Hands-on engineering courses in the COVID-19 pandemic: adapting medical device design for remote learning

• Main Authors: Liu, Y. (Author), Tommasini, S.M (Author), Vijay, A. (Author), Wiznia, D. (Author)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2021
• Subjects: adaptation; Article; biomedical engineering; Biomedical Engineering; computer aided design; coronavirus disease 2019; COVID-19; Curricula; distance learning; education; Education, Distance; engineering; Engineering course; Engineering design course; engineering education; Engineering education; epidemiology; equipment design; Equipment Design; feedback system; finite element analysis; Group projects; Hands-on designs; Hands-on engineering; human; Humans; image segmentation; isolation and purification; Medical device design; mentor; pandemic; Pandemics; procedures; product design; Product design; questionnaire; remote learning; Remote learning; reverse engineering; SARS-CoV-2; Status quo; STEM; Technical presentations; telecommunication; Telecommunications; three dimensional printing
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• ISBN: 26624729 (ISSN)
• DOI: 10.1007/s13246-020-00967-z

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the status quo of engineering education, especially in highly interactive, hands-on design classes. Here, we present an example of how we effectively adjusted an intensive hands-on, group project-based engineering course, Medical Device Design & Innovation, to a remote learning curriculum. We first describe the modifications we made. Drawing from student pre and post feedback surveys and our observations, we conclude that our adaptations were overall successful. Our experience may guide educators who are transitioning their engineering design courses to remote learning. © 2021, Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine.