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36 Entrepreneurial engineering opportunities in QS abound due to accelerator and developer programs. Last year, investors pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into digital medical devices and wearable biosensors. This excites faculty and students alike, from business opportunity and academic perspectives, since market dynamics are changing rapidly and students are familiar with the products. Nasir notes that this could not have happened without collaboration that The Kern Family Foundation encourages. As the program matures, the LTU biomedical engineering team aims to work with other departments at LTU and even other universities within KEEN. “By collaborating with faculty from many engineering and life science disciplines, we could distribute these experiences broadly across courses and at various levels of the curriculum,” Meyer says. “So far we have five faculty from various departments and KEEN universities interested in building a resource base for pedagogical techniques promoting entrepreneurial engineering mindsets. We’re excited to work together to develop more modules, and we encourage others to consider using these modules across biomedical engineering programs.” BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS INTO BIOMEDICAL CURRICULUM Using project-based learning modules developed through KEEN Topical Grant funding, professors at Lawrence Technological University have made the following additions into four of their courses: • INTRO TO BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (FRESHMAN) Using the Nike+ Sensor Suite to practice a “painstorming” process, develop new devices, conduct market research, and present business plans that culminate in elevator speeches. • BME BEST PRACTICES (JUNIOR) “Repurposing” QS devices for Global Health needs and navigating the intellectual property regulations involved. • MEDICAL DEVICE DESIGN (JUNIOR) Design prototype or model to address student-identified opportunities and present customer and economic value. • ORTHOPEDICS (SENIOR) Individual research into technical issue in orthopedics, identifying opportunity, reviewing recently approved relevant devices and patents, and submitting manual for Good Manufacturing Practice. Continued from page 25 Nasir demonstrates the iHealth wireless blood pressure wrist monitor to BME students. Data is recorded on the app allowing users to track personal health trends.