Summer Programs For High School StudentsNew York City
Biomedical Engineering: Physical Effects on Cells
Level: Open to students entering grades 11 or 12 or freshman year of college in fall 2013.
Session: I, June 24-July 12, 2013
Days & Time: Monday-Friday, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM and 2:00-4:00 PM
Instructor(s): Clark T. Hung, Aaron Kyle, and staff
Prerequisites: Biology and chemistry
Related Courses: Students interested in this course might also be interested in Explorations in Genetics and Molecular Biology or Issues in Biological Conservation.
"I really enjoyed doing the labs and lab analyses as well as learning how the principles we learned in labs apply in the real world of biomedical engineering."
- Priya Medberry, 2012
Course Description
An introduction to the multidisciplinary field of biomedical engineering and the application of engineering principles to solving problems in biology, physiology, and medicine. Through formal lectures and hands-on lab activities, students gain an appreciation for the role of engineering in performing biological research.
Emphasis is placed on the underlying mechanisms that mediate cell responses to physical stimuli (chemical, electrical, mechanical) and the way in which this information can be directed toward the engineering of tissue substitutes.
Intensive lab sessions take place in the Department of Biomedical Engineering’s undergraduate laboratory, where there is a wet lab section equipped with equipment for cell and tissue culture as well as a computing section containing PC workstations for data and image analysis. Students in fixed groups of four rotate through a series of four three-day lab projects over the month.
Instructor(s)
Clark T. Hung
Clark T. Hung holds a B.S. from Brown University and an M.S.E. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hung is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University. He has published widely on physical effects and regulation in orthopaedic cells/tissues and is currently engaged in research on cartilage mechanotransduction and tissue engineering.
Aaron Kyle
Aaron Kyle holds a B.S. in electrical engineering (Kettering University, 2002) and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering (Purdue University, 2007). He served in a number of tutoring and mentoring roles during his undergraduate and graduate education. Most recently, while conducting postdoctoral research at the Indiana Center for Vascular Biology and Medicine, Aaron was tutor for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Community Tutoring Program at Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet High School in Indianapolis, IN. He recently accepted a faculty position as Lecturer in Discipline in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University. His research and occupational interests include engineering education for high school and post-secondary students, biomedical signal processing, electromagnetic field stimulated tissue growth, and medical instrumentation.
Specific course information, such as hours and instructors, are subject to change at the discretion of the University.
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