Teaching

At UWM:

• Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering - BME 101 - Fall 2024 & Spring 2025

• Engineering of Medical Devices - II - BME 325 - Fall 2024 & Spring 2025

• Biomedical Instrumentation Lab - BME 495 - Spring 2025

Pedagogy Used at UWM: 

• Special visit to advanced analytical materials characterization facility (AAF Facility @UWM) to provide a broad overview about the basic techniques to BME 101 freshman students for biomaterials topic (Thanks to Dr. Benjamin Church, Materials Engineering Department).

• Research oriented hand-on workshop to BME 101 students as a part of course to develop skill on 3D printing and certification to use Maker Space Lab at UWM enabling them for research mind.  

Value Added Courses: 

• Requirement Engineering (Collaboration with Capgemini, India) - UG/PG

• Verification and Validation of Medical Devices (Collaboration with Capgemini India) - UG/PG

• Design Thinking and Methodology ( Activity based learning) - UG

UG Courses:  

• Biomedical Nanotechnology

• Biology : Human Anatomy and Physiology (Theory + Lab)

• Biomedical Sensors (Theory + Lab)

• Linear Integrated Circuits

• Troubleshooting of Medical Devices

• Biomedical Device Design Fundamentals

• Radiological Equipments

• Biochemistry

• Fundamentals of Pathology and Microbiology 

PG Courses: 

• Biomicrofluidics (PhD Course work)

• Research Publishing and Presenting Skills (Theory + Lab)

Course & Pedagogy Used at SRMIST:

• Biomedical Nanotechnology: Visited CV Raman research facilities at SRMIST to learn materials characterization techniques Like SEM, TEM, XRD, FTIR, FT RAMAN and XPS. Real time synthesis of carbon quantum dots to explain fluorescence mechanism.

• Design Thinking and Methodology Course: Design thinking tools like Empathy map, Journey map, Eliciting user needs, Problem statement canvas via Miro application software as a classroom activity.

• Troubleshooting of Medical Equipment Course (Jan 2023): Students to unbox the parts of a broken CD/DVD player to isolate and explore sensor components in a classroom environment.

• Biomedical Sensors Course (Dec 2022): Realtime working principle piezoelectric transducer for mixing two liquid materials. Project based learning:– Conducted Open house on Course Biomedical Sensors was conducted for 1st year students to showcase their inhouse designed projects in Biomedical Sensors Course held during June to November 2022 course. A total of 30 project groups (each group – 2/3 students) participated in this program. This activity led to the development of Arduino skills and physics of sensors in biomedical application.

• Biomedical Device Design Course (Nov 2022): Visit to vTitan Corporation, Zoho Group. To motivate students to learn the process of medical device product development. 30 Students visited vTitan Corporation to learn Biomedical product development process from idea-prototype-actual product.  

• Human Anatomy and Physiology (PG and UG class): Anatomy lab visits (SRM hospital) to touch and feel the preserved individual human organs. Open Biology event: create models of specific anatomical structure & function. Conducted Open Biology – First year students (Nov 2023) – 34 Anatomy Models Projects were showcased in during the program and one minute video of students projects during event. Visited Anatomy Lab – First year students of both UG/PG to identify body parts in Cadaver at SRM Medical College (Nov 2023)

• Research Publishing and Presenting Skills Course (PG) - 2022: White board animation, Open referencing software (Zotero) and External lecture from IPR patent agent (Dr. Jothi)

Teaching Pedagogies Used During UG/PG Courseworks: Biomedical Sensors course, the utility of piezo electric transducer in solution interaction was demonstrated by mixing oil and water using bath sonicator (LEFT). Visit to SRM Medical College for PG students to touch and feel the formalin preserved organs for effective understanding of anatomical structures (MIDDLE). Open house to display anatomical models developed by UG students as a part of Biology course and awarded prizes to best models (RIGHT). Conducted Open house for the biomedical sensors group projects on topic “Utilizing Sensors for Healthcare”. Students were motivated and projected their models and awarded prizes (LEFT). Biomedical Nanotechnology course, I demonstrated the synthesis of fluorescent carbon-based quantum dots excited under UV light to explain the band-gap mechanism (RIGHT).   

Prototypes developed by UG/PG students under my guidance: (a) magnetic stirrer using fan, (b) UV light for quantum dots visualization, (c) microfluidic reactors, (d) microfluidic syringe pump, (e) Mini-gel electrophoresis, (f) Oxygen plasma using commercially available microwave oven, (g) Table-top cell culture system, (h) Microfluidic Bioprinter, and (i) Ex-ovo imaging system.