1. Shared Educational Resouces What can we share?

2. Possibilities to discuss Links between programs -shared program/course outlines -shared teaching content -shared project information Shared student information portal National design contest Other?

3. Consider who should help coordinate each of these resources? VaNTH NCIIA Whitaker NIBIB NSF – a (bio)design ERC? Other ideas

4. Share Teaching Materials - examples U. Pittsburg – Manufacturing & related PowerPoint slides U. Chicago – Biomaterials U.N.C. – class chapter overviews (Blanchard) Vanderbilt – lecture and demo PPts VaNTH – developing teaching materials

5. Share Past History as a FYI http://vubme.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/King/archi ves_for_bme_272_273.htm http://vubme.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/King/archi ves_for_bme_272_273.htm 11 of 12 years of titles (past) 5 years of past proposed topics, taken topics & student reports, and course structure

6. Share web information http://www.whitaker.org/academic/ http://vubme.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/King/BME _design_links.htm (undergrad) http://vubme.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/King/BME _design_links.htm http://vubme.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/King/cour se_outlines_graduate.htm http://vubme.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/King/cour se_outlines_graduate.htm http://vubme.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/King/desi gn_education.htm links, refs, etc... http://vubme.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/King/desi gn_education.htm Others?

7. Streaming of key lecture segments? e.g., innovation.stanford.edu TREE program

8. Project Information Recommend we post proposed and current projects that can be publicized Allow other class/school/university interaction as possible http://vubme.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/King/proje cts_proposed_2002.htm http://vubme.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/King/proje cts_proposed_2002.htm http://vubme.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/King/stud ent_projects_2002.htm http://vubme.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/King/stud ent_projects_2002.htm

9. ?Need for a student “biodesign” portal e.g., biodesigner.net— multi-university partnership portal with links to high-quality content updated by student project teams

10. National Design Contest Purpose? Review existing/past contests Structure - central, thematic challenge? - judge the output of existing courses?

11. Other Suggestions? other

13. Backup

14. Recognize other academic interests Marketing Management Entrepreneurship Other engineering curricula Social Sciences … for case studies, term papers, interaction, testing of concepts, …

15. Internship information via BMES Summer job placement => => projects for senior or graduate design => increased university/industry collaboration & job placement for graduates Need for a National Database of Internships?