Idea generation in biomedical engineering courses using Design Heuristics

ABSTRACT

With increasing demand for improved medical equipment and healthcare, next-generation biomedical engineers need strong design skills. Equipping biomedical engineering students with tools for idea generation and development can increase student design success. Design Heuristics are an ideation tool developed through empirical studies of product designs. While identified in the mechanical engineering space, Design Heuristics may be applicable in biomedical engineering design. In our study, we implemented a Design Heuristics session during upper-level undergraduate and first-year graduate biomedical engineering design courses. We examined the applicability of Design Heuristics within individual and team concept generation contexts. The findings demonstrated that biomedical engineering students were able to use Design Heuristics to generate multiple concepts, and that initial concepts produced using Design Heuristics were carried over into final team design. The results support the applicability of Design Heuristics to student idea generation in biomedical engineering design.     

教学能力提升视角下高职思政课教师发展动力探析

由于意识形态灌输与社会治理现实、现行教育模式与思政工作规律、高职运行体制与思政教学本位之间的矛盾,导致教师教学能力提升陷入教学实施有难度、发展空间受限制、自我效能感低等发展困境,据此提出了提升社会治理水平、改善思政教育体制、完善考核激励机制、强化教师使命担当等策略,提升教师内生动力,促进教师教学发展。     

Correction to: Feedback-seeking behavior in second language writing: motivational mechanisms

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