Teaching Principles of Biomaterials to Undergraduate Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic with At-Home Inquiry-Based Learning Laboratory Experiments

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https://doi.org/10.18260/2-1-370.660-125552

Abstract

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many universities have switched to online learning platforms, which inhibits engineering students from completing formative hands-on experiments. To address this, we developed at-home experiments for an undergraduate biomaterials course. These inquiry-based learning experiments were well received by students and resulted in positive learning gains by pre/post-test assessment. These results motivate the use of similar experiments to remotely teach engineering concepts to wider audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Author Biographies

Christopher J. Panebianco, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Christopher J. Panebianco, BEng is a PhD Candidate at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS). He earned his BEng in Chemical Engineering from The Cooper Union in 2016. His research focuses on developing novel biomaterials for repairing injured intervertebral discs. He has been a Teaching Assistant at ISMMS and The Cooper Union since 2018, and has a strong interest in teaching and research in his future career.

James C. Iatridis, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

James C. Iatridis, PhD is Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Orthopaedics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS). His research applies strong biomechanical principles to development of novel treatments for painful intervertebral disc degeneration. He earned his PhD from Columbia University in Mechanical Engineering and was Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Vermont before joining ISMMS in 2010.

Jennifer R. Weiser, The Cooper Union

Jennifer R. Weiser, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at The Cooper Union specializing in drug delivery, wound healing, and developing new polymeric biomaterials. At Cooper, she teaches courses in Materials Science, Biomaterials, and Drug Delivery. She earned her BS in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and her MS and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University. She is a member of the AIChE Education Division and the ASEE ChE Education Division.

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Published

2021-10-01

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Vol. 56 No. 1 (2022): Winter 2022

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