Forum on Innovation & Entrepreneurship in
           Biomedical Engineering Education

Speaker Information

See a list of attendees.

For Individual School Presentations

Please prepare up to five slides covering the following topics:

1. What are the elements of your course? (describe up to three courses)
2. Describe particularly novel and/or effective methods you use to teach innovation & entrepreneurship.
3. How do you measure outcomes?
4. Share a course project or exercise that exemplifies “best practices.”

Download the presentation template (powerpoint file). Presentations should last 5-7 minutes.

Topics for Break out Groups

1.  Domains of Biomedical Engineering Education
   • Life sciences
   • Core engineering sciences
   • Design
   • Business/entrepreneurship
2. Resources and Implementation
   
   • Resources for funding
   • Practical aspects of life sciences integration
   • Shared educational resources

Other topics of interest

1. Innovative teaching methods for putting innovation into the design curriculum.
2. All engineering students should understand modern biology.
   
3. Regarding medical device design and implant science, what additional areas of the life sciences do students need to understand?
4. Who should teach this material to engineers?
   
5. What areas of technology are critical to I&E in the future?
   
6. Should students be required to make a prototypic device as part of the design curriculum?
   
7. How can communication skills be enhanced in the I&E curriculum?