifying user needs. However, while engineers are familiar withthe technical aspects of the engineering design cycle, they historically lack experience in needsidentification. This disconnect often results in designs which do not address the true needs ofusers [1]-[9]. Thus, it is imperative for engineers to be educated in both the technical aspects ofdesign and in needs identification. One method of identifying these needs is user-centereddesign. User-centered design (also referred to as human factors engineering or human-centereddesign) is a methodical approach to design and has been used extensively in the healthcareindustry [1]-[11]. The goal of this methodology is to design

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renata Fortuna Ramos, Rice University; Kathryn Kundrod, Rice University

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Biomedical Engineering

, students familiarize themselves with the equipmentand testing protocols. Following this process, the students are given three “broken” devices torepair. Breaks in the devices are prepared by the instructors and represent common failuresmodes reported for each type of device. Students are given a general problem statementregarding the failure and are then responsible for applying the troubleshooting process tologically and systematically find the failure mode or modes. Typical assignments in this course include:  pre-lab assignment: prior to the intervention, the prelab covered technical background on the devices; after the intervention, the prelab covered both technical information and

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karin Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Paul Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Biomedical Engineering

technical writing by biomedicalengineers to different audiences. Here we describe the implementation of the alternativelaboratory reports in a cell and tissue engineering lab course for sophomore students.Course DescriptionCell and Tissue Engineering Lab is a 2-credit lab core course for sophomore students in theBioengineering major. The course is comprised of a weekly 50-minute lecture and a four-hourlaboratory session. Enrolled students are required to have completed an introductory molecularand cellular biology course. Experimental techniques covered in the course are shown in Table 1.Students complete four lab reports each worth 5% of the final grade, for a total of 20% attributedto lab reports. Students are also evaluated on electronic lab

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Gabriella R. Dupont, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Biomedical Engineering

UndergraduateRankings” of schools with doctoral programs [1]. This list represents the perceived topprograms as ranked by department heads across BME programs in the nation. With that list ofschools, three qualities of each program were considered as metrics of curriculum breadth anddepth: track or concentration offerings, curriculum structure, and curriculum flexibility. All theinformation about the qualities of each program was gathered through public use websites andfiles found on the programs website.To compare curriculum structures, core curriculum requirements (engineering and generaleducation) and the BME curriculum requirements, along with electives for all three categorieswere tabulated. Required courses were sorted into general descriptions including

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Elliot Krause, Helping Hand Project; Jeff Powell, Helping Hand Project; Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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Biomedical Engineering

of perceived skill for each question asked, where meanis reported first, then standard deviation after the comma. Sample size of design course studentsis 6, sample size of independent students is 7. A Likert scale was used, where a 5 represents thehighest degree of proficiency, and 1 the lowest. With regards to technical abilities in Table 1, students in both the course and theextracurricular club saw students start at similar levels of comfortability with CAD, Object-Oriented Programming, Electronics Design Skills, and ability to use 3D printing as amanufacturing method. However students in the design class were a lot more confident initiallyin their ability to use laser cutting than the club. While both the class and club saw

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey A. LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Olga Imas, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Charles S. Tritt, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Icaro Dos Santos

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Biomedical Engineering

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

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olga Imas, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jeffrey A. Lamack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Charles S. Tritt, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Icaro Dos Santos, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical Engineering

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

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Biomedical Division Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey A. LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Paul Licato, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical Engineering

project.Education of Engineering StandardsSince the 2001-2002 accreditation cycle, undergraduate engineering curricula approved by theEngineering Accreditation Commission of ABET are required to incorporate engineeringstandards [1]. Current criteria require that curricula include “a culminating major engineeringdesign experience that…incorporates appropriate engineering standards and multiple constraints”[2]. This requirement addresses demand from industry for engineering graduates to enter theworkforce with knowledge of technical standards, particularly as a generation of baby-boomerswith expertise in standardization retires. This demand encompasses a wide range of industries,including the medical field [3].Despite the ABET requirement and practical need

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark A. Chapman, University of San Diego; Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego; G. Bryan Cornwall PhD P.E., Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, University of San Diego

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Biomedical Engineering

that is explicitly sociotechnical in nature. Bysociotechnical we mean that our students should understand engineering is not simply technicalproblem solving but requires an understanding of how engineering solutions must integrate bothsocial and technical elements. This is a theme across our entire Integrated Engineering major andis of particular relevance for students interested in biomedical applications.Background. The department of Integrated Engineering at our institution was founded in theFall of 2016. Our mission as a department is to approach engineering education from a non-disciplinary holistic perspective that aims to fuse social and technical thinking together to createwell-rounded engineers. To accomplish this mission, we have

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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C. LaShan Simpson, Mississippi State University; Ed Dechert, Mississippi State University

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Biomedical Engineering

requiring independent work before the peerreview and group assignment allows for individual accountability within the framework ofVygotsky’s theory. This allows for students to develop within his or her own unique zone ofproximal development [6]. The peer review and final group research proposal affirms the fourthbasic element of Vygotsky’s theory small-group and interpersonal skills. This allows forstudents to achieve upper limit cognitive growth based on the zone of proximal developmenttheory [6]. The scaffolding approach to the Biomedical Materials (ABE 4523) course was toinclude drafts and peer review sessions leading up to the final research proposal. 1 2 3 4

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge E. Bohorquez, University of Miami

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Biomedical Engineering

BME’s shows that around 50%pursue BME master and doctoral levels; 25% went to BME industry; 17% went to medical school;5.6% MS in health-care related programs and the remaining 2.8% follow other paths. The studentbody, as the discipline itself, has diverse motivations and professional pathways. Therefore, thereis a need to deliver the course content in a way that promotes intrinsic motivation for this diversepopulation. The problem based methodology motivates the pre-medical students [1] becausethey see the usefulness of the theory in realistic medical problems while the students aiming togo to industry appreciate the technical aspects and the explicit connections with the regulatoryworld.Industry Expectations: In addition to the technical

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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C. Gunnarsson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Camille Birch, University of Washington; Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

Paper ID #27591Board 4: Curriculum on Diversity and Ethics: Impact in an IntroductoryBioengineering CourseC Gunnarsson, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCamille Birch, University of Washington Camille Birch is a graduate of the Bioengineering and Computer Science departments at the University of Washington. She developed curriculum concerning the interplay of diversity and ethics for undergrad- uate engineering students at UW and is interested in the power of education to enact change in future generations of engineers. She currently works for Microsoft in the Bay Area.Dr. Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Marina Marjanovic, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Biomedical Engineering

information literacy. After this, the general structure (Figure 1) for eachchallenge includes: (1) introduction to the challenge (week 1), (2) guest lecturer – currentresearch (week 2), (3) training in a supporting topic, such as ethics (week 3), and (4) wrap-updiscussion of the challenge/delivery of report (week Introduction to challenge4). The whole course is coordinated and taught Week 1by two teaching faculty (Profs. Marjanovic and Work with guidance from mentorsPool). The lecture each week is delivered by Grand Challenge (4

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Biomedical Division Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William H Guilford, University of Virginia; Meg Keeley M.D.; Brian P. Helmke, University of Virginia; Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia

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Biomedical Engineering

of 12 unique clerkships, rangingfrom 1-3 weeks in duration. Urology, Preoperative Medicine, Internal Medicine (GI, ICU),Ophthalmology, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, General Surgery, Neurology,Pediatrics, and Neurosurgery. None of the problems identified by the Scholars were ultimatelyadopted by Capstone teams, even by the Scholars themselves. We anticipate at least one casestudy being used by an instructor the semester of this writing.We surveyed the participants (5) to learn how the immersion experience changed their careeraspirations. At the beginning of the program, the Scholars were 88% ± 5 certain of becomingphysicians, and 65% ± 8 certain of becoming engineers. Thus, this particular cohort was stronglybiased at the beginning

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Biomedical Division Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer H. Choi, University of California, Davis

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Biomedical Engineering

a broad skillset. Prior to our program’s senior design course, students receive some general training inengineering design during the first and second year required classes, though specialized skillsoften needed are not formally introduced or practiced. In response, efforts are being made todevelop specific skills-building modules and opportunities for students to gain practicalexperience for application to their senior design project, but ultimately to improve the skillset ofgraduating students. These include the development of new hands-on curricular modules and asummer innovation internship, aimed to enhance students’ technical skills, professionaldevelopment skills, and entrepreneurship knowledge.This study is focused on our inaugural

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Lai, Carnegie Mellon University; Elaine Soohoo, Carnegie Mellon University; Diane L. Nelson, Carnegie Mellon University; Conrad M. Zapanta, Carnegie Mellon University

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

designing a medical device and its pathway to market.Students learned engineering design principles, hands on skills, and built a medical deviceprototype in a course-long project. Teams with common interests but varied technical skillsetswere deliberately created to encourage discussion and collaboration. The course also includedfield trips and guest lecturers to demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature of BME, as well asmultiple oral presentations. At the beginning and end of this initial course offering, evaluationswere completed to gauge the course’s effectiveness in teaching students about BME. Theseresults demonstrate successful approaches and provide feedback for improving futureintroductory summer high school BME courses.1. IntroductionThe

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Molly Y. Mollica, University of Washington; Heather A. Feldner, University of Washington; Shawn Israel PT, DPT, University of Washington; Anat Caspi P.E., University of Washington; Katherine M. Steele, University of Washington; Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

universal design module.Group 3: Summer camp at UWThe UW Math Academy is a four-week UW College of Engineering residential summer camptargeting high-achieving underrepresented students, and aims to prepare students for college-level math and engineering through courses taught by UW faculty [24]. Toy adaptation wasconducted with 28 students on one day for a 90 minute period and the survey was administeredimmediately after the toy adaptation event.Toy adaptation session structureAt the beginning of each event, a short (~10 minute) introduction including an undergraduate orgraduate student explaining to the room of students: 1) why is play developmentally important?,2) what is an adapted toy?, and 3) what is the toy adaptation process? Additionally

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Gabriella R. Dupont, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Biomedical Engineering

response to external factors such asinequities driven by rising costs of healthcare, the role of technology in medicine, and ethicaldilemmas driven by increases in population and age-related diseases [1]. To anticipate and drivethese changes, our students must not only possess the technical abilities to solve these problems,but must have the contextual and leadership skills to create solutions.The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has acted a regional site for a medical school forover 50 years. As a regional site, our campus educated 125 first year medical students in basicsciences education, typically known as the M1 curriculum. Out of those 125, 25 students stayedon our campus for M2 –M4 and our local hospital hosts clerkships and

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Cyrus Rezvanifar, University of Akron; Rouzbeh Amini, University of Akron

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Biomedical Engineering

their questions outside of the class timeframe. In large-size college classes, usingemails and online office hours have been introduced as effective substitutions for face-to-faceoffice hours [1-4]. Moreover, cooperative learning has repeatedly proven to have positiveimpacts on students’ educational experience [3,5]. Cooperative learning, which can beincorporated in classes of any size, enables students to improve their social and team-workingskills. In addition, cooperative learning provides an opportunity for students to discuss theirquestions and overcome challenges within their groups without forming long lines outside theinstructor’s office during office hours.Nevertheless, for certain technical courses in engineering curriculum

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia A. Meyers, American International College; Judy L. Cezeaux, Western New England University

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Biomedical Engineering

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

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Neda Melanie Bassir Kazeruni, Columbia University; Henry Hess, Columbia University

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Biomedical Engineering

were perceived as technical, dense, and provided definitive answers to problems. On theother hand, business school courses increased students’ knowledge by confronting them with real-world casesand by encouraging both in-class and out-of-the-classroom teamwork and problem solving. The teaching wasdirected towards the thought process rather than the final answer itself. These two approaches to learning arevaluable and give the opportunity to develop complementary skills. Even though many efforts have beenmade to introduce active elements in traditional engineering courses1-3, combining both approaches in a singlecourse is still challenging. We tackled this challenge by designing the semester-long “Introduction toNanobiotechnology and

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Biomedical Division Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Higbee, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sharon Miller, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Biomedical Engineering

whether intentional, verticalalignment of engineering experiences ultimately better prepares BME undergraduates for theirsenior design capstone projects and their professional pursuits.IntroductionInductive teaching methods have encouraged higher levels of student cognition [1]-[2], improvedstudent teamwork and communication [3], and allowed increased student confidence duringengineering design prototyping [4]. Paired with a resurgence of hands-on learning in theengineering community [5], inductive teaching methods allow instructors to incorporate realproblems that require physical prototype solutions. Our work aims to incorporate one specificinductive teaching method, project based learning (PBL), into sophomore and junior levelBiomedical

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Active learning in BME, Session II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John R Clegg, University of Texas, Austin; K. R. Diller, University of Texas, Austin

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Biomedical Engineering

students prefer challenge-based instruction tolecture pedagogy. From the perspective of education policy, we believe these results support theincreased incorporation of challenge-based modules in new and evolving biomedical engineeringclasses.1. Introduction:Engineering educators have the important task of preparing their students to apply thefundamental knowledge, obtained in the academy, to solve complex and diverse problems intheir field(s). To legitimize this student-centered goal, as well as hold accredited engineeringprograms accountable facilitating students’ development of technical and non-technical skillsnecessary for engineering practice, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) has maintained engineering student

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Active learning in BME, Session II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington; Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington

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Biomedical Engineering

after team-basedpresentations, which is applicable to any course involving development of visual or oralcommunication skills.Letter to Future SelfTargeting self-understanding and self-development in the senior honors seminar. Studentswrite a letter about current issues and problems they are facing, which is a general butappropriate topic for advanced students who are beginning to make post-graduation plans. In thefirst class meeting, students are given 15 minutes to write a private letter to their future self inwhich they address the following prompts, which are displayed on the classroom screen: 1. What are the pressing issues in your life at this moment? 2. What are a few specific questions/problems that you hope your future

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Active learning in BME, Session II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asem Farooq Aboelzahab, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Tamara Lea Kinzer-Ursem, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Biomedical Engineering

diffusion through tissue, (2) drugdelivery through the study of pharmaco-dynamics models, and (3) heat-transfer andcryopreservation techniques for long-term tissue storage. For each module, student teams aregiven a related module prompt that guides them to generate a testable hypothesis about themodule and to identify variables and parameters whose variation (both experimentally andcomputationally) would allow them to test the hypothesis. Through the course of eachmodule, student teams follow a typical schedule as follows: 1. Watch online lecture videos and complete lecture quiz 2. Participate in an In-Lab short lecture/problem-solving session 3. Complete a literature review 4. Design and present an experimental and computational model

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Biomedical Engineering Postcard Session (Best of Works in Progress)

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Mark A. Chapman, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

help students understand the projectthey will work on over the summer and allow them to hit the ground running upon arrival to thehost labs. Examples of planned activities for this virtual training series are outlined in Table 1. Table 1: 10-week virtual training series – weekly 90-minute Zoom sessions Week Topic Homework 1 Welcome & Introduction to Sweden and Swedish culture (inside and outside of the lab) N/A 2 Genetics - DNA & RNA structure and function Reading 3 Genetics - Gene expression

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Biomedical Engineering Postcard Session (Best of Works in Progress)

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Emily Moreno, University of California, Davis; Jennifer H. Choi, University of California, Davis; Anthony G. Passerini, University of California, Davis

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Biomedical Engineering

understand how to read the drawings since they wereprovided with the manufacturing protocols and watched a complete demonstration beforehand.Understanding technical drawings is a skill they will carry into their senior design projects wherethey are expected to create their own drawings and develop manufacturing plans. Our goal in thevirtual setting is to continue to provide firsthand experience and application to enhance theirlearning and develop transferable skills.MethodsIn a non-virtual setting, students would be provided withengineering drawings and manufacturing plans for all thecomponents of a digital microscope (Figure 1). Using thedrawings and manufacturing plans, they would machine andbuild the microscope over the course of ten weeks

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Biomedical Engineering Postcard Session (Best of Works in Progress)

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jennifer H. Choi, University of California, Davis

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

maps, team-based asset charts, and asset-based cover sheets were incorporated into our Fall quarter, first year introductory biomedicalengineering course, in which students were engaged in a 10-week team-based design project(Figure 1). Each student generated an individual asset map during week 1 of the course. Assetmaps provided students with the opportunity to highlight their experiences, acquired skills anddesired areas for growth through a constructed web of connected text [3]. Students wereencouraged to utilize a freely available mind mapping software, www.bubbl.us, to create theirmaps. Students noted their assets in various areas including: team and project skills, personalbackground and culture, clubs/organizations/sports, technical

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session (Works in Progress)

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Yah-el Har-El, Temple University; Thomas V. Edwards Jr., Temple University; Ruth Ochia P.E., Temple University

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Biomedical Engineering

needs of society. [1] This mindset provides students “theknowledge, tools, and attitudes that are required to identify opportunities and bring them to life” [1];however, this definition of entrepreneurial thinking is multifaceted and encompasses a broad range ofconcepts and skills. Broadly speaking, entrepreneurial thinking includes “specific aspects of systemsplanning, operationalizing innovative ideas, establishing organizational culture by example, big picturethinking, problem posing, thinking outside the box, realizing a vision, institutionalizing best practices,taking risks, learning from failure, founding startups, persuading others to follow, catalyzing change,market savvy, and identifying opportunities.” [3,6] From this statement