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浸入式计划，为工程师提供跨学科和创新的高级设计体验。北卡罗来纳农业技术州立大学(NCA&T)是一所历史悠久的黑人学院或大学(HBCU)，拥有丰富的历史和遗产，培养了最多的拥有工程学位的非裔美国人。不幸的是，像翻译研究人员这样的临床资源的获取一直受到限制。在这项计划中，我们将利用北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校(UNC-CH)北卡罗来纳大学翻译与临床科学研究所(NC TraCS)的优势和教育资源，为未来的工程师配备杰出的临床、创业和研究技能，以确定和发展生物医学工程中与临床相关的进展。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族裔工程师的储备，并为培养未来的工程专业学生在生物医学科学领域创业创造一个可持续的模式。这项提议将把化学和生物工程专业的学生在他们最后一年的培训中合并成一门为期一年(9个月)的课程，以创建跨学科的顶石设计团队。Capstone高级设计课程将包括关于学生项目管理、沟通和解决问题技能的教学讲座。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促进团队合作和学生全面发展的制度环境，以及在北卡罗来纳大学医院沉浸期间获得的视角。预计每年将有20-30名学生参加这一体验。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的问题。2.与NC TraCS的同事一起开发临床沉浸体验(CIE)，为确定潜在项目提供信息，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