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NewKSUBiomedicalEngineeringDegreeProgram

NEWUNDERGRADUATEBIOMEDICALENGINEERING

DEGREEPROGRAM

INTHEKANSASSTATEUNIVERSITYCOLLEGEOFENGINEERING

Proposedeffectivedate:Fall2017

ThisnarrativesummarizesaproposedundergraduateBiomedicalEngineering(BME)degree programtobeofferedbytheKansasStateUniversity(KSU)College ofEngineering(COE).The motivationforthiseffortisthreeͲfold:tocapturegrowinginterest fromprospectivestudents thatwishtopursuebiomedicalengineering,tobolsterthebiomedicalteaching/research synergythatalreadyexistswithintheKSUCOE,andtolookaheadtowardopportunitiesfor employmentofKSUengineeringgraduatesinthegrowingMidwestbiomedicalindustry. 2

NewKSUBiomedicalEngineeringDegreeProgram

I.ProgramNeedandStudentCharacteristics

Biomedicalengineering(BME)isoneofthemostsoughtͲafterdegreesnotedby prospectivestudentswhomeetwiththeKansasStateUniversity(KSU)CollegeofEngineering (COE)recruitmentteam,anditisimportantforKͲStatetobeabletoofferthatdegreetothese highlycapablestudents.ThewellͲknown

AnimalHealthCorridorthatstretchesfromMissourito

centralKansasisnowbeingsupplementedwithagrowingnumberofbiomedicalcompanies thatspecializeintechnologiesforbothhumanandanimalmedicine,partiallyspurredby supportfromtheKansasBioscienceAuthority.Thesecompanieswillprovidehealthcare employmentopportunitiesforBMEgraduates thataugmentofferingsfromCerner,Garmin, Medtronic,RBCMedicalInnovations,TheStowersInstitute,BiomedicalDevicesofKansas, CardiovascularImagingTechnologies,andotherMidwestbiomedicalinstitutions.Thefollowing sectionsaddressthealignmentbetweentheseopportunitiesandtheproposedBMEdegree programinmoredetail. ͘ĞŶƚƌĂůŝƚǇƚŽŝƐƐŝŽŶ BiomedicalengineeringisoneofthefastestgrowingdegreeareassupportedbyU.S. universities.ApprovaloftheproposedB.S.degreeprogramwillenabletheKSUCOEtooffer suchaprograminastateandregionwheredemandforthedegreeanditsgraduatescontinues torapidlyincrease.Biomedicalengineeringis verybroadandmultidisciplinaryinnature,and providingsuchaprogramatKansasStateUniversityiswellfounded:thedegreewouldbe offeredbythestate'smostcomprehensivecollegeofengineeringandbyauniversitythatis stronginbothhumanandanimalsciences,incorporatingaworldͲrenownedCollegeof VeterinaryMedicine.ThelandͲgrantmissionofKansasStateUniversityandthemissionofthe CollegeofEngineeringresonatethematicallywithsuchaBMEprogram,offeringworldͲclass facultyandfacilitiestothecitizensofKansas.Withintenyears,wefirmlybelievethattheBME programwillbeatopprogram intheKSUCollegeofEngineering.

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TheKSUCollegeofEngineeringOfficeofRecruitmentnotesthatbiomedicalengineering has,inrecentyears,beenthemostrequesteddegreeprogrambyprospectivestudentsand theirfamilies.AstudywasconductedbyHanoverResearchtodeterminethestudentdemand forsuchaBMEprogramaswellasthedemandfor theresultinggraduates.BothB.S.andM.S. degreesinbiomedicalengineeringwereanalyzedinthisstudy. Nationally,bachelor'sandmaster'sdegreecompletionsdemonstratestronggrowthfrom

2011to2015,asdepictedinTable1below.Forregionaldegreecompletions,thestudyfounda

lackofundergraduateandgraduateprogramsin biomedicalengineeringinthePlainsRegion (Iowa,Kansas,Minnesota,Missouri,Nebraska,NorthDakota,andSouthDakota),soHanover expandeditsanalysistoincludetheIPEDSͲdefinedGreatLakesregion(Illinois,Indiana, Michigan,Ohio,andWisconsin).Table2reportsthenumberofB.S.andM.S.programsin biomedicalengineeringforeachof thesestates.Whencomparedtonationaltrends,regional degreecompletions,asnotedinTable3,experiencedslightlyslowergrowth-regional 4

NewKSUBiomedicalEngineeringDegreeProgrambachelor'sdegreecompletionsgrewatanannualizedrateof9.1percent(comparedto10.1

percentnationally). Table1.Nationalcompletionsofbachelor'sandmaster'sdegreesinBiomedicalEngineering,

2011Ͳ2015.

Degree20112012201320142015CompoundAnnual

GrowthRate

B.S.inBiomedical

Engineering4,1844,6255,1015,7356,13710.1%

M.S.inBiomedical

Engineering1,5321,8731,9581,9462,24610.0%

Table2.NumberofBiomedicalEngineeringprogramsbystate,2011Ͳ2015. Table3.Regionalcompletionsofbachelor'sandmaster'sdegreesinBiomedicalEngineering,

2011Ͳ2015.

Degree20112012201320142015CompoundAnnual

GrowthRate

B.S.inBiomedical

Engineering1,0251,0751,1631,3531,4529.1%

M.S.inBiomedical

Engineering3754434043864816.4%

NewKSUBiomedicalEngineeringDegreeProgram

WSUprogramhasindicatedthat

approximately70%oftheirundergraduatestudentsoriginatefromwithin30milesofWichita. MostKSUengineeringstudentsoriginatefromtheKansasCitymetropolitanareaandarejoined bymanyotherstudentsfromallKansascountiesconsistentwiththeengineeringand agriculturemissionsofthislandͲ grantuniversity.GiventhegrowingdemandfromKansas studentsforbiomedicalengineeringdegreeoptions,aneedexistsforanotherprograminthe stateandregion.ItisprudentforKSU,thestate'smostcomprehensiveengineeringcollege,to offersuchaBMEprogram.Wepredictthataminimumof30studentswill jointheprogramin thefirstyear,andbythesecondyearweexpectover80studentstobeenrolled,reachinga totalenrollmentnumberof200+studentsbythe5 th yearoftheprogramwithoutsubstantial impactontheenrollmentnumbersatotherinstitutionsinthestate. ͘ĞŵĂŶĚĨŽƌƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ AccordingtotheBureauofLaborStatistics,thejoboutlookforbiomedicalengineersis projectedtogrownationallybyover20%from2014to2024.Biomedicalcompaniesinthe Midwestwillrepresentasignificantportionofthatgrowth,includingthoseconsideredpartof theMidwestAnimalHealthCorridor.Intheanalysis studybyHanoverusingBLSdata,the regionalemploymentprojectionsaresubdividedintotwogroups,sincethreestates(Iowa, Kansas,andOhio)hadnotyetupdatedtheirprojections(theperiodof2012to2022isusedfor them).Thestudypredictsagrowthof13.2%inbiomedicalemploymentduringthis period.All oftheotherstatesintheHanoverregion(Minnesota,Missouri,Nebraska,NorthDakota,South Dakota,Illinois,Indiana,andWisconsin)haveupdatedtheir2014ͲtoͲ2024projections,andthey showa30.6%growthforthisperiod.WealsoexpectthattheNationalBioandAgroͲdefense

Facility(NBAF)willprovide

uniqueopportunitiesforKSUBMEstudentslocallyinManhattan. WhileasignificantfractionofBMEgraduateswillseekemploymentinindustryupon degreecompletion,otherswillpursuepreͲmedicaldegreesorcontinueontobiomedical engineeringgraduateschool.BLSdataindicatethat28.8%ofbiomedicalengineering professionalsthatareage

25andolderhavereceivedapostͲgraduatedegree.PostͲgraduate

workisanimportantpathforgraduatesofthisprogram.

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ItisproposedthattheB.S.BMEprogrambehousedintheKSUDepartmentofElectrical andComputerEngineering(ECE).Forover40years,theKSUECEdepartmenthassupporteda RegentsͲapprovedBioengineeringOptionwithinElectricalEngineering,andthedepartment offersacollectionofbiomedicalcourses.AnumberofECE facultyhaveextensivebiomedical engineeringbackgrounds,havingtaughtbiomedicalcoursesandservedasinvestigatorson numerousbiomedicalresearchgrants.Forexample,theECE571-IntroductiontoBiomedical Engineeringcoursehasservedover200studentsfrom6departmentswithintheKSUCollegeof

Engineeringsince2009.BoththeECE571

courseandtheECE772/773-Biomedical 6

NewKSUBiomedicalEngineeringDegreeProgramInstrumentationcoursehavebeenlistedintheKSUundergraduatecatalogfor30years.Other

ECEcourseofferingsaddressthermaltherapy/ablation,neuralinterfacing,biomedical modeling/computation,andindependentbiomedicaldesign.TheECEdepartmenthasalsobeen thesponsoringdepartmentfortheKSUStudentChapteroftheIEEE

EngineeringinMedicine

andBiologySociety(EMBS),whichwasfoundedinFall2005andcontinuestothepresent.At thesametime,KSUECEfacultywerealsoinstrumentalinstartingtheKansasCitysectionofthe

IEEEEMBS,whichisalsostillactive.

Thiscourseworkiscomplementedbya

substantiveresearchportfolio.Forexample,the fourECEfacultythatformthefacultycoreforthisproposal,aslistedinTable4inSectionIII, maintainactiveresearchlaboratoriesthathavesupportedmorethan70fundedeffortsfor whichtheseindividualshaveservedasinvestigatorssince2000.Theseeffortshavegarnered morethan$17Mfromnumerousfundingsources,andmostofthatworkwas/isbiomedicalin nature.ThediversityofECE'sbiomedicalteachingandresearchpartnersontheKSUcampusis significantandincludesfacultyinatleast22departmentswithin7KSUcolleges.Hence,ECEis thelogicalhomefor thisnewprogram. TheUniversityalsohasstrongcomplementaryprogramsinbiology,chemistry,kinesiology, humannutrition,gerontology,andotherareasofsciencethatwillstrengthenthisBME program.Aspartofitscentralmissionasalandgrantinstitution,KansasStateUniversityis boundbyamandatetopreparestudentsfor successfulemploymentoradvancedstudies throughavarietyofdegreeprograms.Giventheprojectedgrowthofthebiomedical engineeringfield,itisimportantforKͲStatetoprovideacommensuratedegreeprogramtoall Kansasstudents.TheUniversity'sveterinarymedicalschoolandagriculturalprograms,in additiontotheJohnsonCancer ResearchCenter,alsoprovidekeyelementsoftheframework thatwillsupportthisBMEundergraduateprogram.TheKSUBiosecurityResearchInstituteand theNationalBioandAgroͲdefenseFacility(NBAF)willalsoprovideuniqueopportunitiesfor

KSUBMEfacultyandstudents.

ArelatedB.S.programinBiologicalSystemsEngineeringislocated intheDepartmentof BiologicalandAgriculturalEngineering(BAE)atKͲState.Thisprogramplacesamajoremphasis onbiologicalsystemsthatincorporatemicrobes,plants,andanimals.Threeengineeringdegree optionsaresupportedthroughthisdepartment:biological,machinery,andenvironmental.Of thethreeoptions,thebiologicalfocuswouldbethe closestinthemetoaBMEdegree,andit emphasizesbioremediation,biomaterials,bioͲbasedenergy,bioinstrumentation,and biomaterialprocessing,whicharealmostexclusivelyplantͲbased.Thusthereisasignificant thematicdifferencebetweenthisdegreeoptionandtheproposedBMEdegree. TheonlysimilarprogramintheKansasRegentssystemistheexistingundergraduateBME programatWichitaStateUniversity.Their133ͲcreditͲhourprogramisatraditionalprogram withfacultyemphasesintheareasofsensing,biomechanics,andbiomaterials,as evidencedby theirpublishedonlinelistingsofundergraduateresearchdesignprojects.Thetwoinitialareas ofemphasisfortheKSUBMEdegree(biomedicalsensorsanddevices;biomedicalcomputation) exhibitminimaloverlapwiththeWSUprogram,focusingonskilldevelopmenttowardthe designofhardwareͲandsoftwareͲbasedmedicaldevicesand systems,includingrequisiteskills inbiosignalandimageprocessinginboththetimeandfrequencydomains.Thesecourseshave foundationsinexistingcoursesandresearchprogramsmanagedbyKSUengineeringfaculty. 7

NewKSUBiomedicalEngineeringDegreeProgramAsnotedabove,theproposedBMEprogramatKSUofferstwoinitialareasofemphasis

thatrelatethematicallyto"bioelectronics"or"bioinstrumentation."Hanoveridentified10 institutionsinthePlainsandGreatLakesregionsofferingabachelor'sdegreeprogramin biomedicalengineeringwithabioelectronicsor bioinstrumentationconcentration.The programsthatarephysicallyclosesttoKansasarethoseattheUniversityofMinnesotaͲTwin CitiesandtheRoseͲHulmanInstituteofTechnologyinIndiana.ThreebiomedicalB.Sdegree programsexistinMissouri,andoneresidesinOklahoma,buttheyallhaveverylittleoverlap withthis proposedprogram,especiallyfromabiomedicaldevicesandcomputationviewpoint. ͘ƚƵĚĞŶƚŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐƚŝĐƐ Themainpoolofstudentsthatwillenterthisprogramareanticipatedtobeindividuals who(a)mightotherwisenotconsiderengineeringastheirmaindiscipline,(b)seekapreͲ medicinedegreewithanengineeringemphasis,and/or(c)mayattendanoutͲofͲstate universityinordertoenrollina biomedicalengineeringprogramthatmatchestheirdegree interests.Studentsthatmigratetowardthisprogramwillbethosewithastronginterestinthe lifescienceswhosetalentsalsodrivethemtoseekafundamentalbaseinmathandphysics. Theseindividualswillseethisexcitingandpromisingdegreeprogramas asteppingstonetoa careerwiththepotentialforsignificantsocietalimpact.Whilesomestudentmigrationbetween theBMEdegreeprogramandexistingKSUengineeringdegreeprogramswillundoubtedly occur,thisrebalancingisanticipatedtobeminorrelativetoexistingenrollmentnumbers,but withtheaddedbenefitofprovidinga muchbetterdegreematchfortheaffectedstudents. AdmissioncriteriawillmirrortheadmissioncriteriafortheKSUCollegeofEngineering. ConsistentwithenrollmentdemographicsinotherBMEprogramsacrosstheU.S.,anextremely diversestudentpopulationisexpectedwithsignificantenrollmentfromwomenand underrepresentedgroups.Nationalandregional

BMEprogramsrunneargenderparity.

AswithallKSUengineeringprograms,opportunitiesforstudentinteractionsaresignificant. Besidestheobviousinteractionsthatoccurintheclassroomandlaboratoryenvironments,over

50differentstudentorganizationsandcompetitionteamsexistintheKSUCOE.Thisincludes

theKSUStudentChapterofthe IEEEEngineeringinMedicineandBiologySociety(EMBS),which hasbeenactiveintheECEdepartmentandCollegeofEngineeringforover10years. 8

NewKSUBiomedicalEngineeringDegreeProgram

II.Curriculum

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TheproposedBiomedicalEngineering(BME)curriculum(133credithours)incorporates corecourses(106credithours)coupledwithtechnicalelectives(27credithours),wherethe lattercompriseanareaofemphasis.Everystudentintheprogramwilltakethecorecourses, buttheirtechnicalelectiveswillvarydependingontheirchosenarea ofemphasis.Inother words,multipleareasofemphasisaresupportedinthiscurriculum,whereeachareaof emphasisisadoptedbyasubsetofthestudentsintheprogram.Themodularityrealizedviathis approachwillimprovetheviabilityandadaptabilityofthecurriculumovertime:existing emphasisareas canbemodified,andnewemphasisareascanbecreated,dependingonmarket need,studentinterest,andfacultyexpertise,withouttheneedtorevisitthewholecurriculum.

A.1CoreCourses

Thecorecoursesintheproposedcurriculumaddresssubjectmatterthattheproposing

KSUfacultyconsidertobeanessentialpart

ofaBMEcurriculum,regardlessoftheareaof emphasischosenbythestudent.Thesecourseswereidentifiedbasedona(1)abroadsurveyof existingbiomedicalengineeringcurriculaofferedbydivisionIengineeringprogramsintheU.S., (2)anassessmentofcorecoursesofferedbythevariousKSU engineeringdepartments(to maintainalevelofcrossͲdepartmentconsistency),and(3)thebiomedicalresearchand teachingexperiencesoftheproposingfaculty.ThefourcoresareillustratedinFigure1and describedinmoredetailinthefollowingparagraphs:

1. Math&ScienceCore(52credithours)-Thiscore

consistsofmath,science,and chemistrycoursestypicalofanABETͲaccreditedKSUengineeringprogram.Additional coursesinorganicchemistry,biology,andhumananatomy/physiologyhavebeenadded tostrengthenthebackgroundsofthesestudentsinpreparationfortheirother upcomingBMEcourses.Notethatthe8Ͳhour'humanbody'experience,not oftentaken byengineeringmajors,isrequiredforallBMEstudents.Thesecorecoursesalsooverlap significantlywiththecoursesrequiredforaKSUpreͲmedicinedegree,whichshould enticepreͲmedicinestudentstoconsiderengineeringasanundergraduatedegree option.

2. BiomedicalEngineeringCore(37credithours)-Thesecorecourses,consistentwith

modelprogramsacrosstheU.S.,addressarangeofsubjectsrelevanttothe"biomedical engineering"discipline.Thisdisciplineisextremelybroad,incorporatingareasofstudy suchas 1 instrumentation,sensors, andmeasurement, roboticsinsurgery, biosignalprocessing, BioMEMS, 1 "DesigningaCareerinBiomedicalEngineering,"IEEEEngineeringinMedicineandBiologySociety,©2015, http://www.embs.org/docs/careerguide.pdf. 9 NewKSUBiomedicalEngineeringDegreeProgram imagingandimage processing, microandnanotechnology, radiology, biomaterials, medicalandhealth informatics, biotechnology, bioinformatics(incl. genomics), drugdelivery, proteomics, biofuels, informationtechnology, tissueengineering, telemedicine, cellularandmolecularbiomechanics,and biomechanics, geneticengineeringandsyntheticbiology. Itisimpossibletoofferasinglecurriculumthatpreparesstudentsforallofthese applicationareas.TheBiomedicalEngineeringCorethereforeincorporatesessential crossͲcuttingsubjectmatterasameanstostrengtheneachstudent'sundergraduate knowledgebaseinasmanyareasasaresensible: Biomedicalengineering(BME001,200)-Applicationareasandcareer opportunitiesinbiomedicalengineering,includinginteractionswithfacultythat performbiomedicalresearch. Biomaterials(BME430)-Interactionsbetweenmaterialsandbiologicalsystems, techniquestoassessbiomaterialcharacteristics,andtheroleofbiomaterial selectionduringthedesignofmedicaldevices. Biomechanics(BME451)-Themechanicsofbiologicaltissuesandsystemsat themacroscopicscale.Thiscourseaddressesthestructureandmechanicsof biologicaltissuebasedontheprinciplesofstaticsanddynamics,withan emphasisonbone,muscle,andconnectivetissue. Biomedicalsignalsandinstrumentation(ECE512,

ECE540,andECE772/3)-

Signalsthatdescribephysiologicalprocesses,meanstoprocessthosedata,and theinstrumentationtoacquirethosesignalsfromhumanandanimalsubjects. Medicalimaging(ECE772/3andBME674)-Medicalimagingmodalitiesasan extensionofbiomedicalinstrumentation.Methodsforimagedataacquisition, processing,anddisplayformthecoreforthesecourses,whichalsoaddress industrystandardsforimagestorageandtransmission. Biomedicalsystems(BME575)-Thecreationanduseofbiomedical"systemsof systems"asappliedinvarioushealthcaredeliveryscenarios,includinghospitals, homecaresettings,andenvironmentsthat employpersonalizedwearable systems.Thematerialfocusesontechnicalareastypicallyassociatedwiththe fieldof"clinicalengineering,"emphasizingtheuseofdesignstandardsthat promotesysteminteroperabilityandreconfiguration. 10

NewKSUBiomedicalEngineeringDegreeProgramThesecoursesadheretothefollowingnumberingsystem,whichwillflexibly

supporttheadditionofcorecoursesandtechnicalelectivesintheyearstocome: BME#0#ͲGeneralized,crossͲcutting,socioͲpolitical,andethicsmaterial BME#1#ͲAdministrativeandbusinessmaterial(currentlyunused,butsuitable forhospitalmanagement,caredelivery,andmedicalpatents/economics) BME#2#ͲAnatomyandphysiologymaterial(currentlyunused) BME#3#ͲTissuecompatibilityandthecreation/modelingofbiologicalmaterial BME#4#ͲBiochemicalsensingandcellularengineering(currentlyunused) BME#5#ͲThermal,mechanical,andfluidicsubjectmatter BME#6#ͲComputationalanalyses,simulation/modeling,andbioinformatics standards/software(currentlyunused) BME#7#ͲInstruments,sensors/devices,optics,andgeneralphysicalsystems BME#8#ͲApplicationͲbasedmaterial(currentlyunusedbutsuitablefor telemedicine,homecare,military,assistive,andwearablescenarios) BME#9#ͲIndependentstudy,design,anddiscretionarymaterial TheBiomedicalEngineeringCorealsoemphasizessoftwareskillswiththe realizationthattheabilitytocreateandusesoftwareisessentialinthecurrent healthcareenterprise,whereelectronicmedicalrecordsarenowstandard,andan increasingnumberofmedicaldevicesarebeingmonitoredby,andcontrolledwith, smartphones.SoftwaredevelopmentskillsareaddressedinCIS200,ECE512,ECE540, ECE

772/3,andtheBME490/491and590/591designexperiences,inadditiontoany

technicalelectivestakenasapartofastudent'sareaofemphasis.Thisfocuson programmingabilitieshelpstoaddressthebreadthversusdepthproblemsfacedby someBMEprograms,wherefindingjobsforBMEgraduatescan beachallengebecause thegraduatesdonothavealargeͲenoughskillbaseinanyoneareatobeattractiveto employers.IntheproposedBMEprogram,thesoftwareskillbasewillbesignificantand underscoreanyotherskillsdevelopedintheareasof,e.g.,devicecreation,modeling, systemͲlevel design,etc. Finally,theproposedBiomedicalEngineeringCorealsoincorporatestwotwoͲ semesterdesignsequences,whichtheproposersbelieveisanessentialsteptoward producinggraduatesthathavetheabilitytothinkthroughcomplexphysiologyͲrelated challenges.Whilethisapproachisatypicalingeneralengineeringcurricula,itiswidely adoptedinbiomedicalprogramsbecauseofthebreadthoftopicsthatareaddressed.

3. CommunicationCore(8credithours)-Thecommunicationcoreconsistsof

asetoforal andwrittencommunicationcoursestakenbystudentsinalldepartmentswithintheKSU

CollegeofEngineering.

4. Humanities&SocialSciencesCore(9credithours)-Thiscorerepresentsthe9Ͳhour

blockofHumanitiesandSocialSciencescreditthatisstandardfordepartmentswithin theKSUCollegeofEngineering.Giventhestudentcliental,theKIN110-Introductionto

PublicHealthcourseisstronglysuggestedas

analternativetothetraditional macroeconomicscoursetakenbystudentsinotherKSUengineeringdepartments. 11

NewKSUBiomedicalEngineeringDegreeProgram

KͲState8generaleducationcriteriahavealsobeenconsideredinthedesignofthiscourse set(seehttps://www.kͲstate.edu/kstate8/): A:AestheticInterpretation(theonlyKͲState8tagnotautomaticallycovered) D:HumanDiversitywithintheU.S.(BME200) E:EthicalReasoningandResponsibility(BME575,590) G:GlobalIssuesandPerspectives(BME575,590;KIN110) H:HistoricalPerspectives(BME200) N:NaturalandPhysicalSciences(BIOL198;BME674;CHM2X0;CHM531;PHYS21X;) Q:EmpiricalandQuantitativeReasoning(BIOL198;CHM2X0;CHM531;MATH22X,

240;PHYS21X;STAT510)

S:SocialSciences(KIN110) Oncethetraditional"N"and"Q"tagsassignedtomath/scienceclassesaresupplementedwith thetagsassignedtoBME200(D,H),BME575(E,G),andKIN110(G,S),studentsintheBME undergraduateprogramwillhavemorefreedomrelativetostudentsin otherKSUCOEcurricula tochooseHumanities&SocialSciencescoursesthatcompletetheirKͲState8requirements, sincetheonlyunaddressedKͲState8areaisA:AestheticInterpretation. ThesecourseshavebeenalignedwithspecificABETͲaccreditationcriteria,asdiscussedin

SectionVI.Alaterinthisnarrative.

Finally,

itisworthreͲemphasizingthatthesecorecourses,whencoupledwiththerequired technicalelectivesforanemphasisarea(seeSectionII.A.2below)and9credithoursof properlychosendiscretionarytechnicalelectives(e.g.,CHM550&CHM532ͲOrganic

ChemistryIIplusalab-5hours;BIOL

455-GeneralMicrobiologywithalab-4hours),provide

allofthecoursesrequiredforentranceintomedicalschool.Inotherwords,thisproposed133Ͳ hourcurriculumwasdesigned,inpart,tomeettheneedsofstudentsthat(a)wishtocomplete anengineeringdegreeastheirpreͲ medicinecurriculumor(b)wouldnothaveotherwise consideredanengineeringdegreeforthatpurpose.Additionalcourses(upto13hours)are suggestedaspreparatorycoursesfortheMedicalCollegeAdmissionTest(MCAT),butnotall studentstakethesecourses-somedoquitewellontheMCATwithoutthem. 12

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MATH&SCIENCECORECreditsSemester

MATH220AnalyticalGeometryandCalculusI4FSS

MATH221AnalyticalGeometryandCalculusII4FSS

MATH222AnalyticalGeometryandCalculusIII4FSS

MATH240ElementaryDifferentialEquations4FSS

PHYS213

EngineeringPhysicsI5FS

PHYS214

EngineeringPhysicsII5FS

STAT510IntroductoryProbabilityandStatisticsI3FS

CHM210

ChemistryI4FSS

CHM230

ChemistryII4FSS

CHM531OrganicChemistryI3FS

BIOL198

PrinciplesofBiology4FSS

BIOL340

StructureandFunctionoftheHumanBody8FS

SubͲTotalCreditHours52

OrKIN360ͲAnatomy&Physiology(8credits,FS)

BIOMEDICALENGINEERINGCORE

CreditsSemester

BME001

NewStudentAssembly0F

BME200

IntroductiontoBiomedicalEngineering3F

BME430

Biomaterials3F

BME451

BiomechanicalEngineering3S

BME490/491

**,L

UndergraduateBMEDesignExperienceI/II3FS

BME575

**,L

ClinicalSystemsEngineering3S

BME590/591

**,L

SeniorDesignExperienceI/II6FS

BME674

MedicalImaging3S

CIS200

ProgrammingFundamentals4FS

ECE512*

LinearSystems3FS

ECE540

*,L

AppliedScientificComputingforEngineers3FS

ECE772/3

L Theory&TechniquesofBioinstrumentationLecture/Lab3F SubͲTotalCreditHours37

COMMUNICATIONCORECreditsSemester

ENGL100ExpositoryWriting13FS

ENGL415WrittenCommunicationforEngineers3FSS

COMM105PublicSpeaking1A2FSS

SubͲTotalCreditHours8

HUMANITIES&SOCIALSCIENCESCORECreditsSemester

KIN110

IntroductiontoPublicHealth3FS

H&SSElective3 H&SSElective3 SubͲTotalCreditHours9

OrECON110ͲPrinciplesofMacroeconomics(3,FSS)

Figure1.Corecourses(106credithours)requiredforeveryBMEstudent. *

Denotesamodified

course; **

Denotesanewcourse;

Denotesacourserequiringlabspace.

13 NewKSUBiomedicalEngineeringDegreeProgramA.2AreasofEmphasis TheproposedBMEcurriculumwasdesignedinamodularwaytosupportanumberof differentareasofemphasis,dependingonthecareergoalsofeachstudentenrolledinthe program.Asastartingpoint,theKSUfacultyproposetwoareas ofemphasis:Biomedical SensorsandDevicesandBiomedicalComputation-seeFigure2.Otherswillbeaddedinthe earlyyearsoftheprogramasthenumberofstudents/facultythatsupportthecurriculum increases.TheECEandBMEfacultycancollaboratewithotherstocreatenewemphasisareas thatmay includeBiomechanics&HumanPerformance(incollaborationwithMechanical Engineering,Kinesiology,andHumanNutrition),Mechatronics&Prostheses(incollaboration withMechanicalEngineeringandComputerScience),TissueEngineering(incollaborationwith Biological&AgriculturalEngineering,ChemicalEngineering,andAnatomy&Physiology), Telemedicine&PervasiveCareSystems(incollaborationwithComputerScienceand Gerontology),ClinicalEngineering(incollaborationwithIndustrial&ManufacturingSystems Engineering),andVeterinaryApplications(incollaborationwithAnimalSciencesandAnatomy &Physiology). ThesetwoinitialareasofemphasiswillhelptofocusthenewBMEprogramwhileatthe sametimedemonstratingthepotentialthatamodularapproachto thecurriculumwillofferfor futurestudents.Thetwoareasofemphasiswerechosenforseveralreasons:

1. TheCollegeofEngineeringalreadyhasastrongsupportbasefortherequiredcourses,

allofwhicharealready'onthebooks'andtaughtatleastonceperyear.

2. Thehardwareand

softwaresubjectsaddressedintheseemphasisareasareconsistent withskillsetsrequiredbyemployersthatalreadyhavestrongrelationshipswiththeKSU

CollegeofEngineering.

3. MostofthecoursesintheseareasofemphasisarealreadytakenbyElectrical

EngineeringandComputerEngineeringstudentssupportedbytheElectrical & ComputerEngineering(ECE)Department,meaningthatECEwillhaveenoughcontrol overthesecoursestoensuretheiravailabilityaswellastheirsuitabilityfortheBME studentbase.

4. MostofthesecoursesaretakenbystudentsenrolledintheexistingBioengineering

OptionwithinElectricalEngineering-thesecourseshave provedsensibleinthatrole. AsillustratedinFigure2,eachareaofemphasisdefinesasetofrequiredtechnicalelectives (thateverystudentmusttake)accompaniedbyasetofdiscretionarytechnicalelectives.The requiredcoursessupplementtheskillbasethatthestudentsacquirefromthecorecourses, whereas thediscretionarycourseswilldependonstudentcareergoals,e.g.,inthecaseofa preͲmedicinestudent,asdiscussedabove. RepresentativecourseschedulesforthetwoareasofemphasisaredepictedinFigure3 (BiomedicalSensorsandDevices)andFigure4(BiomedicalComputation). 14

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AREAOFEMPHASIS:BIOMEDICALSENSORS&DEVICESCreditsSemester

ECE210

IntroductiontoElectricalEngineering3FS

ECE241

IntroductiontoComputerEngineering3FS

ECE431

Microcontrollers3FS

ECE410CircuitTheoryI3FS

ECE511CircuitTheoryII3FS

ECE647

DigitalFiltering3F

AdditionalTechnicalElectives9 SubͲTotalCreditHours27

IllustrativeTechnicalElectives

ECE690NeuralInterfacing3S

ECE690ThermalTherapyandAblation3S

ME615 L

ApplicationsinMechatronics3S

MATH615IntroductiontoDigitalImageProcessing3S

BAE620BiotechnologyandBiosensors3F

ECE557ElectromagneticTheoryI4FS

ECE771ControlTheoryAppliedtoBioengineering3S

PHYS651IntroductiontoOptics4F

PHYS652AppliedOpticsandOpticalMeasurements3S

AREAOFEMPHASIS:BIOMEDICALCOMPUTATIONCreditsSemester

ECE241

IntroductiontoComputerEngineering3FS

CIS300

DataandProgramStructures3FS

ECE431

Microcontrollers3FS

ECE519ElectricCircuitsandControls4FSS

CIS501SoftwareArchitectureandDesign3FS

ECE670

EngineeringApplicationsofMachineIntelligence3S

AdditionalTechnicalElectives8 SubͲTotalCreditHours27

IllustrativeTechnicalElectives

MATH510DiscreteMathematics3FSS

MATH551AppliedMatrixTheory3FSS

MATH615IntroductiontoDigitalImageProcessing3S

ECE647

DigitalFiltering3F

CIS734IntroductiontoGenomicsandBioinformatics4S

ECE690NeuralInterfacing3S

ECE648MultimediaCompression3S

MATH655

ElementaryNumericalAnalysisI3FS

CIS544AdvancedSoftwareDesignandDevelopment3SS

OrECE771ͲControlTheoryAppliedtoBioengineering(3credits,S) OrCIS730ͲPrinciplesofArtificialIntelligence(3credits,S) OrCIS732ͲMachineLearningandPatternRecognition(3credits,F) Figure2.Initialareasofemphasis(27credithourseach).Eachstudentwillchooseonearea. 15

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Figure3.Representativescheduleforthe"BiomedicalSensorsandDevices"areaofemphasis. 16

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Figure4.Representativescheduleforthe"BiomedicalComputation"areaofemphasis. 17

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B.1AnticipatedOutcomes

AnindividualthatcompletestheBMEdegreeprogramofferedbytheKSUCollegeof

Engineeringwillbeinapositionto

contributetotheMidwestbiomedicalindustryasanewhireinacorporationthat producesorsupportshardwareͲandsoftwareͲbasedbiomedicaldevicesandsystems, enterbiomedicalgraduateschoolatadivisionIuniversitywithasolidfoundationinthe coreareasthatdefinethedisciplineofbiomedicalengineering, entermedicalschoolwiththebenefitofengineeringtrainingthatwillpromotetheir successasaphysicianatatimewhenhighͲtechnologysystemsplay adayͲtoͲdayrolein healthcaredelivery, approachsystemͲlevelmedicaldesignproblemswithasolidtechnicalunderstandingof thesensor,device,system,interface,andinformationmanagementissuesgermaneto thisareaofwork, supportahospitalͲbasedcaredeliveryenterprisewithaclearunderstandingofthe deviceͲinterfacing,interoperabilitystandards,purchasing,training,andinformation managementneedsassociatedwiththesuccessfuldeploymentoflargescalehealth caredeliverysystems, practiceandteachtheprinciplesofinformedconsentandtheethicaldesignanduseof biomedicaltechnologies, effectivelycommunicatewithcolleaguesinoralandwrittenform, and successfullycontributetoadiverseteamofengineers,physicians,andadministrators whosecommongoalistodeliveramedicalproductorservice.

B.2SkillsFutureGraduatesWillPossess

TheskillspossessedbyeachgraduateoftheKSUBMEprogramrelatedirectlytothe anticipatedoutcomeslistedintheprior section.Theseskillsincludetheabilityto applycalculusͲbasedmathematicswhenanalyzinganddesigningphysicalsystems, statisticallydescribemedicaldatapropertiesandrealͲworldsystemperformance, quantifyandreporttissuemovement, operatebiomedicalinstrumentsandmedicalimagingsystems,thenstoreandanalyze theresultingdata andimages, properlyacquirebiomedicaldataandanalyzetheircharacteristicsinthetimeand frequencydomains, developsoftwaretoenablehardwareͲbaseddevicesandtoprocessbiomedicaldata, pursueacomponentͲorsystemͲlevelbiomedicaldesignbasedonanunderstandingof customerrequirementsandresourceavailability, lay outamedical"systemofsystems"comprisedofcommerciallyavailablehardware andsoftwarethatutilizeindustryinteroperabilitystandards, demonstrateprofessionalskillscenteredaroundanunderstandingofpersonality profilesandanabilitytocommunicateeffectivelyinoralandwrittenform,and designbiomedicalsystemsconsistentwithastudent'sarea ofemphasis. 18 NewKSUBiomedicalEngineeringDegreeProgramB.3KnowledgeFutureGraduatesWillPossess TheknowledgepossessedbygraduatesoftheKSUBMEprogramrelatesdirectlytothe anticipatedoutcomesandskillsnotedinthepriortwosections.Theseknowledgeincludesan understandingof human/animalanatomyandphysiology,includingthechemistrythat drivescellularͲ levelprocessesandsignalingmechanisms, applicationdomainsaddressedbybiomedicalandclinicalengineers, historicaleventsthathaveinfluencedthedevelopmentofmedicaltechnologiesandthe meansbywhichthesetoolsaremadeavailabletothepublic, diversityissuesgermanetohealthcaredelivery,includingcare deliverytotraditionally underservedpopulations, globalissuesthataffectthedisseminationofmedicalknowledgeandthedeploymentof newmedicalproducts, ethicsprinciplesrelatedtoaccesstocaredelivery,informedconsent,intellectual propertyownership,anddayͲtoͲdayconductintheworkplace, biocompatibilityissuesrelatedtomaterial/tissueinteractions, humanmovementandstressesimposedbytissuemotion, thetheory,operation,advantages,andlimitationsofbiomedicalinstrumentsand medicalimagingsystemsforuseinmultipleapplicationenvironments, biomedicalsignalbehaviorinthetime/frequencydomainsandtheapplicationof frequencyͲdomainprinciplestomedicalimagingtechniques, biomedical devicemarkets,intellectualproperty,medicaldeviceregulation,customerͲ drivenrequirements,andformaldesignmethods, interoperabilitystandardsfordeviceinterfacing,informationstorage,anddata reportingthatareneededtoassemblesystemsofsystemsusingcommercialtools,and applicationͲdrivendetailsbasedonastudent'sareaofemphasis.

B.4Internshipsand

Practica ConsistentwithotherdegreeprogramsintheKSUCOE,participationininternshipswillnot berequiredforcompletionoftheKSUBMEdegree.However,studentsandfacultyareaware thatinternshipsplayakeyroleinsecondaryeducation,offeringstudentsvaluableprofessional experiencewhileatthesametimeallowing thestudentandtheemployeranextended opportunitytoevaluateoneanotherinthecontextoffutureemploymentopportunities. CompaniesthathireKSUengineeringgraduateshavestatedthatsummerinternshipsoffera preferredtimeframewithinwhichtoassessthetechnicalandinterpersonalabilitiesofa studentinlightoftheir companycultureandproducts.TheKSUCOEandfacultywilltherefore promoteinternshipsandcoͲopsasdesiredcomponentsoftheBMEdegree. 19

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III.ProgramFaculty

ŽƌĞĂŶĚĨĨŝůŝĂƚĞĂĐƵůƚǇ TheinitialfacultytosupporttheB.S.programinBiomedicalEngineering(seeTable4)will consistoffourcoreECEfacultymembers,twonewfacultydedicatedtotheBMEcurriculum, andaffiliatefacultyfromECEandotherdepartmentsatKSU,wherethelatterarepotential collaboratorsthatcanengagedependingon course,designproject,andundergraduate researchneeds.ThecoreprogramfacultyhavedoctoraldegreesrelevanttoBiomedical Engineeringandmaintainactiveresearchprogramsinthisfield.Twoadditionalhires-one tenureͲtrackfacultymemberandoneinstructor-areplannedtosupporttheBMEprogramand willberecruited andvettedviaaformalnationalsearch.TheaffiliatefacultylistedinTable4 arearepresentativesetofalargergroupthatwillgrowovertimeandchangedemographically astheBMEcurriculummatures. Table4.KSUfacultythatwillsupporttheproposedundergraduateBMEprogram(continued onthe nextpage).

NameRankAreasofExpertiseDepartment

COREFACULTY Dr.SteveWarrenAssociateProfessorLightͲbasedbiomedical instrumentation; wearablewireless physiological monitoring; telemedicineElectricaland

ComputerEngineering

Dr.PunitPrakashAssistantProfessorImageͲguided

interventions;thermal ablationand hyperthermia; therapeuticmedical devicesElectricaland

ComputerEngineering

Dr.DaveThompsonAssistantProfessorBrainͲcomputer interfaces;neural engineering; biomedical instrumentationElectricaland

ComputerEngineering

Dr.CaterinaScoglioLeRoyandAileen

PaslayProfessorInfectiousdisease

modeling;complex networksElectricaland

ComputerEngineering

FUTUREPROGRAMFACULTY

TBD,1.0FTETenureͲtrackfacultyTBDElectricaland

ComputerEngineering

TBD,1.0FTEInstructorTBDElectricaland

ComputerEngineering

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AFFILIATEFACULTY

Dr.AmirBahadoriAssistantProfessorHealthphysics;

radiationexposure; radiationͲinduced cancerMechanicaland

NuclearEngineering

Dr.DwightDayAssociateProfessorEmbeddedsystemsand

signalprocessingfor biomedicalapplicationsElectricaland

ComputerEngineering

Dr.StephenDyerProfessorInstrumentationand

measurementElectricaland

ComputerEngineering

Dr.StevenEckelsProfessorBody/environment

heattransfer,mass transferandfluidflow Mechanicaland

NuclearEngineering

Mr.KimFowlerInstructorMedicaldeviceand

systemdesignElectricaland

ComputerEngineering

Dr.RyanHansenAssistantProfessorSyntheticbiological interfaces;bacterial characterizationChemicalEngineering

Dr.MeiHeAssistantProfessorMicro/nanofluidics;

pointͲofͲcarediagnosis; mobilehealthBiologicaland

Agricultural

Engineering

Dr.WilliamKuhnProfessorBiomedicalsensor

technologyElectricaland

ComputerEngineering

Dr.RuthMillerAssociateProfessorBioelectromagnetics; bioinstrumentationElectricaland

ComputerEngineering

Dr.BalaNatarajanClairN.Palmerand

SaraM.Palmer

ProfessorBiomedicalsignal

processing;statistical signalprocessingElectricaland

ComputerEngineering

ƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚƐ Atotalofsevengraduateteachingassistants(GTAs),eachona0.5FTEappointment(total =3.5FTE),willbeneededtosupporttheB.S.programinBiomedicalEngineering.GTAswill supportinstructorsinthefollowingcourses:BME200,430,451,490/91,575,and674. 21

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IV.AcademicSupport

AdvisingforthisprogramwillfollowtheECEdepartmentadvisingmodel,wherestudents willworkwithageneraladvisorintheirfirsttwoyearsandthenswitchtoaBMEfacultyadvisor forthelasttwoyearsofthecurriculum.Administrativesupportwillbeofferedthroughthe currentECEstaff.A largeenrollmentgrowthwouldlikelyrequireanadditionalstaffposition. KͲStateLibrariesstrivetomeetthebreadthofinformationneedsofthefacultyand studentsacrosstheuniversity.GiventherichhistoryoftheCollegeofEngineeringandits importancetotheuniversity,theLibrarieshavealwaysmadethe needsoftheengineering programapriorityintermsofprovidingaccesstoinformationresources. TheECEdepartmentmaintainsapproximately90computersforuseinteachinglabs throughoutthedepartment.Alllabsareavailableduringnormalbusinesshours,andmanyof thehighͲuselabshaveelectroniclockstoprovide24/7 accesstostudents.Studentsinthe CollegeofEngineeringhaveaccesstoabroadandcomprehensiverangeofcomputing resourcesprovidedbytheCollege,theUniversity,anddepartmentsandunitsintheCollege. ResourcesprovidedbytheCollegeandtheUniversityincludeover200collegecomputersin engineeringbuildingsand over500universitycomputersinonͲcampuslabs,residencehallsand themaincampuslibrary. AdministrativesupportforthisprogramwillbehandledbythefourfullͲtimeECEstaffwho alreadysupporttheothertwoprograms-electricalengineeringandcomputerengineering.If andwhenBMEundergraduateenrollmentexceeds150 students,anadditionalstaffmember willlikelybenecessarytosupportthatadditionalload.

V.FacilitiesandEquipment

TheDepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineeringislocatedinEngineeringHall, whereallfacultyandstaffhaveoffices.Facultyutilize29individualofficesonthethirdfloorof thisnewbuilding,whichalsooffersofficespacefornewBMEfaculty.Teachingassistantshave deskspaceinacubicleareain

3068EngineeringHall,whichcontains26individualdeskswith

accesstocomputerresources. Thisnewprogramwillrequireoneteachinglaboratorythatwillutilizereallocatedspacein anexistingECEteachinglaboratory.This640ͲsquareͲfootlaboratoryisalreadyequippedwith theappropriatebenches.Studentsenrolledinengineeringcoursesare assessedanequipment feethatwillsupportthepurchaseandmaintenanceofequipmentneededtosupporthandsͲon BMElaboratoriesanddesignprojectsinthatlaboratory,sonoadditionalfundswillbeneeded topurchaseequipment.StudentsintheBMEprogramwouldalsohaveaccesstoall departmentandcollegegeneral purposecomputerlaboratories. 22

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VI.ProgramReview,AssessmentandAccreditation

ThebiomedicalengineeringprogramwillseekABETaccreditationafterthefirstgraduates oftheprogramhavecompletedtheirdegree.ThestandardABETprocessusedtoseek accreditationofnewprogramswillbefollowed,withtherequestthattheaccreditationwould begrantedeffectivetheyearbeforethefirstdegreeisgranted.

Assumingthefirstgraduates

completetheirdegreesintheyear2022,theinitialaccreditationwouldbesoughtforthe2021Ͳ

2022academicyear.AnassessmentplanandprocessformeasuringABETstudentoutcomes(a)

through(k)willbedeveloped-seethenextsection.Techniquesincludeevaluationoftests, projects, seniordesignexperiences,andsurveys. ThisprogramwillalsobesubjecttoasimilarassessmentprocessinsupportoftheHigher LearningCommission(HLC)accreditationofKansasStateUniversity.Theprocessdevelopedfor ABETaccreditationwillcoverallrequirementsforHLCaccreditation.Likewise,programreview attheBoardofRegentslevel willalsobefollowed,asiscurrentlydoneforotherECEprograms.

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A.1StudentLearningOutcomesMeasures

TheStudentLearningOutcomes(SLOs)fortheB.S.degreeinBiomedicalEngineeringare thoserequiredbyouraccreditingbody(ABET).(NotethattheSLOsrequiredbyABETare identicalforallengineeringprograms.)TheseSLOsfollow: (a)anabilitytoapplyknowledgeofmathematics,science,and engineering, (b)anabilitytodesignandconductexperiments,aswellastoanalyzeandinterpretdata, (c)anabilitytodesignasystem,component,orprocesstomeetdesiredneedswithin realisticconstraintssuchaseconomic,environmental,social,political,ethical,health andsafety,manufacturability,andsustainability, (d)anability tofunctiononmultidisciplinaryteams, (e)anabilitytoidentify,formulate,andsolveengineeringproblems, (f)anunderstandingofprofessionalandethicalresponsibility, (g)anabilitytocommunicateeffectively, (h)thebroadeducationnecessarytounderstandtheimpactofengineeringsolutionsina global,economic,environmental,andsocietalcontext, (i)a recognitionoftheneedfor,andanabilitytoengageinlifeͲlonglearning, (j)aknowledgeofcontemporaryissues,and (k)anabilitytousethetechniques,skills,andmodernengineeringtoolsnecessaryfor engineeringpractice.

A.2AssessmentMethodsandMeasures

Directmeasurementmethodsareutilizedfortheassessment ofeachoftheseoutcomes. TheECEdepartmentmaintainsalistofprinciplesofassessmentthatareutilizedforbothour ABETassessmentprocessaswellasassessmentprocessesrequiredbyKSUandtheKBOR.

Theseprinciplesfollow:

1. AllassessmentforABETstudentoutcomeswillbedoneincoursestaught

bytheECE department. 23

NewKSUBiomedicalEngineeringDegreeProgram2. Mostoutcomeswillbeassessedinmultipleclasses.Aneffortwillbemadetolimitthe

numberofoutcomesassessedinanyonecourse.

3. OutcomeswillbeassessedinaccordancewiththeECEOutcomesAssessmentSchedule.

4. Mostassessmentwillbedonein

juniorandseniorlevelcourses.Endofsemester assessmentispreferred.

5. ABETassessmentwillbedoneonlyonundergraduatestudentsthatpassthecourse.

6. Electricalengineering,computerengineering,andbiomedicalengineeringstudentswill

beassessedseparately.

7. Assessmentoftheculminatingdesigncourseswillbereviewedbythe

assessment committeeinconjunctionwiththeinstructorsofthecourses.Thisgroupwillmeeteach semestertoevaluatetherigorandcompletenessofthedesignexperiencesofall culminatingdesigncourses.Note:Inadditiontooutcomesassessment,thereviewof theculminatingdesigncourseswillalsoaddresscompliancewithprinciple5. 24
NewKSUBiomedicalEngineeringDegreeProgramA.3AssessmentTimeline ThematrixinFigure5depictsthecoursesusedtoassesstheseSLOsandthesemesters duringwhichtheseassessmentswilloccur.Notethat"ALL"indicateseachsemesterthatcourse isoffered,whereas"Fall"or"Spring"indicatethatassessmentoccursonlyin thatparticular semester.

Biomedical Engineering

Assessment Matrix

Student outcomes/required courses

BME 200
ECE 512
BME

490/491

BME 451
ECE 540
BME 575
BME

590/591

ECE

772/773

(a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering Fall Fall ALL (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data Spring Spring (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability ALL ALL ALL (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams ALL (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems Spring ALL (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility Fall ALL (g) an ability to communicate effectively ALL Oral &WrittenALL

Written

(h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context Fall ALL (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life- long learning ALL (j) a knowledge of contemporary issues Fall ALL (k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice Fall Spring Spring

Figure5.BiomedicalEngineeringassessmentmatrix.

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NewKSUBiomedicalEngineeringDegreeProgramA.4ReviewofAssessmentData OutcomedatawillbereviewedannuallybyaBMEassessmentcommitteeandwillalsobe presentedannuallyforreviewinameetingforallECEdepartmentfaculty.Recommendations forchangescanbeinitiatedbyeithertheBMEassessmentcommitteeor byfacultyduringa facultymeeting.

A.5AssessmentAlignmentMatrix

Figure6containsanalignmentmatrixwhichindicates,foreachSLO,wherestudentshave anopportunitytolearntheoutcomeandwheretheoutcomeisassessed.Thespecificcourses usedforassessmentareshownintheassessmentmatrixabove. Figure6.Alignmentmatrixforstudentlearningoutcomesintheproposedundergraduate

BiomedicalEngineeringdegreeprogram.

New Degree Request - Kansas State University

Criteria

Program Summary

1. Program Identification Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering

CIP Code: 14.0501

2. Academic Unit College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

3. Program Description This is a new undergraduate degree program in biomedical engineering, also referred to as BME. Although it will administratively be located in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Kansas State University, it is truly a broad degree whose fundamentals are the same as almost all other biomedical engineering programs in the U.S. Program approval is requested for the fall 2017 semester so that recruitment may occur during the 2017-18 academic year. The 2018-19 academic year will be the first year of implementation.

4. Demand/Need for the

Program The KSU College of Engineering Office of Recruitment notes thatbiomedical engineering has, in recent years, been the most requested degree program by prospective students and their families. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the job outlook for biomedical engineers is projected to grow by over 20% from 2014 to 2024. Biomedical companies in the Midwest will represent a significant portion of that growth, including those considered part of the Midwest Animal Health Corridor.

Wichita State University started the only other undergraduate biomedical engineering program in Kansas, accommodating an enrollment of 60 students during the first year (2011) - a number which has increased to 193 students in the fall of 2016. In 2015, the WSU BME program awarded 20 B.S. degrees. In addition, the WSU program has indicated that approximately 70% of their undergraduate students originate from within 30 miles of Wichita. Most KSU engineering students originate from the Kansas City metropolitan area and are joined by many other students from all Kansas counties consistent with the engineering and agriculture missions of this land-grant university. Given the growing demand from Kansas students for biomedical engineering degree options, a need exists for another program in the state and region. It is prudent for KSU, the state's most comprehensive engineering college, to offer such a BME program.

The KSU College of Engineering has also performed a market study through Hanover - an independent consultant. In this analysis, which also used BLS data, the regional employment projections are subdivided into two groups, since three states (Iowa, Kansas, and Ohio) had not yet updated their projections (the period of 2012 to 2022 is used for them). The study predicts a growth of 13.2% in biomedical employment during this period. All of the other states in the Hanover region (Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin) have updated their 2014-to-2024 projections, and they show a 30.6% growth for this period. The results of this study support the conclusion that an undergraduate biomedical engineering program is needed at KSU. We also expect that the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) will provide unique opportunities for KSU BME students locally in Manhattan.

5. Comparative /Locational

Advantage For over 40 years, the KSU ECE department has supported a Regents-approved Bioengineering Option within Electrical Engineering, and the department offers a collection of biomedical courses. A number of ECE faculty have extensive biomedical engineering backgrounds, having taught biomedical courses and served as investigators on numerous biomedical research grants. This course work is complemented by a substantive research portfolio. For example, the four ECE faculty that form the faculty core for this proposal maintain active research laboratories that have supported more than 70 funded efforts for which these individuals have served as investigators since 2000. These efforts have garnered more than $17M from numerous funding sources, and most of that work was/is biomedical in nature. The diversity of ECE's biomedical teaching and research partners on the KSU campus is significant and includes faculty in at least 22 departments within 7 KSU colleges. Hence, ECE is the logical home for this new program.

The university also has strong complementary programs in biology, chemistry, kinesiology, other sciences that will help provide strength to this program. As a land grant institution, Kansas State University has in its central mission the pledge to prepare students for successful employment or advanced studies through a variety of degree programs. With projected growth of biomedical engineering it is important for K-State to provide that degree program to all students in the state. The university's veterinary medical and agricultural programs in addition to the Johnson Cancer Research Center also make a BME undergraduate program a logical choice. The proximity of the Biosecurity Research Institute and NBAF also provide many unique opportunities for both the faculty and students of this program.

The only similar program in the Kansas Regents system is the existing undergraduate BME program at Wichita State University. Their 133-credit-hour program is a traditional program with faculty emphases in the areas of sensing, biomechanics, and biomaterials, as evidenced by their published online listings of undergraduate research design projects. The two initial areas of emphasis for the KSU BME degree (biomedical sensors and devices; biomedical computation) exhibit minimal overlap with the WSU program, focusing on skill development toward the design of hardware- and software-based medical devices and systems, including requisite skills in biosignal and image processing in both the time and frequency domains. These courses have foundations in existing courses and research programs managed by KSU engineering faculty.

As noted below, the proposed BME program at KSU offers two initial areas of emphasis that relate thematically to "bioelectronics" or "bioinstrumentation." Hanover identified 10 institutions in the Plains and Great Lakes regions offering a bachelor's degree program in biomedical engineering with a bioelectronics or bioinstrumentation concentration. The programs that are physically closest to Kansas are those at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities and the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana. Three biomedical B.S degree programs exist in Missouri, and one resides in Oklahoma, but they all have very little overlap with this

proposed program, especially from a biomedical devices and computation viewpoint.

6. Curriculum This 133 credit hour curriculum consists of 1) 37 credits of biomedical engineering core courses; 2) 52 credits of math and science core courses; 3) 8 hours in a general engineering core; 4) 9 hours in a humanities and social sciences core; and 5) 27 hours in technical electives. As in many BME programs, this program is structured to support a variety of areas of concentration by defining a significant portion of the technical electives. Two such areas are defined at this point: Biomedical Sensors and Devices and Biomedical Computation.

7. Faculty Profile The KSU ECE faculty already includes five individuals with extensive backgrounds in biomedical engineering and 5 others with moderate experience, equating to nearly half of the faculty roster. In the KSU College of Engineering, the ECE department is the logical home for this new program. The initial faculty to support the B.S. program in Biomedical Engineering will consist of four core ECE faculty members, two new faculty dedicated to the BME curriculum, and affiliate faculty from ECE and other departments at KSU, where the latter are potential collaborators that can engage depending on course, design project, and undergraduate research needs. The four key faculty members, who have doctoral degrees relevant to Biomedical Engineering and maintain active research programs in this field, are:

Dr. Steve Warren, leading faculty member of the biomedical group; taught biomedical classes at KSU since 1999; director of the Medical Component Design Laboratory

Dr. Punit Prakash, assistant professor since 2012; director of the Biomedical Computing and Devices Lab

Dave Thompson, assistant professor since 2014; conducts research on brain-computer interfaces and medical devices

Caterina Scoglio, LeRoy and Aileen Paslay Professor, director of the Network Science and Engineering Group

Two additional hires - one tenure-track faculty member and one instructor - are planned to support the BME program and will be recruited and vetted via a formal national search. An instructor is planned to be hired for the first year (AY 2018-19). Assuming enrollment meets expectations, an additional faculty member would be hired the following year. At the moment, nine other affiliated faculty in the College of Engineering would be associated with this program, each of whom would either teach required courses or lead activities such as undergraduate research. These faculty are a representative set of a larger group that will grow over time and change demographically as the BME curriculum matures

See http://www.ece.k-state.edu/people/faculty/index.html for more details.

8. Student Profile The main pool of students that will enter this program are not thought to those that would only initially be considering engineering as their main discipline. Students interested in this program will be those with a strong interest in modern life sciences but also with a fundamental base in math and physics who see this as an exciting and promising degree that lead to a career with significant societal impact. Admission criteria will be consistent with the admission criteria for the KSU College of Engineering. Consistent with enrollment demographics in other BME programs across the U.S., an extremely diverse student population is expected with very significant enrollment from women and underrepresented groups.

9. Academic Support Advising for this program will follow the ECE department advising model, which utilizes a general ECE advisor for students in their first two years. At that point, each student would be assigned to a BME faculty advisor for the last two years of the curriculum. Administrative staff support will initially be the same. Large enrollment growth would likely require an additional position.

10. Facilities and Equipment This new program would require one teaching laboratory that would be reallocated from another teaching lab in the same department. Students enrolled in engineering courses are assessed an equipment fee that would be used to purchase and maintain the equipment needed to support the courses in this program.

Existing classroom and laboratory spaces should meet the needs of this program in the near future.

11. Program Review, Assessment, Accreditation The biomedical engineering program will seek ABET accreditation after the first graduates of the program have completed their degree. The standard ABET process used for requesting accreditation of new programs will be followed, with the request that accreditation would be granted starting the year before the first degree is granted. Assuming the first graduates complete their degrees in the year 2022, the initial accreditation would be sought for the 2021-2022 academic year. An assessment plan and process for measuring ABET student outcomes a through k has been developed. Techniques include evaluation of tests, projects, senior design experiences, and surveys.

This program will also undergo a similar assessment process to support the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) accreditation of Kansas State University. This process developed for ABET accreditation will cover all requirements for HLC accreditation. Likewise, program review at the Board of Regents level will also be followed, just as is currently being done for the other programs in the department.

12. Costs, Financing Two new faculty will be needed to eventually teach six of the seven new BME courses, while existing faculty will teach the other new course and ECE courses that would be modified for use in the BME program. The financial cost of the two new faculty is estimated to be $160,000 in faculty salaries and a one-time startup cost of $300,000. This assumes that one position is an instructor with no startup requirements and the second position is a tenure-track assistant professor. Financing for salaries would be provided by the College of Engineering, while startup costs would be shared equally by the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, the College of Engineering, and the Vice-President for Research.

CURRICULUMOUTLINE

NEWDEGREEPROPOSALS

KansasBoardofRegents

I.Identifythenewdegree:B.SinBiomedicalEngineering

___________________________________________________________________________ II.Providecoursesrequiredforeachstudentinthemajor:

[PDF] NEW UNDERGRADUATE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE

NewKSUBiomedicalEngineeringDegreeProgram

NEWUNDERGRADUATEBIOMEDICALENGINEERING

DEGREEPROGRAM

INTHEKANSASSTATEUNIVERSITYCOLLEGEOFENGINEERING

Proposedeffectivedate:Fall2017

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TableofContents

NewKSUBiomedicalEngineeringDegreeProgram

I.ProgramNeedandStudentCharacteristics

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Degree20112012201320142015CompoundAnnual

GrowthRate

B.S.inBiomedical

Engineering4,1844,6255,1015,7356,13710.1%

M.S.inBiomedical

Engineering1,5321,8731,9581,9462,24610.0%

2011Ͳ2015.

Degree20112012201320142015CompoundAnnual

GrowthRate

B.S.inBiomedical

Engineering1,0251,0751,1631,3531,4529.1%

M.S.inBiomedical

Engineering3754434043864816.4%

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WSUprogramhasindicatedthat

Facility(NBAF)willprovide

25andolderhavereceivedapostͲgraduatedegree.PostͲgraduate

Engineeringsince2009.BoththeECE571

EngineeringinMedicine

IEEEEMBS,whichisalsostillactive.

Thiscourseworkiscomplementedbya

KSUBMEfacultyandstudents.

BMEprogramsrunneargenderparity.

50differentstudentorganizationsandcompetitionteamsexistintheKSUCOE.Thisincludes

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II.Curriculum

A.1CoreCourses

KSUfacultyconsidertobeanessentialpart

1. Math&ScienceCore(52credithours)-Thiscore

2. BiomedicalEngineeringCore(37credithours)-Thesecorecourses,consistentwith

ECE540,andECE772/3)-

772/3,andtheBME490/491and590/591designexperiences,inadditiontoany

3. CommunicationCore(8credithours)-Thecommunicationcoreconsistsof

CollegeofEngineering.

4. Humanities&SocialSciencesCore(9credithours)-Thiscorerepresentsthe9Ͳhour

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SectionVI.Alaterinthisnarrative.

Finally,

ChemistryIIplusalab-5hours;BIOL

455-GeneralMicrobiologywithalab-4hours),provide

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MATH&SCIENCECORECreditsSemester

MATH220AnalyticalGeometryandCalculusI4FSS

MATH221AnalyticalGeometryandCalculusII4FSS

MATH222AnalyticalGeometryandCalculusIII4FSS

MATH240ElementaryDifferentialEquations4FSS

PHYS213

EngineeringPhysicsI5FS

PHYS214

EngineeringPhysicsII5FS

STAT510IntroductoryProbabilityandStatisticsI3FS

CHM210

ChemistryI4FSS

CHM230

ChemistryII4FSS

CHM531OrganicChemistryI3FS

BIOL198

PrinciplesofBiology4FSS

BIOL340

StructureandFunctionoftheHumanBody8FS

OrKIN360ͲAnatomy&Physiology(8credits,FS)

BIOMEDICALENGINEERINGCORE

CreditsSemester

BME001