Integrating Biomechanical Engineering Research and Design and a Co-operative Education Curriculum

该项目是工业界，当地社区和德雷克塞尔大学之间的合作伙伴关系，旨在设计和实施生物力学工程课程，使学生能够将研究成果转化为商业上可行的产品。在网关联盟和VANTH工程研究中心的成功基础上，该项目从初级开始，一直持续到毕业，并结合了基于问题的学习、合作教育和创业培训。学院的研究人员，通过合作伙伴关系，帮助学生，因为他们学会把研究成果转化为产品。该项目的目标是通过修改现有的初级课程，以问题为基础的格式，将合作教育纳入课程，并利用生物力学工程教师的专业知识，提供创新的课堂技术。该项目评估是评估学生，教师和合作伙伴的利益，并包括短期和长期的数据收集和分析。该方案产生的新认识将在当地学校广泛传播和测试，这些学校包括利哈伊大学、伍斯特理工学院、罗切斯特理工学院和奥林学院。

This project is a partnership among industry, the local community, and Drexel University with the goal to design and implement a Biomechanical Engineering curriculum that enables students to translate research results into commercially viable products. Building on the successes of the Gateway Coalition and the VaNTH Engineering Research Center, the project begins at the junior level, carries through to graduation and incorporates problem-based learning, cooperative education and entrepreneurial training. Faculty researchers, through the partnership, are assisting students as they learn to turn research results into products. The project goal is being met by modifying existing junior level courses into a problem-based format, integrating cooperative education into the curriculum, and using Biomechanical Engineering faculty expertise to deliver the innovative classroom techniques. The project evaluation is assessing benefits to students, faculty and co-op partners and consists of short and long term data collection and analysis. New understanding generated in the program will be widely disseminated and tested at local schools consisting of Lehigh University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Rochester Polytechnic Institute and Olin College.