Lehigh University Prof. Svetlana Tatic-Lucic

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Lehigh UniversityProf. Svetlana Tatic-Lucic

• Workshop on BME Teaching of
• Innovation, Design Entrepreneurship

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Course Title BioE 110 Elements of Bioengineering
(3cr)

• Course Goal
• Give sophomore level students a broad overview of
  bioengineering disciplines (biomechanics,
  biomaterials, medical imaging, biotechnology,
  tissue engineering). Get students excited and
  interested in pursuing a career in
  bioengineering/biomedical engineering.
• Course Emphasis
• Provide students with a strong fundamental
  understanding of how engineering tools,
  techniques and methodologies are used to analyze
  and understand biological and physiological
  systems.
• Instructional Approach
• Extensive use of illustrative examples to clarify
  concepts
• In-class and out-class use of computational tools
  (i.e. MATLAB) to develop strong problem solving
  skills
• Incorporation of hands-on physiological learning
  modules to facilitate educational experience.
• Students are required to write and present a
  report on a current research or industrial topic
  in bioengineering.

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Course Title BioE 120 Biomechanics (3 cr.)

• Biomechanics of tissues
• Biomechanics of joints
• Biomechanics of gait

Course Title BioE 121 Biomechanics Laboratory
(1 cr.)

• Study of postural stability
• Dynamics of jump
• Kinematics of gait
• Range of motion
• Mechanical properties of bone and muscle

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Course Title BioE 210 Bioelectronics/Biophotonic
s/BioMEMS Laboratory (6cr)

• Design, layout and fabrication of a simple MEMS
  device with biomedical application (e.g. silicon
  strain gauge)
• Electrophysiology experiments (BioPac modules)
• Analysis of several commercially available
• Laboratory exercise dedicated to the medical
  image analysis. Commercially available software
  will be used to analyze the images obtained from
  local hospitals.
• Optical fiber based biosensors (i.e. to measure
  glucose concentration)
• Interaction of laser with tissues, proteins and
  other biomolecules
• Optical tweezers for measuring viscoelasticity of
  cytoskeleton fibers in cells
• Immunofluorescent microscopy

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Novel and/or effective methods used to teach
innovation entrepreneurship

• Implement product-driven student project teams in
  collaboration with local industrial firms and
  Lehighs award-winning Integrated Product
  development (IPD) program
• Create synergism by forming partnerships with
  science, engineering and business departments to
  establish a comprehensive bio-related
  concentrations and bio-related minors programs
• Structured Innovative Thinking (SIT) method will
  be taught to undergraduates

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How do you measure outcomes?

• Student evaluations before, during and after
  courses
• Professional output (publications, presentations,
  published abstracts, patents and inventions)
• Placement data (internships, graduate programs,
  professional school, and employment)

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Describe a course project or exercise that
exemplifies best practices

• Timely planning of the overall program
  development that crosses traditional departments
  and college boundaries
• Cultivating industrial partnerships to mentor
  students and provide real-time problems through
  entrepreneurial projects
• Introduction of seminar courses for the freshmen
  and sophomores that exposes them early to
  different aspects of bioengineering

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