Global engineering education initiative through student organization

Author

Sagstetter, Ann M. ; Vitzthum, Lucas K. ; Meyer, Jonathan R. ; Nimunkar, Amit J. ; Webster, John G.

Author_Institution

Biomed. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

3-6 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

2022

Lastpage

2024

Abstract

Engineering is becoming a more globally aware discipline that is revolutionizing the way individuals interact internationally. Engineering World Health (EWH) - Madison Chapter is a student-initiated organization that has developed opportunities to facilitate both local and global engineering education. Through EWH - Madison Chapter student-initiated activities, this organization has developed an interface between Traditional, Technical, and Translational education mediums. This study attests to the development of global engineering programs in the context of biomedical applications.

Keywords

biomedical engineering; engineering education; Engineering World Health- Madison Chapter; global engineering education initiative; student-initiated organization; technical education medium; traditional education medium; translational education medium; Biomedical Engineering; Curriculum; Education, Medical, Graduate; Education, Medical, Undergraduate; Health Education; Humans; Learning; Students; Teaching; Universities; User-Computer Interface; Wisconsin; World Health;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2009. EMBC 2009. Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3296-7

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334420

Filename

5334420