Title :
Integrating biomedical engineering design into the freshman curriculum
Author :
Patel, Kiran V. ; DeMarco, Robert ; Foulds, Richard
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A new freshman design course provides the opportunity to motivate incoming students with a contemporary problem. A design project, based on surgical robotics integrates mechanical, electrical and computer technologies with issues in medical practice
Keywords :
biomedical education; design engineering; medical robotics; surgery; biomedical engineering design integration; computer technologies; contemporary problem; electrical technologies; freshman design course; incoming students motivation; issues in medical practice; mechanical technologies; technologies integration; Actuators; Biomedical computing; Biomedical engineering; Design engineering; Educational robots; Hardware; Medical robotics; Problem-solving; Software prototyping; Surgery;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the IEEE 28th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7419-3
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.2002.999506
