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Credit: 1 course
unit in each of the Fall and Spring semesters of the senior year
Required course (Senior year)
Catalog Description:
Design projects in various multidisciplinary areas of
bioengineering. Students work in teams as Bioengineering Design
Consultants, providing engineering design services -- emphasizing project
definition, feasibility analysis, evaluation of alternative designs, and
design computations. For each project, the scope of work is developed and
negotiated between client and student consultants. The scope of work may
also include fabrication, device testing, and field-testing. Projects are
arranged by the students with approval of the instructor in the Spring
semester of the Junior year. Continually updated project briefs, planning
documents, interim reports, a final report, a final poster, and
presentations are required. In addition to technical design, students
develop skills in communication, planning, project management, and
project risk management.
Prerequisites:
Bioengineering senior standing or permission of the instructor.
Textbook(s) and/or
other required Materials:
Planning documents and procedures posted on website.
Course Objectives:
This course is the ultimate opportunity for students to apply what
they have learned during their undergraduate education and touches upon
all program objectives. It provides a comprehensive experience in the
project process including technical aspects, communication, and ethics.
Topics Covered:
The design and project processes, identification of need, problem
definition, constraints, specifications, project definition, project
planning, decision-making, resource assessment, planning documents, team
work, scheduling, risk assessment, testing, records and documentation,
communications, ethics.
Class/Laboratory
Schedule:
Lecture: Wednesday & Friday, 8:00 – 9:00, for
approximately the first month of the Fall semester. Thereafter,
occasional class meetings throughout the year.
Contribution
towards Professional Component:
100% Engineering design
Contribution towards Program Outcomes:
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Multidisciplinary
Ability
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High
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Problem Solving
Approach
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High
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Problem Solving
Methods
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High
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Experimentation
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High
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Design
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High
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Professional
Orientation
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High
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Person Preparing
Description and Date:
D. Bogen
September 2005
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