bme-idea meeting 2007

September 26, 2007

The Alliance met on September 26, 2007 in conjunction (and around the corner from) the 2007 BMES Annual Fall Meeting. Thanks to our planning committee and all of our speakers and participants for a successful meeting!

LOCATION FOR BME-IDEA:

Roosevelt Hotel
7000 HOLLYWOOD BLVD
HOLLYWOOD CA 90028
P 323.466.7000

Oscar Room – Main Meeting Room
Academy Room – Breakout Room
Granada Room – Breakout Room

New this year, we will be in a different hotel from BMES. Around the corner from the BMES meeting (being held at the Renaissance Hotel) is the Roosevelt Hotel of Hollywood fame (the first Academy Awards were held there!)This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0714824.

Agenda

7.30 – 8.00	Continental Breakfast – Oscar Room
8:00 – 8:15	Welcome		John Linehan, Paul Yock
8:15 – 12:30	Snapshots in BME Design – Oscar Room
All SLIDES are in PPT format except where noted.
	Needs Assessment and Framing Projects			Dan Bogen, U of Penn
8:15	Z. Maria Oden	Rice	Finding Ideal Projects for BME Design Course
8:25	David Kelso	Northwestern	Getting off on the right foot: Visiting the locus in quo in capstone design
8:35	John D. desJardins	Clemson	Opportunities for Early Student Design Topic Investment – SET-UP Strategy
8:45	Mary Beth Privitera	Cincinnati	Using Ethnography to Determine User Needs
8:55	Jean-Michel Maarek	USouthern California	BME Design Projects developed around OEM Devices
9:05	Robert Malkin	Duke	Identifying Needs – CURES / long interview
9:15	Discussion

	Industrial/ Clinical Partnerships and Translational Projects			James Antaki, Carnegie Mellon
9:35	Joseph V. Tranquillo	Bucknell	First Experience with External Senior Design Mentors
9:45	Jay Goldberg	Cincinnati/ Marquette	Industrial Partnerships in BME Design
9:55	Robert Hitchcock	U of Utah	BME Design and Promotion of High-value relationships with clin medicine
10:05	Shayn M. Pierce	U of Virginia	Capstone as a Vehicle for Translational Research
10:15	Willis Tompkins	Wisconsin	Bridging the gap from UG BME Design to Translational Research
10:25	Samuel Sia	Columbia	Integration of BME Design with Entrepreneurship
10:35	Discussion

10:55 – 11:10	BREAK

	Bringing in Realistic Issues			Paul King, Vanderbilt
11:10	L. Franklin Bost	Georgia Tech	Bringing Business Practical Experience to BME Education
11:20	Mark Redfern	Pittsburgh	Senior Design at U Pittsburgh (FDA, CAE, DOX, etc.)
11:30	Terry N. Layton	University of Illinois, Chicago	Classroom and HW to Make Regulatory Process Real and Interesting
11:40	Vincent B. Pizziconi	Arizona St	Incorporation of Best Industry Practices
11:50	William C. Tang	UC-Irvine	Aligning BME Senior Design with ABET Criteria
12:00	Melissa K. Micou	UC-San Diego	Capstone Design – Multi-generational Projects
12:10	Discussion

12:30 – 1:30	Networking Lunch – Oscar Room

1:30 – 3:00	Panel Discussion on Inclusion in BME Design & Entrepreneurship – Challenges and Opportunities
1:30	Intro — Phil Weilerstein, NCIIA, Moderator
1:35	Panelist 1 opening thoughts		Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Univ. Pittsburgh		Group dynamics in engineering design
1:50	Panelist 2 opening thoughts		Shadia Oshodi, Genentech		Minority / female perspectives in BME
2:00	Panelist 3 opening thoughts		Patrice Yarbough, University of Texas Medical Branch		Opportunities in entrepreneurship based on health disparities
2:15 – 3:00	Moderated Questions and Discussion

3:00 – 4:45	Workshops descriptions

3:10 – 3:30	Break and move to different workshop rooms

3:30 – 4:45	Workshop 1 – Oscar Room		Workshop 2 – Academy Room		Focus Group – Granada Room
	Diversity Workshop –		Global Health Workshop		BME-IDEA focus group
	Amy Lerner, Rochester		Matt Glucksberg, Northwestern and Maria Oden, Rice		Phil Weilerstein, NCIIA and Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Univ. Pittsburgh

4:45 – 5:00	BME Project updates – Oscar Room
	BME national design contest: Phil Weilerstein, NCIIA; Jay Goldberg, Marquette; Humera Fasihuddin, NCIIA

5.00 – 5:15	Wrap-up: moving forward
	John Linehan

5.15 – 6.00	Reception and Presentation of BME-IDEA Contest Awards – North Courtyard

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