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Paul King

Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Engineering Education

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

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• 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

Design of Medical Products, Processes, and Services

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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.

Engineering Entrepreneurship

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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?

• 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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