Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering – Providing Experiences and an Environment for Creative and Innovative Design
Mini panels will present highlights of emerging practice in three areas of current interest. Panels will include:

1. Innovations in Preparing for the Undergraduate Design Experience
   Moderator: Amy Lerner (ppt)
   Preparing students earlier in their undergraduate education for the design process by providing experiences in earlier in the curriculum that produce a design oriented mindset. Presenters will provide brief snapshots of some stage appropriate high impact ways to practice and learn the mindset required to successfully take on design in the context of realistic constraints.
   Panelists:
   Joe Tranquillo (pptx) (Bucknell University)
   Dustin Tyler (pptx) (Case Western University)
   
2. Spaces for Innovation
   Rob Radwin, Moderator
   What are the key aspects of facilities for innovation and prototyping undergraduate BME education? Given diverse activities, what is the best way to develop and outfit spaces for biomedical innovation? Supporting activities from mechanical prototypes to cell culture is a challenge. Presentations will present innovative models and structures to learn and be productive designers for today and into tomorrow.
   Panelists:
   Nadine Barrie Smith(ppt) (Pennsylvania Sate University)
   Vincent Pizziconi (pptx) (Arizona State University) (obama movie)
   Mark Redfern (ppt) (University of Pittsburgh)
   
   

Best Practices in Building Graduate-Level Design Programs in BME, Biomedical Design Programs Incorporating Design and Cognitive Development, and Evolution of Applied Design Programs
Moderators: Jack Linehan, Paul Yock

1. Innovative New Graduate Student Courses in BME Innovation/Design/Entrepreneurship
   Moderator: Paul Yock
   Snapshots from four programs that teach innovation, design and entrepreneurship. This will be followed by a panel discussion by the group discussing setting up, running and funding these programs.
   Panelists:
   Alyssa Panitch (ppt) (Purdue)
   Mike Marasco (ppt) (Northwestern)
   Elliot McVeigh (ppt) (Johns Hopkins) (movie)
   Rob Radwin (ppt) (Wisconsin)
   
   
2. Programs with Dedicated Innovation/Design/Entrepreneurship Fellowships
   Moderator: Jack Linehan
   Snapshots from four programs that offer fellowships in innovaiton, design and entrepreneurship followed by a panel discussion
   Panelists:
   Paul Yock (ppt) (Stanford University)
   Paul Dale (ppt) (University of Missouri)
   James Geiger (ppt) (University of Michigan)
   Marie Johnson (youtube video) (University of Minnesota)
   
   

Research and Tools for Analyzing BME Design Team Projects
Moderator: Phil Weilerstein
To improve design education, engineering educators need to better understand how student teams navigate the design process from concept to prototype. Tools that enable both real time assessment as well as retrospective analysis of the student design process will be presented. These methodologies utilize reflection and online assessments to analyze team effectiveness and accomplishments as the project evolves.
Panelists:
Mary Besterfield-Sacre (ppt) (University of Pittsburgh)
Larry Schuman (University of Pittsburgh)

Web-based Resources and Tools for Curricular Innovation
Moderators: Jim Antaki, Amy Lerner
Students in Biomedical Engineering Design programs have become increasingly accustomed to using a wide range of online tools and materials. In this session, we will introduce two new web resources which will launch this fall, and discuss other tools that students currently use.

1. ebiodesign (www.ebiodesign.org)
   Presenter: Christine Kurihara (ppt) (Stanford University)
   This web site will provide guidance and teaching materials for faculty and students in design. As a companion to the Biodesign text, the site is designed to provide innovators with active web links to support the text, relevant content updates, short videos of experts in the field, and links to other useful resources as they apply the biodesign process to projects in industry or academia.
2. BMEplanet (www.bmeplanet.org)
   Presenter: Erwin Gianchandani (pptx) (University of Virginia)
   BMEplanet offers a Web 2.0 collaboration suite with interactive tools for students and other organizations to network and innovate.  The web site will provide a portal for ideas and internships, and project workspace for student design teams.
3. Student web tools and resources
   Moderator: James Antaki (ppt) (Carnegie Mellon University)
   Based on input from all participants, we will discuss other web resources that students have found useful for student project management, including the additional challenges and opportunities they present for design in biomedical engineering. NOTE: a new page on these webtools is now on this site.