{"359981":{"#nid":"359981","#data":{"type":"news","title":"BME On Display","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf you ever wondered what a biomedical engineer\u2019s education looks like, there is now tangible evidence on display in the U.A. Whitaker Biomedical Building. Two new, custom designed and built exhibit cases have been installed in the first floor lobby of the building, headquarters of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), spotlighting the innovative, award-winning work of students. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cThe idea was to create something that showcased what the students are achieving in this department, because when you look around here, you really don\u2019t get an idea of what a biomedical engineer BME person does,\u201d says James Rains, design instructor and ddirector of the BME Capstone Design program. \u201cSo we came up with the idea of display cases in the lobby, something to represent our relevant contributions to solving healthcare problems, the really cool and exciting things our students are doing, and give them more recognition.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBME design instructor Raja Schaar, who has an extensive background in creating exhibits for major museums across the Southeast (such as the Museum of Art and Design Atlanta and the Ocmulgee National Monument in Macon), took the lead in designing and building the displays, which will feature rotating examples of Capstone, InVenture, and other student projects. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re highlighting their story,\u201d says Schaar, while busily arranging sequential prototype iterations to showcase one student team\u2019s project. Schaar, who was a lecturer in Georgia Institute of Technology\u2019s School of Industrial Design for more than eight years before moving over to BME, adds, \u201cWe push them to embrace the design process and they take things beyond what we teach them.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA permanent piece in the exhibit space is an older model Coulter Counter that will feature the names of Capstone student design champions (think of Capstone or InVenture, for example) engraved on the side. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Stanley Cup from the National Hockey League, but for BME. We\u2019ll engrave the names of winning students from each semester. It\u2019s their chance to be immortalized, so they can come back in 20 years and show their kids,\u201d says Rains, who can\u2019t do that with his own kids, even though he was a Georgia Tech Capstone champion in 1998. \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERains was part of a team that developed a remote controlled \u2018smart home,\u2019 but actually won as part of the team that designed a self-feeding, one-handed soldering. The atmosphere surrounding student innovation and entrepreneurship has changed since then, Rains says. \u201cWe really encourage our students to follow through with their projects, to file for patent, or create their own start-up. There are now programs that allow the students a pathway for pursuing these ideas further, such as Startup Summer. 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Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/node\/jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJerry Grillo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Officer II\u003Cbr \/\u003EParker H. Petit Institute for\u003Cbr \/\u003EBioengineering and Bioscience\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}