Biomedical engineering education through global engineering teams
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Scheffer, C.; Blanckenberg, M.; Garth-Davis, B.; Eisenberg, M.
- Source
- 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE. :5058-5061 Aug, 2012
- Subject
- Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Signal Processing and Analysis
Educational institutions
Industries
Prototypes
Mobile handsets
Solid modeling
Design automation
Biomedical engineering
- Language
- ISSN
- 1557-170X
1094-687X
1558-4615
Most industrial projects require a team of engineers from a variety of disciplines. The team members are often culturally diverse and geographically dispersed. Many students do not acquire sufficient skills from typical university courses to function efficiently in such an environment. The Global Engineering Teams (GET) programme was designed to prepare students such a scenario in industry. This paper discusses five biomedical engineering themed projects completed by GET students. The benefits and success of the programme in educating students in the field of biomedical engineering are discussed.