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August 23, 2022
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Poster Session
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10.18260/1-2--40552
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Dr. Prashanth Asuri joined the Bioengineering faculty at Santa Clara University in Fall 2011 after holding research positions in academia and industry. Dr. Asuri earned his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and M.B.A. with a focus on Leading Innovative Organizations from Santa Clara University. His research efforts focus on the design and development of biomaterial-based in vitro platforms to understand complex in vivo phenomena. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on topics related to tissue engineering, biomaterials, and bioinnovation. Dr. Asuri also serves as the Director of SCU's BioInnovation and Design Lab that partners with industry to empower students to discover, innovate, and address complex challenges within healthcare.
This work-in-progress paper highlights the development of a university-high school partnership that provides high school students with exposure and training in engineering design and innovation in the service of healthcare. This effort is a part of a larger vision of the university that, among other efforts, has established an interdisciplinary hub that partners with bioengineering companies and medical organizations to provide real-world projects and other value-driven partnerships to its students. Primary outputs of the partnership are experiential learning and mentorship programs that expose high school students to engineering solutions in healthcare, and help them gain a rich understanding of the future perspectives of healthcare technologies. The project addresses a gap with high school students being able to relate classroom concepts with college and career preparation. Success of the partnership was affirmed by qualitative student surveys that reported increased awareness of the role of engineering and scientific technologies in the healthcare industry, as well as career paths in this field.
Asuri, P., & Chaplot, S., & Shaghaghi, N., & Scott, J. (2022, August), Work in Progress: High School Student Training in Biomedical Engineering Innovation through Co- and extracurricular Activities Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--40552
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