the team isattributed to the personal qualities of the leader or their management tactics, differs from the idea ofshared leadership [1]. In shared leadership, influence is distributed among a group of individuals withouthaving anyone act as the superior [2]. In the startup world, incubators often promote the idea of co-founders to balance leadership skillsets, bring new investments, and deal with the difficulties of a newventure [3]. This tactic would avoid the pitfall of having a single point of failure. We might add that, overthe years, our undergraduate biomedical engineering design program has seen an increased interest for co-leading a team as opposed to having a sole leader. We have seen students naturally undertaking a co-leadership
. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Engineering Design Integrated Tissue Engineering Course Module: Scleraxis Tendon Bioreactor Project Abstract Increased exposure to engineering design projects during undergraduate engineeringeducation has gained attraction over the past years. In addition to the capstone senior design courseofferings, Biomedical Engineering programs increasingly incorporate standalone engineeringdesign courses into the curriculum as early as freshman year. These promising attempts emphasizethe importance of reinforcing engineering design practices. However, it is still a challenge toaccommodate engineering design projects into field-specific courses
Professor and Director of Engineering program at Simpson University. His teaching interests are in statistical quality control, manufacturing processes, engineering/project management, engineering economy and production and operations analysis. His research interests are in sustainable manufacturing, entrepreneurially minded learning and project based learning approaches in educationDr. Lisa Bosman, Purdue University Dr. Bosman holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering. Her engineering education research interests include entrepreneurially minded learning, energy education, interdisciplinary education, and faculty professional development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024
care to individuals andpatients, the outcome can be relevant technologies, procedures, and systems created to solvecritical problems identified with and designed for clinical users [7]. With the rapidly changinghealthcare landscape as motivation, we set out to create an industry-relevant design experience forstudents at our university integrating multiple programs and stakeholders to enhance the learningexperience and create an efficient and sustainable model for capstone design.The Senior Design course that bioengineering undergraduate students complete at our institutionis a one-semester course. The course is offered twice a year. In the integrated model presented inthis paper, projects are managed by bioengineering Master of Engineering
to performtwo interviews with stakeholders or individuals integral to the business. The experienceculminated with a project that required students to create a solution related to disabilitypolicy, workforce management, health/behavioral safety, or technology in the company. Inthe classroom, students were assigned complementary readings on the design process,completed weekly reflections on their learning experiences and weekly readings, anddiscussed the project, the progress, and the resources they required from either faculty orindustry mentors.Being a pilot program, a few challenges were identified. The challenges include framing anadequate assessment framework and balancing the synergy between the work studentsperform inside and outside
Arduino, Python The didactic portions of the senior design course combines instruction to teachengineering design principles concurrently with student-led, team-based project work [14].Topics covered in instruction include project management strategies, the Biodesign framework,patents & engineering standards, FDA & regulatory landscape, professional ethics [13], and acustomer discovery series adapted from the NSF I-Corps program [30]. The semester consistsroughly of three phases: background research, design, and implementation. In the backgroundresearch phase, students research their project information and are directed to perform at least 3stakeholder interviews. In the design phase, students work on ideation and
Paper ID #38648Board 8: WIP: Proposing a Novel Nested-Team Approach for a BiomedicalEngineering Capstone Design ProjectDr. Alexis Ortiz-Rosario, The Ohio State University Alexis Ortiz-Rosario is an associate professor of practice 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 an M.S. and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from The Ohio State University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Work in Progress: Proposing a Novel Nested-Team Approach for a Biomedical
Interim Department Head of Biomedical Engineering at Rowan University. Before joining the faculty at Rowan, Dr. Staehle worked at the Daniel Baugh Institute for Functional Genomics and Computational Biology at Thomas Jefferson University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024A Multi-Institutional Assessment of Entrepreneurial MindsetPerceptions of Students Participating in Entrepreneurial REU Programs Through Concept MapsAbstractEntrepreneurial mindset (EM) development in undergraduate biomedical engineering studentsties to development of traits, such as innovation, designing for a customer base, andcommunication, that are highly valued for the development of new biomedical devices
of Indianapolis George D. Ricco is an engineering education educator who focuses on advanced analytical models applied to student progression, and teaching first-year engineering, engineering design principles, and project management. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP: Jigsaws as an Effective Approach for Development of Analytical and Collaboration Skills in Healthcare Systems and Process Design CoursesWhy Jigsaws?A Jigsaw is an active-learning method which expedites learning, collaborative problem-solving,and teamwork skills development [1-2]. Jigsaws have been used effectively in classroomsranging from K-12 to those in advanced engineering courses [3]. A Jigsaw implementation
. Yanfen Li is an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She received her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in 2018. Dr. Li has extensive experience in engineering education focusing on recruitment and retention of underrepresented and under resourced students and engineering pedagogy. Her work spans the areas of curriculum instruction and design, program design and evaluation, and the first-year college experience. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Work-in-Progress: Developing Underrepresented Biomedical EngineeringStudents’ Persistence in a First-Year Introductory Design CourseBackground
Innovation fellowship, Ross helped to start the MRI safety program at Boston Scientific Neuromodulation, where he has worked for over a decade across the MRI safety community to create and improve international standards and to enable safe MRI access for patients with implanted medical devices. At Stanford, Ross primarily leads undergraduate lab courses. He also supports a variety of courses and runs hands-on workshops on prototyping and systems engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: Designing a course to equip Bioengineering graduate students with effective and equitable teaching skillsIntroduction: Addressing a critical training gapGraduate
Paper ID #37928Board 18: Work in Progress: Implementation of a Junior-level BiomedicalEngineering Design Course Focused on the Manufacturing of ElectrospunNanofibers.Dr. Christian Poblete Rivera, University of Texas at Dallas Christian earned a B.Sc. in biomedical engineering from Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN, USA) in 2012. He went to go on and received a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA, USA) in joint program with Emory University and Peking University in 2019. Currently, Christian is an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Texas at Dallas
design and implementation for cell manufacturingeducation. As there was no physical cell culture laboratory component associated with ourBME program or accessible for instruction at the time of this work at our institution, weaimed to incorporate a VR lab into a Tissue Engineering course to provide learners with amore comprehensive experience. This study was informed by prior studies based on literaturereview that reported on the viability of VR laboratories to foster similar outcomes as physicallaboratories.To guide future and effective implementation of VR labs, this study explored learners’perceptions of the Cell Culture Basics VR lab in terms of its usability, utility value, toolefficacy, and satisfaction levels. The authors of [17, 18, 23
competencies and valuesIntroductionBiomedical engineering (BME) is a highly interdisciplinary field, combining traditionalengineering disciplines with biology and medicine. Because of this interdisciplinary nature, ateam teaching model, where expertise of multiple instructors is brought together, can be used todeepen student learning in BME courses. Team teaching in other disciplines has been shown toenhance student learning and can also benefit the instructors of a teaching team [1], [2]. Toachieve these benefits, the instructors must work effectively as a team and consciouslyincorporate the strength of team teaching into the course design [3], [4]. However, evidence-based strategies that support the effective collaboration of teaching teams are
and management of diseases with different diagnosis/imaging method. • Compare and contrast the benefits and limitations of biomedical equipment based on patient condition in an acute and chronic healthcare setting. • Describe the engineering analysis of selected physiological systems, such as cardiovascular system, pulmonary gas transport system, neuro-muscular spinal reflex system etc. • Students will have an ability to design and carry out experiments and tests, analyze and interpret data, and make iterative improvements by using safe and technically correct laboratory methods. • Students will identify and use appropriate technical literature with the help of modern information technologies, and
well-established healthcare observation program offered by ahealthcare organization will have increased confidence in their career aspirations, technology-driven problem-solving skills, engineering design self-efficacy, empathy for observed challengesin healthcare institutions, and in their effective communication with healthcare providers andclinical engineers.II. Methods:A. Participants: Three biomedical engineering students were recruited for the immersionprogram via an open call for enrollment. The biomedical engineering students were chosen basedon submitted one-page statement describing their education and career goals, resumes thatsummarizes extracurricular activities, laboratory/research experiences, and work history, andfinally based
Paper ID #42005Board #14A: Work in Progress: Integrating Information and Data LiteracySkills into Biomedical Engineering Laboratory CoursesMr. Alexander James Carroll, Vanderbilt University Alex Carroll, MSLS, AHIP, is the Associate Director of the Science and Engineering Library (SEL) at Vanderbilt University. Alex leads the SEL’s liaison program, designing and delivering services to support the research enterprise and the teaching mission of the School of Engineering and STEM academic units within the College of Arts and Science. He received his MSLS degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of
todescribe the job titles and roles for biomedical engineers working to develop a new medical device.The average number of codes, each representing a unique job title or role in industry, generallyincreased from cohorts 1 to 4, where students in cohorts 1, 2, 3, and 4 named on average 0.28 ±0.18, 0.43 ± 0.15, 0.69 ± 0.14, and 0.91 ± 0.02 codes, respectively (Figure 1B). Research anddesign engineer was the most named job title/role by students across cohorts; however,project/program manager, manufacturing engineer, design quality engineer, and clinical fieldspecialist were also named, albeit at a lower frequency (Appendix D, Table 7). Importantly, manystudents in cohort 1 (82%) and cohort 2 (83%) specifically reported in their survey responses they
SMART Health, where she focused on wireless health monitor- ing for stroke and pediatric asthma. Her current research is on engineering education and women’s health, specializing in pedagogy strategies to promote learning and innovation in design-build-test courses, in- cluding senior design, computer programming, and computer-aided-design courses, as well as pre-partum and partum medical devices.Dr. Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Dr. Yanfen Li is an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She received her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in 2018. Dr. Li has extensive experience in engineering education
Work in Progress: Development of a Medical Devices Course for Sophomore Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate StudentsIntroductionThe biomedical engineering (BME) workforce requires competency in professional and technicalskills. BMEs often use knowledge in design, administration and management, and customerneeds assessment [1]. Typical work activities of a BME include analyzing data or information,organizing and planning work, determining compliance with standards, building teams, anddrafting and specifying technical device parts [1]. The undergraduate BME capstone designcourse is often used as a “catchall” to develop these critical professional skills; however, to buildcompetency, it is recommended that these skills be practiced
Paper ID #42531Board 18: Work in Progress: The ATP-Bio REU Boot Camp: An InnovativeApproach to Building a Sense of Community in Support of Broadening Participationin Biomedical EngineeringDr. Seth K. Thompson, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Dr. Thompson is the current Engineering Workforce Development Program Manager for ATP-Bio and has previously held faculty appointments in the Department of Biology Teaching and Learning at the University of Minnesota and on the Faculty of Engineering and Science at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway. His published work includes papers on innovative approaches to
George D. Ricco is an engineering education educator who focuses on advanced analytical models applied to student progression, and teaching first-year engineering, engineering design principles, and project management. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Robot Temperament Assessment as a Method to Expose Students to the Humanistic Aspects of Biomedical Engineering IntroductionThe rapid increase in use of robots in medicine has been driven, in large part, by their ability toenhance surgical, logistical, and other utility and task-oriented applications. Such types of robotsare incredibly effective, and in many cases, can be “game-changing
de Panam´a, Facultad de Ingenier´ıa Luis Estrada Petrocelli earned a Bachelor’s in Biomedical Engineering from Universidad Latina de Panam´a (ULATINA, Panama, 2004) and a Master’s in Biomedical Engineering from Universitat de Barcelona and Universitat Polit`ecnica de Catalunya (Spain, 2009). After researching at Politecnico di Torino (Italy, 2010), he obtained a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from UPC and University of Zaragoza (Spain, 2016). He completed postdoctoral fellowships at Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (Spain), and King’s College London (UK) (2017-2022). Currently, Estrada Petrocelli is an associate professor at ULATINA and Biomedical Engineering Program Coordinator. His research focuses on
students to learn about real-world problemsthat can be solved by engineering design [1] – [5]. These programs are variable depending on theresources of the University: some programs have developed summer internships to provide aclinical immersion experience, while others have sought to bring the immersion during a moreconventional classroom setting [6]. Literature has reported that these programs which provideeffective immersion experiences result in an increase in students’ self-reported knowledge andskills, in addition to general confidence. These experiences often extend beyond needsidentification, as students connect with potential users and witness the community impact. It alsocreates room for interdisciplinary involvement, such as the
, and societal contexts” [1], we contend that beyond certification liesthe university's pivotal role in forming professional engineers who comprehend the ethicalimplications inherent in the development of medical technologies. Recent high-profile cases inbiotechnology, such as Theranos’s faulty diagnostics [2] and He Jiankui’s gene-edited babies [3],underscore the heightened significance of engineers' ability to identify ethical dilemmas, discernjudgments swiftly in the rapidly advancing technological era, and intentionally act with human-centered engineering design [4] at the core of engineering practice.In contrast to programs that introduce ethical instruction in introductory courses, or institutionswhere ethics is delegated to non
accreditation from the AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology (ABET) to ensure engineering graduates have acquiredthe necessary professional skills found in engineering programs. However, the engineeringABET requirements do not directly include STEAM, innovation and/or creativity associatedcriteria [17].STEAM-based programs that have successfully been implemented at the college level typicallyrely on a cross-disciplinary interaction among students [12]. Much of the cross-disciplinaryinteraction in university engineering programs (that have not yet incorporated STEAM) takesplace in first year engineering introduction courses and senior design capstone real-world projectcourses. The limited cross-disciplinary interaction during years 2 and 3
Paper ID #43179Effectiveness of Inclusive, Reflective Teaching Practices on Problem SolvingProficiencyDr. Casey Jane Ankeny, Northwestern University Casey J. Ankeny, PhD is an Associate Professor of Instruction and Director of MS Program at Northwestern University.Prof. David P O’Neill, Northwestern University David O’Neill is an Associate Professor of Instruction and the Michael Jaharis Director of Experiential Learning for the Biomedical Engineering Department at Northwestern University. David read Engineering Science at University College, Oxford, receiving his M.Eng. and D.Phil. before undertaking a post-doc in the
Restoreskills.Dr. George D. Ricco, Miami University George D. Ricco is an engineering education educator who focuses on advanced analytical models applied to student progression, and teaching first-year engineering, engineering design principles, and project management.Catlin Wells As the Executive Director of Equity and Compliance at Wentworth Institute of Technology, Catlin Wells ensures equitable access to diverse living and learning environments by transforming University policies, practices, and programming in a way that centers inclusive excellence. With over five years of Civil Rights compliance experience, Catlin also serves as a consultant for both public and private institutions on matters relating to Title IX
Paper ID #42620A introductory-level, student-taught biomedical neuroengineering course for1st year undeclared engineering undergraduate studentsNyota Prakash Patel, University of VirginiaDeepika Sahoo, University of VirginiaDr. Shannon Barker, University of Virginia Dr. Shannon Barker is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director at UVA BME ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Background and MotivationEngineers are required to conceive, design, and maintain products, processes, and systems acrossmany sectors to meet societal needs [1]. Projects often require training in fundamentals andacross
to possible bias that exists currently, with lessautomated detection methods. Further evaluation is merited, especially if it is to be combined withmachine-learning based detection tools that are known to be able to impart bias based on trainingdataset quality.The tool is easily generalizable to any educational program, major, and level – it is completelyagnostic to the type of work being done and could as easily be applied to grading work done in aprimary school English course as it is to a graduate level engineering examination. It is envisionedthat this tool would be most useful if directly integrated into a suite of academic integritypreservation tools within an electronic learning management platform such as eCampus or Canvas.Currently