Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Uri Feldman; George D. Ricco, University of Indianapolis

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

helping developcommunication and teamwork skills. We found it interesting that of the primary themes amongthe student responses, two were soft skills. Students expressed more of a sense of appreciationfor the teamwork and communication skills development of the course and used less specificlanguage in this domain (Ex. “My skills... increased”). Student perception of soft skills has notbeen a focus of this research, and it may be considered in future work.Conclusions and Future WorkIn this paper, we have described how Jigsaws were implemented in a health informatics course,where system design and process mapping are essential components. Jigsaws can add context forstudents to apply their learning and increase their ability to perform in teams to

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marla Hilderbrand-Chae, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Adam St. Jean, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Diversity

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their graduatestudent/post-doc mentors. Part I presented interns with difficult STEM lab-specific communication scenariosand served as prompts for individual, and then small group brainstorming. Ideas were shared out with the wholegroup and discussed. In part 2, each grad student/post-doc mentor was told to deliver a scenario to 2-3 internswho could then work together to develop a response. Table 1 in the Appendix lists the small groups scenariosand the soft skills the reasoning for their inclusion. This communication workshop was designed to not onlyoffer communication skill-building for the interns, but also to provide grad student/post-doc mentors withinsights for future interactions with their PROPEL interns.PROPEL Program Evaluation - The

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Postcard Session (Best of WIPs)

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nyota Prakash Patel, University of Virginia; Deepika Sahoo, University of Virginia; Shannon Barker, University of Virginia

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

’ comfort level withengineering competencies and soft skills. 27 participants completed the pre-semester survey,while 12 participants completed the post-semester survey. After the add/drop deadline, a total of20 students were enrolled in the Fall 2023 semester and student data is shown in Appendix C.Data Analysis: A statistical test was conducted with Likert scale responses from the surveyresults. The Likert scale used in this study indicated a student’s comfort level with a certain topicor competency, and each option was assigned a numerical value between 1-5, see AppendixTable 5 for more details. Based on student responses, the average for each Likert scale questionwas calculated, and two-tailed t-tests with 95% confidence interval value were

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mercedes Terry, University of North Dakota; Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, University of North Dakota; Dan Ewert, University of North Dakota; Ryan Striker, University of North Dakota

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most perceived growth was "speaking clearlyand coherently during oral presentations," and the lowest was "coding/programming." Table1 lists all average perceived growth scores for each skill. Interestingly, learning technical skillssuch as coding was the top-trending theme for what skills UG students hoped to gain from theproject, followed by project understanding and professional and soft skill enhancement.However, coding/programming scored the lowest in perceived growth, suggesting a demand anda need to implement more opportunities for UG students to engage with technical developmentskills, specifically in coding. However, coding is a difficult skill to learn for students, especiallyfor UG students who have not yet developed the skills

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 2: Experiential Learning in Biomedical Engineering

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Alcock; John P. Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

, F. C., & Voltmer, D. (2005, October). Incorporating student peer-review into an introduction to engineering design course. In Proceedings Frontiers in Education 35th Annual Conference (pp. F2C-20). IEEE.9. National Research Council. (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school: Expanded edition. National Academies Press.10. Mattucci, S., Sibley, J., Nakane, J., & Ostafichuk, P. (2017). A Model to Develop Peer Feedback Skills in First-Year Engineering Students. Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA).11. Ferrando-Rocher, M. & Marini, S. (2021). Promoting Students' Soft Skills in a Telecommunication Engineering Course with an Elevator Pitch Activity. International

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adel Alhalawani, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sophia Koop; Thomas Omwando, Simpson University; Lisa Bosman, Purdue University

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Engineering Students: A Two-StepFramework’, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2023, 2023, pp. 81668254 Andrews, J., and Higson, H.: ‘Graduate Employability, ‘Soft Skills’ Versus ‘Hard’Business Knowledge: A European Study’, Higher Education in Europe, 2008, 33, (4), pp. 411-4225 Warsame, A.F.: ‘The Gap Between Engineering Education and PostgraduatePreparedness’. Ed.D., Walden University, 20176 Sheppard, S.D., Macatangay, K., Colby, A., and Sullivan, W.M.: ‘Educating Engineers:Designing for the Future of the Field. Book Highlights’, Carnegie Foundation for theAdvancement of Teaching, 20087 Burt, B.A., Carpenter, D.D., Holsapple, M.A., and Finelli, C.J.: ‘Out-of-classroomexperiences: Bridging the disconnect between the