The Use of a Medical Device Surrogate for Cooperative Product Development Learning of Engineering Design

Abstract

we are currently developing electrochemical sensors for noninvasive glucose sensing, the novelty of our design is to obtain tear fluid for tear to blood glucose correlation in a noninvasive means to increase patient compliance. The next leap in technology for diabetes care is a multiplexed sensor that will add more depth of information for a self-monitoring blood glucose devices, here five accepted markers for DM care and management, including glucose, HbA1c, among others are simultaneously monitored on a single strip sensor. This technology we are developing could also allow for continuous and single use stress/trauma sensing technologies. Other applications of the sensing technologies include small molecule, DNA, protein, and whole cell detection to address changing climate in point-of-care technologies and medicine. On the activation side of our research, we are fabricating nitinol staggered muscle arrays that mimic skeletal muscle and we have recently demonstrated over 30% compression in our SMA's similar to muscle bundles. Our approach to design is simple, following FDA guidelines and suggestions from the start, look at what the user needs and/or wants and apply a unique solution. We have a well-diversified group to tackle the challenges in health care today, staff and students come from biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, computer science engineering, as well as biology and chemistry programs at ASU. BME at ASU teaches a 8 semester wide medical device design tract that initiates the students in design, regulations, standards, IP and other aspects from day 1. Dr. La Belle has develop and courses and taught at the freshman, junior, senior and graduate level on these topics. Mr. Aldin Malkoc, Arizona State UniversityAldin Malkoc, MS is a student in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. Aldin is enrolled in the 4+1 program to receive his Masters of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Arizona State University in 2017 and will pursue a doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering from Arizona State University in 2017. The primary focus in his master's thesis will pertain to the study of a point-of-care insulin sensor in biosensor development. Currently, Aldin is a graduate teaching assistant at the Fulton Schools of Engineering and wishes to develop effective engineering education strategies. Ms. Mackenzie Honikel, Arizona State University, Biological and Health Systems EngineeringMackenzie Honikel, a current PhD student in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. Mackenzie graduated from SUNY Binghamton in May 2016 with a Bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering, concentrating in biomedical devices and biomaterials. Her background is in point-of-care diagnostic sensors, and she aims to continue this work during her time at Arizona State University. Her dissertation focuses on the development towards implantable cardiovascular sensors for continuous patient monit...

Board 41: Using 3-D Printing in a Laboratory Setting to Teach Design Principles

“…PBL is a style of active learning, where students are engaged in the class or lab with hands-on activities and learn through their successes and failures [3]. PBL has been proven in multiple case studies to increase the student's activity, knowledge on the subject matter, and problem-solving skills when compared to traditional teaching methods [4][5][6][7]. PBL does come with its own unique challenges.…”