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Biomedical Engineering Outreach Tracy Jane Puccinelli, Ph.D. Lecturer/Outreach Coordinator/Inter Egr 160 Course Coordinator Dept. of Biomedical Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison 21 July 20151 • BS Biomedical Engineering – UW Madison • MS Biomedical Engineering – UW Madison • PhD Materials Science – UW Madison Biomaterials/Tissue Engineering • Postdoc – Tissue engineering under Prof. Kristyn Masters • Postdoc – Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Interdisciplinary Education Group (MRSEC IEG) 2 MRSEC IEG • Nanotechnology and advanced materials educational products K-12 , college-level, general public • Can use their activity guides Must acknowledge them http://education.mrsec.wisc.edu/index.htm 3 BME Outreach • Biomedical engineering educational products • K-12 and general public • Encourage underrepresented groups to pursue engineering • Enhance K-12/public understanding of: Fundamental science related to engineering Biomedical engineering concepts UW BME research BME design projects • Share the excitement and potential of biomedical engineering 4 Outreach Requirements Read through all materials BEFORE you conduct outreach! Individually or teams up to 5 Deliverables: • Presentation 10-15 min introductions (personal story), define BME, and activity • Activity 45 min FUN hands-on activity! Must have clear learning objectives (2-3) • Report • Teacher/Leader Evaluation *See course website: Technical communication, BME Senior Design: Outreach Requirements https://ay14-15.moodle.wisc.edu/prod/course/view.php?id=129 5 Outreach Deliverables Submission http://bmedesign.engr.wisc.edu/outreach/ Name files appropriately! Due date: same as your final report in spring 6 Outreach Activity • Consider BME topics that interest you • When creating activity: Be creative Be resourceful Modify existing activities • Cite sources! Keep it simple Have clear instructions Test it several times!!! Contact me, I am happy to help! 7 Outreach Connections • The first 35 BME students to conduct outreach at specified locations (underrepresented minority groups-URMs, TBD) will receive t-shirts and possibly (hopefully) funding—Watch for emails on this! • I will email outreach opportunities occasionally If you are interested in the following, please contact me: • East Madison Community Center (EMCC) • Boys and Girls Clubs • Expanding Your Horizons • Madison Children’s Museum • Madison/Monona/Sun Prairie school districts 8