Neuromuscular and Neurofeedback Enginereing 1:55 Break

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Boston UniversityKenneth LutchenProfessor and
Chair

• Workshop on BME Teaching of
• Innovation, Design Entrepreneurship

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The BU-BME Senior Project Program

• Course 1 How to Approach, Perform, Manage and
  Communicate Independent Technical Projects, most
  in Realistic Team.
• Course 2 Introduce Students to Best Practices in
  Design, Development, Marketing and
  Entrepreneurship in BME Industry
• Engages all Full-time Faculty, Industrial
  Advisory Board, School Management, and use of
  Outside Hospitals, Laboratories, Companies as
  additional project mentors.
• Faculty Provide Technical Guidance and Mentoring
• Builds Repertoire of Technical Communication
  Skills
• how skills complement scientific progress and
  discovery
• Detailed Technical/Scientific (Individual)
  Accountability is Enforced through Continuous
  Technical Communication
• Holy Grail of Accountability is Final Conference
• subliminal competition among students (and
  faculty)

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Course 1 Biomedical Engineering Senior Projects.

• Semester I (2 credits)
• Introduction
• Approach to Independent Research
• Proposal Writing
• Statistical Analysis
• Oral Presentation Techniques (proposal)
• By good bad example

• Semester II (4 credits)
• Progress Report Writing
• Scientific Ethics
• Abstract Writing
• Final Report Writing
• Oral Presentation Techniques (final report)

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Course 2 Design, Development, Marketing, and
Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Engineering

• Transition from Engineer to Product Developer
• Art Rosenthal, Chief Scientific Officer, Boston
  Scientific Co.
• Medical Device Development
  
  Art Coury, Vice President, Genzyme Corp.
• Marketing Driven Strategies and Marketing
• Peter Russo, Director Entrep. Management
  Institute, BU SMG
• Intellectual Property and Innovation in BME
• Steve Girouard, Manager Heart Group, Guidant
  Corp.
• Quality Control and Reliability in Hardware and
  Software Medical Device Industry
• David Jones, Director Quality Control, Phillips
  Medical Systems
• Clinical Regulatory Issues in BME
• Robert Kung, Vice President, Abiomed
• Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Engineering
• Peter Russo, Director Entrep. Management
  Institute, BU SMG
• Panel Case Studies (Three BME faculty with Start
  Up Companies)

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Novel Effective MethodsInnovation
Entrepreneurship

• Proposals (must defend what is novel)
• Senior Conference (public presentation motivates
  innovation)
• Lectures on process of innovations
• Deliverables (patent search and analysis)
• Lectures on Entrepreneurship
• Deliverable (mini-business plan)
• Panel Discussion from Faculty with Concrete
  Experience in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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How do you measure outcomes?

• Editing Capabilities
• Proposals (Science-type Format)
• Progress Reports
• Outcomes Related to Product Design and
  Innovation
• Recasting of Project in Terms of Functional vs.
  Performance Specifications
• Casting Project via a projected product and
  addressing Intellectual Property, Market
  Analysis, and Business Plan for Potential Product
• Final Report
• Final Public Conference

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Senior Project ConferenceThe Capstone within a
Capstone
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• Formal Technical Conference Oral Only
• Attended by
• All BME Faculty
• All BME Seniors
• Many UG Grads Alumni
• Numerous BME Companies Laboratories (gt 150
  guests/yr)

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18th Annual Biomedical EngineeringSenior Project
Conference
750 Opening Remarks 800 Session 1 Cell and
Tissue Engineering Micro BioSystems
935 Break 1000 Session 2 Patient Monitoring,
Bioinstrumentation Biomedical
Optics 1150 Lunch 1240 Session 3A Genomic
Engineering Session 3B Neuromuscular and
Neurofeedback Enginereing 155 Break
205 Session 4 Auditory and Neuro
Bioengineering 325 Break 345 Session 5
Biomedical Imaging Cell-Tissue-Organ
Biomechanics 535 Closing Remarks
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Examples and Range of Topics for Senior Capstone
Projects

• Nanoporous Inorganic Biocapsules for Cellular
  Immunoisolation and Controlled Drug Delivery
• Fabrication of Vascular Network In Vitro
• Optical Measurement of Drug Diffusion into Tissue
• Design and Implementation of a System for
  Real-Time Experimental Control of Auditory
  Stimuli
• Using a Genetic Toggle Switch and Bacteriophage
  to Control Biofilm Formation
• Use of Foot Pressure Related Feedback to Improve
  Balance Control
• Modeling Intracellular Signaling Pathways
• Perfusion MRI of Brain Tumors in a Mouse Model of
  Arterial Spin Labeling
• Induction of a Joint Structure by Controlled
  Stimulation During Fracture Healing
• Quantifying Lung Compliance in Acute Respiratory
  Distress via High Resolution Computer Tomography