AEMB 2016 Conference Grant; October 5-8, 2016; Minneapolis, MN

提案号：1643343 -PI: Murray， TeresaNSF为参加AEMB （Alpha Eta Mu Beta，国家生物医学工程荣誉学会）年会和MINDS（创新设计解决方案指导）研讨会的本科生提供旅行支持，该研讨会将于2016年10月5日至8日在明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯举行，与生物医学工程学会（BMES） 2016年年会同时举行。学生，最好是大三本科生，将通过40多个AEMB章节招募。申请参加研讨会的学生将确定生物医学设备或技术（创新）的未满足需求及其潜在影响。获奖者将根据设计理念的质量和新颖性及其潜在影响来选择。工作坊参与者将被分配到由大约4名学生和一名团队导师组成的团队。这些团队将在研讨会上一起工作，确定设计考虑因素，使用在线资源，并将想法和考虑因素上传到他们自己的协作网站。工作坊结束后，将鼓励团队进行长达6个月的虚拟会议，以进一步完善他们的创新。这种高度创新的研讨会形式将培养必要的工程设计技能，包括课程项目中通常不强调的5个关键考虑因素：1)商业化的市场考虑，2)建立产品测试方法，3)生产的质量控制要求，4)监管策略，5)评估知识产权保护的前景。学生将学习如何使用协作在线工具与来自其他学校和组织的队友和导师进行有效沟通。提案还包括详细的评估计划，包括讲习班结束时和项目结束时的调查。将对视频和书面宣传进行评估，以确定对5个关键设计考虑因素的理解程度。该计划预计将培养一批核心工程师，他们将更好地理解在尝试设计设备之前考虑人类需求的重要性，并将更好地在需要远程设施和客户之间通信的日益虚拟的环境中工作。研讨会的关键内容有望被BME项目采纳。会议将发表一份白皮书，介绍研讨会的组织和成果。

Proposal No: 1643343 -PI: Murray, TeresaNSF has made an award in support of travel for undergraduate students to attend the AEMB (Alpha Eta Mu Beta, the National Biomedical Engineering Honor Society) Annual Meeting and MINDS (Mentoring for INnovation Design Solutions) Workshop being held in Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 5-8, 2016, at the same time as the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2016 Annual Meeting. Students, preferably junior undergraduates, will be recruited through over 40 AEMB chapters. Students applying for the workshop will identify an unmet need for a biomedical device or technology (innovation) and its potential impact. Awardees will be selected based on the quality and novelty of the design idea and their potential impact. Workshop participants will be assigned to teams consisting of approximately 4 students and a team mentor. The teams will work together while at the workshop to identify design considerations, use online sources and upload ideas and considerations to their own collaboration site. The teams will be encouraged to meet virtually for up to 6 months after the workshop ends to further refine their innovation. This highly innovative workshop format will build necessary engineering design skills including 5 key considerations that are not usually stressed in coursework projects: i) market considerations for commercialization, 2) establishing methods for testing the product, 3) quality control requirements for production, 4) regulatory strategy, and 5) evaluating prospects for intellectual property protection. Students will learn how to effectively communicate with teammates and mentors who are from other schools and organizations using collaborative online tools. The proposal also includes detailed assessment plans, including surveys at the end of the workshop and at the end of the projects. Videos and written promotions will be evaluated to determine level of understanding of the 5 key design considerations. The program is expected to develop a core group of engineers who will better understand the importance of considering human needs before attempting design devices and who will be better equipped to work in the increasingly virtual environment that requires communication between distant facilities and customers. Key elements of the workshop are expected to be adopted by BME programs. A white paper describing the workshop organization and outcomes will be produced.