1. BME Design Teams Johns Hopkins University
Robert Allen

2. Snapshot Undergraduate Program
graduates/year
129 credits, 6 of which must be design credits
Design Options
Design Team – 50%
Senior Design – 25%
Capstone Design – 15%
Honors Instrumentation -10%
ABET 3a)-3k) – a, i, f, d, d, tt, t, r, cs, l, v
Apply, integrate, formulate, design, design, tools&techniques, teamwork, responsibility, contemporary, society, lifelong, verbal skills

3. What is Design Team Competitive undergraduate design program
Five students per team in Fall
Up to eight students in Spring
10-12 teams annually (One FTE)
14 teams in with 1.5 FTE
Students choose from among “vetted” projects
bedside to bench to bedside
~20% projects global health since 2008

4. Novel Feature
Hierarchical team –Team Leaders (seniors and juniors) selected in prior Fall term
Students apply and are interviewed by three faculty – 40% accepted
Informal training in Spring term
Becoming one-credit course in Spring 2016 (for academic year)
Students select teams in Spring
Project selection continues from Spring through Fall

5. Outcomes Success? Five start-up companies
~Two dozen licensed to commercial enterprises
Three Issued patents (since 2003)
>Dozen pending
National Design Awards > 40
Grants/Awards > $1M
Success?

6. Team Leader Alumni Perceptions
Leading a team: 100%
Decision making, mentoring and teaching: 100%
Solving a clinical problem: 81%
Receiving feedback from a variety of levels: 79%
2012 survey of >700 DT alumni since 1998, 100 TLs. ~14% response rate.
Question: Which of the following attributes of the the DT program are you using in your position today?