Dr. Tan Receives NSF Award on Innovative Education for Engineers in Medicine

Dr. George Tan received $485,236 from the NSF for his project “An Interdisciplinary Team-based Framework to Engage Undergraduate Students in Biomedical Innovation”. This project aims to serve the national interest by improving the preparation of biomedical engineers. The task is to develop an undergraduate upper-division course series in biomedical technology innovation in which undergraduate students work with medical students on commonly encountered clinical problems. The teaching plan comprises two 3-credit courses in series. The first semester focuses on background knowledge, problem identification, and ideation. The second semester focuses on experimentation, analyses, and documentation.