1. Work in Progress: Design Sprints as a Method to Explore the Biomedical Engineering Discipline.
- Author
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Chlebowski, Arthur L.
- Abstract
This Work in Progress describes the implementation of an alternative framework to explore emphasis areas in an Introductory Biomedical Engineering course. In many Universities with an engineering department, part of the student experience is to show students the possibilities with an engineering degree. These possibilities are generally explored through presentations by faculty, lab and class experiences, or having the student research their interests and report their findings. An Introduction to Biomedical Engineering course was developed to allow students to explore the potential areas of interest relating engineering, biology, genetics, and medicine. In previous iterations of the course, emphasis areas were explored through student's researching published documentation and then presenting the information in a written and oral format. This paper describes how design sprints were introduced to the students and implemented into the introduction course to have students explore biomedical engineering and to conceive solutions to problems that they found within each emphasis area of biomedical engineering. The students would present their findings in written and oral format. The transition to a sprint framework was well received from the students and a good alternative to exploring subsets of the biomedical engineering discipline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2019