Aligning BME180A-B with ABET

							Aligning Biomedical Engineering
Senior Capstone Design Course
       with ABET Criteria

BME-IDEA Meeting, September 26, 2007

      William C. Tang & Abraham P. Lee
      Biomedical Engineering Department
         University of California, Irvine
               ABET Criteria

1. Students
2. Program Educational Objectives
3. Program Outcomes and Assessment
4. Professional Component
5. Faculty
6. Facilities
7. Institutional Support and Financial
   Resources
8. Program Criteria


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Program Educational Objectives vs
       Program Outcomes



                                     Biomedical
                    Biomedical
      Biomedical                     Engineering
                    Engineering
      Engineering                      Program
                     Program
       Program                       Educational
                     Outcomes
                                      Objectives

                                     Achieved within
         4 year      Achieved by
                                   first few years after
       curriculum    graduation
                                        graduation




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             Closing the Loop

                                 Senior
                                Surveys

                                            Biomedical
                        Biomedical
          Biomedical                        Engineering
                        Engineering
          Engineering                         Program
                         Program
Course     Program                          Educational
                         Outcomes
                                             Objectives
Surveys
                                            Achieved within
             4 year      Achieved by
                                          first few years after
           curriculum    graduation
                                               graduation


                                   Alumni &
                                  Supervisors
                                    Surveys


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       “Must demonstrate that their
             students attain:”
a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and
   interpret data
c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet
   desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic,
   environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety,
   manufacturability, and sustainability
d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams
e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering
   problems
f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
g) an ability to communicate effectively
h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering
   solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context
i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long
   learning
j) a knowledge of contemporary issues
k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern
   engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.


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 BME Senior Design Course Lectures

• Invited lecturers from industries on
   – FDA process for biomedical devices (D. Saito, Medtronic)
   – Legal issues: patents, trade secrets (A. Viray, UCI Office of
     Technology Alliances)
   – Legal issues: resolving conflicts (M. Hostetler, Wilson,
     Sonsini, Goodrich, & Rosati, P.C.)
   – Design for manufacturability (R. Bare, Omnica)
   – Design for ergonomics and usability (C. Curbbun & B. Leach,
     DD Studio)
   – Product development (R. Ahlberg, Applied Medical)
   – Premarket testing and validation (W. Baxter, Medtronic)
   – Clinical trials (M. Torriani, Medtronic)
   – Rapid prototyping and small-scale production (V.
     Pazemenas, Aubrey Group)



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         Student Team Projects

• Each team mentored by one practitioner from
  local biomedical device companies
• BME department provides resources: project
  expenses, access to labs, computers, etc.
• Emphasize
  – Team skills (communication, organization,
    cooperation, conflict resolution, etc.)
  – Project management (resource planning, time
    management, milestones, risk assessment, etc.)
  – Employ the entire range of lecture materials
  – Presentation skills (oral and written)

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Example: “Prosthetic Hands for the Third
                World”

• Company Mentor: Mr. Dave Coe, Hanger
  Prosthetics and Orthotics
• Aim: $300 prosthetic arm
  (vs $40K for current ones)
• Project included
  – Market studies, FDA, cost analyses,
    user analyses, hardware prototype,
    product testing, product packaging
• Project selected for presentation
  at the Frontier in Biomedical
  Devices Conference

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       Senior Design Symposium

• Day-long symposium in place of the final
  exam at the end of the 2nd quarter
• Every member of every team must participate
  in the presentation
• Open to the public
• Select from the audience 5 to 7 evaluators to
  fill out evaluation rubrics – direct assessment
  of the key Program Outcomes




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             Closing the Loop

• Compile the scoring rubrics
• Selected homework and midterm exam
  questions designed specifically to assess
  some of the Program Outcomes (course
  embedded assessment) – direct assessment
• Collect and compile the Student Course
  Surveys at the end of the quarter – indirect
  assessment
• Fill in Faculty Course Assessment Report
• Implement improvement next year
• Assess again

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