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Rucha Joshi; Sujoy Ghosh; Alexander Simileysky; Mayank Bhanot – Biomedical Engineering Education, 2021
With a motivation to immerse students in engineering design, graphics communication, and computer aided design (CAD) skills early-on in the biomedical engineering curriculum, we launched a new 2-unit laboratory course on "Graphics Design in BME" in the Spring 2020 quarter for UC Davis sophomores. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the course…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Biomedicine, Laboratories, Design
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Cook, David P.; Steed, Kevin; Read, Chloe; Baysarowich, Renée; Redway, Tyler; Robineau-Charette, Pascale; Carnegie, Jacqueline – HAPS Educator, 2020
STEM-related educational outreach offers students enriching opportunities to become more familiar with science, in terms of how it relates to their daily lives and with respect to possible career paths that they might want to follow. At the same time, graduate student trainees providing that outreach act as important resources for elementary and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Outreach Programs, Graduate Students, College Graduates
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Fuhrmann, C. N.; Halme, D. G.; O'Sullivan, P. S.; Lindstaedt, B. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2011
Today's doctoral programs continue to prepare students for a traditional academic career path despite the inadequate supply of research-focused faculty positions. We advocate for a broader doctoral curriculum that prepares trainees for a wide range of science-related career paths. In support of this argument, we describe data from our survey of…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Career Planning, National Standards, Doctoral Programs
ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career, 2008
Successful Linked Learning pathways depend on curricula and instruction that challenge students to reach high academic standards through relevant and engaging content. These pathways offer an "integrated curriculum" that connects challenging, college-preparatory material to career-based technical concepts and applications. Teachers in…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Science Programs, Academic Standards, Biomedicine
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Powell, Walter W.; Owen-Smith, Jason; Colyvas, Jeannette A. – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2007
American universities are purported to excel at technology transfer. This assumption, however, masks important features of American innovation. Attempts to emulate the US example must recognize the heterogeneity of its industries and institutions of higher education. Stanford University and the biomedical cluster in Boston, Massachusetts,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property