Frank Abrams Mike Boyette October 1, 2003 Nashville, TN

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Frank AbramsMike Boyette October 1,
2003Nashville, TN

• Workshop on BME Teaching of
• Innovation, Design Entrepreneurship

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Course Title (1) BAE 4512 Engineering Design I

• Combined course, with biomedical engineers,
  agricultural engineers, environmental engineers,
  bioprocess engineers
• Teams
• 2 semester sequence
• Semester Projects
• Emphasis on team skills, communication,
  professionalism, project management, ethics

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Describe particularly novel and/or effective
methods you use to teach innovation
entrepreneurship

• Prep for team forming identify individual
  project interests, individual technical and
  teaming skills
• Projects from outside clients
• Budgeting skills
• Quad charts

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How do you measure outcomes?

• Objectives communicate effectively with diverse
  audiences able to work effectively in
  multidisciplinary teams develop professional,
  ethical, societal responsibility
• Outcomes presentations to bio-industry, health
  care, and faculty professionals evaluated by
  faculty-designed rubric client feedback Team
  Developer (McGourtyWiley)

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Describe a course project or exercise that
exemplifies best practices

• Project An Upper Body Weight Training System
  with Motivation Mechanism for Children with
  Developmental Disabilities Pingko
• Regular and frequent consultation with
  client/potential users
• Cohesive team function
• Developed understanding of broader problem

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(Example Results QuadChart adapted from
Students Report) An Upper Body Weight Training
System with Motivation Mechanism for Children
with Developmental Disabilities Pingko
Team Members Jaci Harrell Kevin Monk Julie
Poore Lindsay Sallach Stephanie
Southard Client The Charlie Gaddy Center
Raleigh, NC

• Approach
• Defined problem- wheel chair accessible,
  lightweight, address short attention span,
  encourage, simple motion
• Plan simple lift resistance, ping pong plinko
  linked for attention-getting

• Results
• 5x3x2 al. frame, portable
• rubber/torsion system
• provides exercise for upper body in a
  goal-oriented setting that captures childs
  attention