Workshop on BME Teaching of
Innovation, Design & Entrepreneurship
Boston University
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UNIVERSITY
Kenneth Lutchen
Professor and Chair
The BU-BME
Senior Project Program
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Course 1: How to Approach, Perform, Manage and Communicate
Independent Technical Projects, most in Realistic “Team”.
Course 2: Introduce Students to Best Practices in Design,
Development, Marketing and Entrepreneurship in BME Industry
Engages all Full-time Faculty, Industrial Advisory Board, School
Management, and use of Outside Hospitals, Laboratories,
Companies as additional project mentors.
Faculty Provide Technical Guidance and Mentoring
Builds Repertoire of Technical Communication Skills
– how skills complement scientific progress and discovery
Detailed Technical/Scientific (Individual) Accountability is Enforced
through “Continuous” Technical Communication
Holy Grail of Accountability is Final Conference
– subliminal competition among students (and faculty)
Course 1: Biomedical
Engineering Senior Projects.
 Semester
I (2 credits)
– Introduction
– Approach to
Independent Research
– Proposal Writing
– Statistical Analysis
– Oral Presentation
Techniques (proposal)
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II (4 credits)
Progress Report Writing
Scientific Ethics
Abstract Writing
Final Report Writing
Oral Presentation
Techniques (final report)
» By good & bad example
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Course 2: Design, Development, Marketing, and
Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Engineering
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Transition from Engineer to Product Developer
– Art Rosenthal, Chief Scientific Officer, Boston Scientific Co.
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Medical Device Development
Art Coury, Vice President, Genzyme Corp.
Marketing Driven Strategies and Marketing
– Peter Russo, Director Entrep. & Management Institute, BU SMG
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Intellectual Property and Innovation in BME
– Steve Girouard, Manager Heart Group, Guidant Corp.
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Quality Control and Reliability in Hardware and Software Medical
Device Industry
– David Jones, Director Quality Control, Phillips Medical Systems
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Clinical Regulatory Issues in BME
– Robert Kung, Vice President, Abiomed
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Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Engineering
– Peter Russo, Director Entrep. & Management Institute, BU SMG
– Panel: Case Studies (Three BME faculty with Start Up Companies)
Novel & Effective Methods:
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
 Proposals
(must defend what is novel)
 Senior Conference (public presentation
motivates innovation)
 Lectures on process of innovations
– Deliverables (patent search and analysis)
 Lectures
on Entrepreneurship
– Deliverable (mini-business plan)
 Panel
Discussion from Faculty with Concrete
Experience in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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How do you measure outcomes?
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Editing Capabilities
Proposals (Science-type Format)
Progress Reports
Outcomes Related to Product Design and Innovation:
– Recasting of Project in Terms of Functional vs.
Performance Specifications
– Casting Project via a projected product and
addressing Intellectual Property, Market Analysis,
and Business Plan for Potential Product
Final Report
 Final
“Public” Conference
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Senior Project
Conference
“The Capstone
within a Capstone”
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Formal Technical
Conference: Oral Only
Attended by:
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All BME Faculty
All BME Seniors
Many UG & Grads & Alumni
Numerous BME Companies &
Laboratories (> 150 guests/yr)
18th Annual Biomedical Engineering
Senior Project Conference
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12:40
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3:25
3:45
5:35
Opening Remarks
Session 1: Cell and Tissue Engineering & Micro BioSystems
Break
Session 2: Patient Monitoring, Bioinstrumentation &
Biomedical Optics
Lunch
Session 3A: Genomic Engineering
Session 3B: Neuromuscular and Neurofeedback Enginereing
Break
Session 4: Auditory and Neuro Bioengineering
Break
Session 5: Biomedical Imaging & Cell-Tissue-Organ
Biomechanics
Closing Remarks
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Examples and Range of Topics for Senior
Capstone Projects
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Nanoporous Inorganic Biocapsules for Cellular Immunoisolation and
Controlled Drug Delivery
Fabrication of Vascular Network In Vitro
Optical Measurement of Drug Diffusion into Tissue
Design and Implementation of a System for Real-Time Experimental
Control of Auditory Stimuli
Using a Genetic Toggle Switch and Bacteriophage to Control Biofilm
Formation
Use of Foot Pressure Related Feedback to Improve Balance Control
Modeling Intracellular Signaling Pathways
Perfusion MRI of Brain Tumors in a Mouse Model of Arterial Spin
Labeling
Induction of a Joint Structure by Controlled Stimulation During Fracture
Healing
Quantifying Lung Compliance in Acute Respiratory Distress via High
Resolution Computer Tomography
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