Undergraduate Education and Device Innovation through Clinical and Translational

描述(由申请人提供)：我们建议设计课程，结合临床，教育和工业流程的创新组合，以指导和启发学生开发基于需求的临床问题的设计解决方案。这项提议将加强克莱姆森生物工程公司、格林维尔健康系统公司和该大学技术转移办公室之间以临床为重点的新设计合作。高级设计专业的学生团队将与临床合作者合作，通过使用与行业相关的新方法进行原型设计、测试和验证设计，识别临床问题和创新的生物医疗设备解决方案。这项研究教育建议有望加强我们最近建立的高级生物工程设计课程的临床相关性和设计创新潜力。建议的研究教育计划的亮点是1)一个新的临床沉浸+技术转移计划，与我们的临床和技术。调动合作伙伴，2)采用新的基于团队的课程，促进课堂上的互动需求识别、头脑风暴、问题解决和伦理辩论。3)第一学期组建团队，4)将团队引入专门的临床+行业导师合作者和医疗保健环境，以促进基于需求的设计互动和创新。5)将所有团队与专门的生物工程学院和新的设计咨询委员会配对，以支持与技术、材料和设备相关的设计需求。6)采用与行业相关的“设计之门”，指导所有团队和设计的进度和学术评估。7)由我们的新任技术管理总监领导的创新设计评审，以及8)推出由学长领导的(BS/MS设计奖学金)设计“完成”课程，将完成的高级设计项目与生物工程初级团队配对，并将它们带入设计测试、制造和创业发展的第二年。预期结果：让学生更早地接触临床需求、问题和环境\\为本科生和应届研究生扩大课程和机会，以促进他们积极参与激动人心的、相关的、基于临床的设计项目\\克莱姆森生物工程和格林维尔健康系统之间更深入的学术-临床合作关系\\开发超过75种新型生物医学设备，以解决医疗保健环境中由市场驱动的临床问题的目标需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose a design curriculum that incorporates an innovative combination of clinical, educational, and industrial processes to guide and inspire students to develop design solutions to needs-based clinical problems. This proposal will strengthen a new clinically focused design collaboration between Clemson Bioengineering, Greenville Health System and the University's Office of Technology Transfer. Teams of senior design students will work with clinical collaborators to identify clinical problems and innovative biomedical- device solutions through prototyping, testing, and validating the designs using a novel, industry-relevant "design gate" methodology. This research education proposal is expected to strengthen the clinical relevance and design-innovation potential of our recently established senior bioengineering design curriculum. Highlights of the proposed research education program are 1) A new clinical immersion + technology transfer program with our clinical and tech. transfer partners, 2) Adoption of new team-based curricula that promotes interactive needs identification, brainstorming, problem solving, and ethical debate within the classroom. 3) First-semester formation of teams and 4) introduction of teams to dedicated clinical + industry-mentor collaborators and healthcare environments to foster needs-based design interaction and innovation. 5) Pairing of all teams with dedicated bioengineering faculty and new Design Advisory Board to support technical, material-, and device- related design needs. 6) Adoption of industry-relevant "design gates" to guide the progress and academic assessment of all teams and designs. 7) Review of innovative designs led by our new Director of Technology Management, and 8) Launch of an upperclassmen-led (BS/MS Design Fellowship) design "finishing" course that pairs completed senior design projects with teams of bioengineering juniors, and carries them into a second year of design testing, manufacturing and entrepreneurial development. Expected outcomes: Earlier exposure of students to clinical needs, problems, and environments \\ Expanded curriculum and opportunities for underclassmen and new graduate students to promote active participation in exciting, relevant, clinically based design projects \\ A deeper academic-clinical partnership between Clemson Bioengineering and the Greenville Health System \\ Development of over 75 novel biomedical devices to address the targeted needs of market-driven clinical problems within healthcare environments.