How we educate today’s students directly impacts tomorrow’s engineering. Our lab is interested in best practices for teaching engineering students, artificial intelligence as used by educators, and the intersection between them.
We are doing this by
Investigating how teachers in primary and secondary education think about AI tools through a nation-wide survey of teachers in grades K-12
Enriching biomedical engineering curriculum through novel approaches to experiential learning and laboratory pedagogy
Artificial Intelligence in Education
Continual development and improvement of generative AI has led to widespread changes, including potential large shifts in the K-12 classroom. Given the acceleration of AI tools, it is critical to understand K-12 teachers’ thoughts on AI in the classroom to better fit their needs for training and usable tools.
Project website (opens in new tab): Studying K-12 Teachers’ Perceptions on New AI Tools
Biomedical Engineering Curriculum
Biomedical engineering is an interdisciplinary field that bridges several engineering and science disciplines. Our team works to develop innovative course materials for biomedical engineering curricula that train students for work in industry and academia.
We have developed, and continue to innovate, an entry-level laboratory course that provides students skills to work in the biotech industry.
We have also developed an introductory-level engineering course at the University of Michigan that highlights wellness activities in the classroom. More information is available under Teaching > Current Courses > ENGR 100, Section 520: Engineering Wellness.
Our work includes creating new labs; developing remote & interactive access options for hands-on labs; incorporating active learning in large classes; and teaching industry-inspired technical reports.
To read and learn more*
- LabMate: Development and Implementation of a Novel Livestreaming Platform for Hybrid or Remote Laboratory Course Delivery, 2023
- Eileen Johnson, Jeanne Sanders, Karin Jensen
- Development and Implementation of a Biometrics Device Design Project in an Introductory BME Course to Support Student Wellness, 2022
- Isabel Miller, S. Lamer, A. Brougham-Cook
- Development and Implementation of a Remote Enzyme Kinetics Laboratory Exercise, 2022
- Abhishek Bhattacharjee, Eileen Johnson, Pablo Perez-Pinera, Karin Jensen
- Laboratory Exercise to Measure Plasmid Copy Number by qPCR, 2021
- Benjamin David, Jinbei Li, Faisal Masood, Caroline Blassick, Paul Jensen, Karin Jensen
- Remote Laboratory Exercise to Develop Micropipetting Skills, 2021
- Mona Noor Jawad, Abhishek Bhattacharjee, Riley Lehmann, Anna Busza, Pablo Perez-Pinera, Karin Jensen
- Introduction of Mindfulness in an Online Engineering Core Course During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020
- Isabel Miller, Karin Jensen
- Development and Implementation of a Virtual Cell Culture Lab Practical for an Introductory BME Lab Course
- Benjamin David, Faisal Masood, Karin Jensen
- Laboratory Exercise to Measure Restriction Enzyme Kinetics, 2019
- Caroline Blassick, Benjamin David, Paul Jensen, Karin Jensen
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We have curated this short list of publications as a place for you to start learning about these projects. To learn more, visit the complete group publications.
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