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About the Lab
Welcome to the Biomedical Engineering Education and Design (BMEed) Lab in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University in Indianapolis. We aim to provide students with great curricular experiences, ample resources, and plenty of opportunities in the field of biomedical engineering. We are also active in discipline-based education research (DBER) in biomedical engineering.
Curricular Focus Areas
- BME Design
- BME Laboratories
- Biomedical Ethics
- Clinical Immersion
- Health Equity
- Professional Development
- Technical Communication
Research Focus Areas
- BME Design Self-efficacy
- Critical Reflection in BME Education
- Health Equity Education in BME
- Needs Identification in Urban Clinics
- Project-based Learning
Recent Lab News
- Dr. Miller, Dr. Higbee, and Jennifer Hatch were awarded a SEIRI Seed Grant by the IUPUI STEM Education Innovation and Research Institute (title: Building Toward a Health Equity Framework for Biomedical Engineering Education).
- Nawshin Tabassum had a first-author paper accepted into the Biomedical Engineering Education journal.
- Dr. Higbee, Dr. Miller, and colleagues had a paper accepted into the International Journal of Engineering Education.
- The lab welcomes Noelle Luling, a master's student in the Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiology at the IU School of Medicine.
- The lab welcomes Nawshin Tabassum, an IUPUI PhD student in the Department of Economics.
- Dr. Higbee and Dr. Miller had a paper accepted into the annual educational issue of the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.
- Dr. Miller and Dr. Higbee were awarded an R25 Grant by the National Institutes of Health (title: A Clinical Immersion Program to Train Biomedical Engineers to Identify Indiana's Urban Health Needs).
- Dr. Higbee, Dr. Miller, and colleagues had their Teaching Tips paper accepted into the inaugural issue of the Biomedical Engineering Education journal.
- The lab welcomes Devany Harrell, a new master's student in the IUPUI Department of Biomedical Engineering.
- Dr. Higbee and Dr. Miller were awarded a Learning Environment Grant by the IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning (title: Transformation of SL 144 into a Flexible Design Space for Biomedical Engineering).
- Dr. Miller and Dr. Higbee were awarded a SEIRI Seed Grant by the IUPUI STEM Education Innovation and Research Institute (title: Training Engineers to Identify and to Develop Solutions for Indiana’s Urban Health Needs).
- Dr. Miller and Dr. Higbee were awarded an NSF PFE: RIEF Grant by the National Science Foundation (title: Research Initiation: A Study of Biomedical Engineering Student Self-Efficacy Toward Design).