Transcript Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Engineering Education Vanderbilt University Paul King Design of Biomedical Engineering Devices and Systems I and II • Sr.

Forum on Innovation
and Entrepreneurship
in Biomedical Engineering
Education
Vanderbilt University
Paul King
Design of Biomedical Engineering Devices and Systems I and II
• Sr. year, 3-3, required
• 3 months lecture/text/projects/invited
guests (MD, Entrepreneurs, Faculty,…)
• Text: Design of Biomedical Devices and
Systems – King & Fries
• 6 months project work
• This spring – 50 BME, 7ME, 1CS, …
• 22 Projects = 7 Ind. 12 MC 2 FF 1 other
• Planned marketing class interaction
http://vubme.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/King/bme272.htm
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Design of Medical Products, Processes, and Services
• Master of Engineering required 3 hour
design course, 2-3/year
• Interaction with Owen Graduate School
of Management MS students in New
Product Design Course
• Common topic, 2 years breath
detection, this year Hemophilic
Arthropathy
http://vubme.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/King/BME_373_Description.htm
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Engineering Entrepreneurship
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1 hour optional freshman module
Team-taught 3rd year (Clouse/Peabody)
Mixed lecture & text discussion
Text: O’Malia & Whistler (new)
Goal of retention & interest-building
(.88->.94 retention)
• Will see first in design in 2003 Fall.
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Describe particularly novel and/or effective methods
you use to teach innovation & entrepreneurship
• Students pick projects, not assigned
• I teach TRIZ and IWB as well as the standard
brainstorming techniques
• Students must write a grant proposal (NCIIA
format)
• I cover concept mapping, hoping it will help
in conflict resolution
• Guest lecturers on entrepreneurship &
innovation
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How do you measure outcomes?
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Final paper
Prototype if possible
Final poster presentation
Advisor grade & feedback
Student feedback
Alumni feedback
Industry feedback
Patents
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“best practices” Urine Sample Automation System in
Forensic Drug Analysis
• Outgrowth of a planned summer job
• Forensic Pathology lab (Aegis Sciences Corp.)
(Blood & other fluid analyses)
• 1 BME summer – document process,
opportunities
• 3 BME + 1 ME + 1 CS = team
• Goal of eliminating human handling of
samples, speed up process, improve
traceability, …
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