A Proposed Design for a
Graduate Level Design Course
Paul H. King, Ph.D., P.E.
Vanderbilt University
Advanced Design of Medical
Products, Processes, and
Services – BME 373
MS & ME level
BME + ME + ? + Management
Fulfills ME design requirement
Fulfills Entrepreneurship interests
Review of Design Web Sites
17 Universities identified graduate
design courses
5+ unique courses
3 duplicated courses
5 design – similar to proposed
Unique Courses
Artificial Organ – U T Austin
Medical Device Dev. (Polymeric –
Rutgers)
Biomedical Device Manufacturing –
Purdue
Prosthetics - Clemson
Duplicated Courses
Rehabilitation emphasis: Carnegie
Mellon, Catholic U.
Entrepreneurship: U. Penn, U. Miami
Technology Transfer: GA Tech, U FL
Similar to Proposed Course
UCSD – bioengineering design project
U IL/Chicago – medical product development
U Michigan – biomedical engineering design
U Minnesota – new product design and
business development
Stanford – medical device design and
evaluation
UCSD
the purpose of the new M.Eng. degree
is to prepare design and project
engineers for careers in the biomedical
and biotechnology industries. …
intended for students who are primarily
interested in engineering design,
development, manufacturing and
management within an industrial or
professional setting.
UCSD
Bioengineering 295 - Bioengineering
Design Project (2-quarters, 4 units
each)
- independent work by graduate
students focused on design, applied
research and professional experience
University of Illinois/Chicago
BME494 – Medical Product
Development
… apply (BS/MS) in a corporate setting
- business plan, structure of
corporations, FDA, ISO, presentation of
product concepts, planning, R&D
No end product
University of Michigan
Biomedical Engineering Design (450)
One semester, senior or MS (BME only)
“ instrumentation design products “
Problem definition through prototype
Local industry, hospital, engineering
sponsor project(s)
Introductory design lectures only
Stanford University
ME 282 Medical Device Design and
Evaluation
2 quarter 2 hour corporate sponsored
project course
Team formation, testing, standards,
FDA, physiology as necessary, IP,
marketing
Mechanical Engineering home
University of Minnesota
New Product Design and Business
Development
Management + Institute of Technology +
Biomedical Engineering
2 semester
Teams: ½ engineering + ½ management
Corporate sponsored projects (Medtronic,
Scimed, SpineTech, others)
U MN continued
Definition through prototype
IP agreements up front
Mixed engineering and management lectures
on relevant material through the year
Pricing, design for manufacturing, ethics, etc.
from Ulrich/Eppinger Product Design &
Development
Emulate!
Vanderbilt – BME 373/MGT451
Design of Medical Products, Processes, and
Services (Special Projects- Mgt.)
This course is intended to involve graduate
level engineering and management students
in Medical Design from the initial phase of a
design request as solicited from industry (or
University) to the end product, prototype,
plan, or feasibility analysis.
VU BME 373 Continued
Instructors King (Engineering), Owens
(GSM).
Engineering prerequisite BME 272 (First
semester senior BME design)
GSM prerequisite masters level, special
topics credit, entrepreneurship
3 credit hours, ME credit, MS Mgt. Credit
Engineering: BME, ME, EE, Mgt. Tech.
Need:
A need exists in the Biomedical
Engineering Department for a nonthesis Masters of Engineering Design
Project option. This course will allow a
student to imitate and perhaps complete
this requirement. It will in addition
expose students to collaborative work
with students and faculty in
Management.
Expanded definition
… lectures and demonstrations as necessary
to ensure that all are familiar with the basics
of team building, brainstorming, intellectual
property rights and research, forecasting,
market surveys, and design strategies.
… form teams comprised of both
Management and Engineering students.
Each team will, under the guidance as
necessary of the course principals (and other
advisors), perform:
Performance:
1. task clarification and market analysis
2. concept elaboration and refinement
3. preliminary design, testing and prototyping
4. final design, testing and documentation
5. Intellectual property analysis and
documentation
6. solution communication
Of a product, process, or service.
First offering:
Spring 2001
2 BME ME students, 2 OGSM now
Choice of 4 projects
… commercial?
Yearly thereafter.
Thank You!
Questions?
Sponsored in part by the NSF under award number
EEC-9876363