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Board 18: Work in Progress: Implementation of a Junior-level Biomedical Engineering Design Course Focused on the Manufacturing of Electrospun Nanofibers.

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

End Date

June 28, 2023

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Tagged Division

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

Page Count

8

DOI

10.18260/1-2--42552

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https://peer.asee.org/42552

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172

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Christian Poblete Rivera University of Texas at Dallas

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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. His research interests in undergraduate research, study abroad, and curriculum design.

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Abstract

In this work-in-progress (WIP), we describe the implementation and evaluation of a new junior-level design course in bioengineering that focuses on the manufacturing of electrospun nanofibers at a public, R1 institution. Electrospinning is a fiber production method that uses high voltages to draw polymer solutions into thin threads at the nanometer scale. This ability to easily produce materials at a biological size has led electrospinning to find applications in various biomedical applications such as tissue engineering and drug delivery [1, 2]. However, several parameters can greatly affect the production quality of fibers, such as concentration of the polymer solution, voltage, feed rate, and ambient conditions [3]. Controlling the manufacturing of electrospun fibers presented a unique engineering problem that could integrate concepts from multiple bioengineering courses including biomechanics, circuits, computer aided design (CAD), thermodynamics, and biomaterials into a single engineering design project with real-world applications. This project served as the basis for a new junior-level design course that will better prepare students for their senior capstone experience. In the future we plan to evaluate assignments and course evaluations to assess learning outcomes and student satisfaction.

Rivera, C. P. (2023, June), Board 18: Work in Progress: Implementation of a Junior-level Biomedical Engineering Design Course Focused on the Manufacturing of Electrospun Nanofibers. Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--42552

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