Advise a student design team
The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) is looking for industry professionals who would be willing to advise undergraduate senior design teams.
Advisor benefits
Provide a valuable experience for BME seniors, while supporting the BME department.
Have the opportunity to screen and ultimately recruit graduating seniors.
Enjoyable experience that provides personal and professional growth.
Course overview
Project-oriented course in which students work to develop, design, and test a biomedical device under the guidance of experienced engineers.
Students work in teams of four to six students. Each advisor works with one team.
Course is set up as a two-semester sequence (Fall and Spring).
Fall
First four weeks are dedicated to giving students intense exposure to clinical challenges in one of the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center clinics.
Following the clinical exposure phase, students research a specific clinical need and develop a concept for a medical device that would address that need.
Students learn about different aspects of general product design, development, and commercialization through a seminar series. Advisors are welcome to participate as either audience members or speakers in their specific fields of expertise.
Spring
Students build and test their prototype device while attending lectures on issues specific to medical devices.
Advisor responsibilities
Assist students in identifying a project topic during the clinical exposure phase.
Provide guidance on the design problem and feedback about progress.
Assess the final design and individual student performance.
Attend at least a biweekly campus meeting with your group for about one hour.
Attend mid-semester and end-of-semester presentations by students.