Module #7: "Bioengineering Technologies"
Submitted by andrewstillman on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 2:43pm.
Biomedical, Biological and Biomechanical engineering are all appropriate areas for this module. Bioengineering is used to help mitigate the effects of disease, increase quality of life for disabled persons, treat human/animal waste and improve the quality and availability of our foodstocks. These admirable goals are not without ethical dilemas and any activity exploring the benefits that emerge at the intercession of engineering and biological systems should be sure to examine all aspects of a technology.
Links to activities:
- Adaptive equipment: A paraplegic saddle http://www.swe.org/iac/LP/saddle_01.html
- Biomechanics of joints: http://www.swe.org/iac/LP/biomed_01.html
- Tissue engineering. Can be adatpted to middle school level. Two set of activities are attached and teh manual is linked here: http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/Lessons.cfm?DocID=145
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| TE-Manual-stem_cell_potential_activity.pdf | 1.55 MB |
| TE-Manual-bone_strength_activity.pdf | 245.74 KB |
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Ethical and Social Issues in Engineering
Stephan highlighted a very important point as the subject title suggests. It is never to early to raise students' awareness of ethical issues in engineering and science.
I found a course at Cornell Engineering school on this topic. I've copied and pasted the course description shown below:
Studies major ethical and social issues involved in engineering practice. The issues include responsibility for designing products that do not harm public health, safety, and welfare; rights of engineers in large corporations; risk analysis and the principle of informed consent; conflict of interest; whistle blowing; trade secrets; and broader concerns such as environmental degradation, cost of health care, computer ethics, and working in multinational corporations. [Codes of ethics of the professional engineering societies, ethical theory, and the history and sociology of engineering are introduced to analyze these issues.]
The last part in braket is not necessary for our teaching purpose.
Module 7: Bioengineering Tech--a possible lesson of biosensor