Clinical and Entrepreneurial Immersion to Enhance Bioengineering Senior Design at North Carolina A&T State University

 描述（由申请人提供）：拟议工作的总体目标是创建一个临床和创业沉浸计划，为工程师提供跨学科和创新的高级设计经验。北卡罗来纳州农业和技术州立大学（NCA&T），一个历史上的黑人学院或大学（HBCU），具有丰富的历史和遗产，产生了最多的非洲裔美国人与工程学位。不幸的是，获得临床资源，如翻译研究人员一直有限。在本提案中，我们将利用NC A&T的优势，以及查佩尔山的北卡罗来纳州大学（UNC-CH）的转化和临床科学研究所（NC TraCS）的教育资源，为未来的工程师提供识别和开发生物医学工程临床相关进展所需的杰出临床，创业和研究技能。拟议工作的成功实施将增加生物医学科学和工程领域有才华的少数民族工程师的人才库，并为培养未来工程专业学生在生物医学科学领域的创业能力创造一个可持续的模式。该提案将联合收割机化学和生物工程专业的学生在他们的最后一年的培训，成为一个为期一年（9个月）的课程，以创建跨学科的顶点设计团队。高级顶点设计课程将包括学生项目管理，沟通和解决问题的技能教学讲座。研究人员在生物医学工程设计和创新以及高级设计指导方面拥有丰富的经验。学生还将受益于NCA&T的机构环境，促进团队合作和完整的学生发展，并从沉浸在医院期间获得的观点。预计每年将有20-30名学生参加这一活动。拟议工作的具体目标是：1。提供基于团队的跨学科设计经验，解决临床和工业相关问题。 2.与NC TraCS的同事一起开发临床沉浸体验（CIE），这将为潜在项目的识别提供信息，并为学生考虑临床和

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the proposed work is to create a clinical and entrepreneurial immersion program to provide engineers with an interdisciplinary and innovative senior design experience. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&T), a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) with a rich history and legacy of producing the largest number of African Americans with degrees in engineering. Unfortunately, access to clinical resources like translational researchers has been limited. In thi proposal, we will leverage the strengths of NC A&T, and the educational resources of the Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS), at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), to equip future engineers with the outstanding clinical, entrepreneurial, and research skills necessary to identify and develop clinically relevant advances in biomedical engineering. Successful implementation of the proposed work will increase the pool of talented minority engineers in the fields of biomedical sciences and engineering, and create a sustainable model for preparing future engineering students for entrepreneurship in the biomedical sciences. This proposal will combine the Chemical and Bioengineering students in their final year of training into one year-long (9 month) course to create interdisciplinary capstone design teams. The Senior Capstone design classes will include didactic lectures on student project management, communication, and problem solving skills. The investigators have significant experience in biomedical engineering design and innovation, and in senior design instruction. Students will also benefit from NCA&T's institutional environment that fosters team work and complete student development, and from perspectives gained during immersion in the UNC Hospitals. It is expected that 20-30 students will participate in this experience annually. The specific aims for the proposed work are to: 1. Provide a team-based interdisciplinary design experience that addresses clinically- and industrially relevant problems. 2. Develop a clinical immersion experience (CIE) with colleagues at NC TraCS that will inform identification of potential projects and prepare students to consider clinical and