Transcript Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Engineering Education Marquette University Jay R. Goldberg, PhD, PE.

Forum on Innovation
and Entrepreneurship
in Biomedical Engineering
Education
Marquette University
Jay R. Goldberg, PhD, PE
BIEN 146 Principles of Design (3 hrs) – (Fall Semester Senior Year)
BIEN 147 Senior Design (3 hrs) – (Spring Semester Senior Year)
• Objectives: (Career preparation)
– To develop technical skills
• Design, analytical
• Project management
– To develop “soft” skills
• Communication (written, oral)
• Teamwork and interpersonal
– To develop an understanding of the
product development process
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BIEN 146 Principles of Design (3 hrs) – (Fall Semester Senior Year)
BIEN 147 Senior Design (3 hrs) – (Spring Semester Senior Year)
• Projects
– Multidisciplinary teams (BME, EE, ME, IE)
– Industry and faculty sponsorship
– One faculty/industry advisor per team
• Lectures (helpful to projects or careers)
• Final course deliverables
– Design, construct, and test prototype
– Prove that design meets customer needs,
solves problem
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Describe particularly novel and/or effective methods
you use to teach innovation & entrepreneurship
• Students encouraged to identify problems, submit
original project ideas
• Use of multidisciplinary teams
• Lectures on concept generation
• Project sponsorship by start-up and established
medical device companies
• Industry sponsorship provides exposure to business
side of biomedical engineering
• Students provided with opportunity to observe surgical
procedures, meet with sponsor’s customers
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How do you measure outcomes?
• Team Performance
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Project Definition
Project Schedule
Customer Needs
Target Specifications
Generated Concepts
Manufacturing Process
Economic Analysis
Final Concept Proposal
(oral and written)
– Project Notebook
– Prototype
• Individual Performance
– Exams (P/F)
– Peer Evaluations
• Final Grade
– Project grade based on team
performance items
– Did team solve problem?
– Final Grade = Project grade
X Individual performance
grade
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Describe a course project or exercise
that exemplifies “best practices”
• Hydration Monitor to Prevent
Dehydration in Athletes
– students identified problem, submitted
project proposal
– obtained industry support of project
– students attended seminars on writing
business plans, intellectual property
– researched and tested methods for
measuring hydration levels in tissues
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