B.S. in Chemical Engineering
A NEW TYPE OF ARTIFICIAL ORGAN – FLIPPED CLASSROOM LECTURE
Organ-on-a-Chip
My group of three was asked to prepare a presentation with lecture materials to use in a flipped lecture on an emerging biochemical technology. Our Organ-on-a-Chip presentation required we tailor our presentation to our audience as well as coordination and leadership within our group. The presentation was a group effort, while the lecture materials presented here were made solely by me. Our audience was both undergraduate and graduate level engineering students and our professor.
Includes: Lecture Materials.
Group Coordination and Leadership
During this project, my group was overwhelmed with other courses and this project could’ve easily been neglected until the last minute. Noticing this, I took the leads by suggesting we share our expectations, schedule milestones to reach the goal, and delegated tasks. We maintained communication of our grade expectations, priorities, and availability in order to complete the project in time. We outlined when we would research our topic, outlined the presentation, and delegated who would work on the PowerPoint slides and who would work on the Lecture Materials. Regular coordination was also required between the people working on the presentation and lecture materials to maintain parity between them. This project strengthened my ability to be a team member, to lead, and to communicate.
Lung-on-a-Chip
An example of an organ-on-a-chip device is shown to the left, credit to Wyss Institute. This microfluidics chip aims to simulate the breathing process in our lungs by lining its channels with human lung cells and capillary cells. Below you can download and open the files for the Lecture Materials with and without the answers filled in. These materials serve as partially complete notes. This achieves multiple functions. The students must pay attention to fill in the blanks correctly, while preventing them from missing information from trying to synthesize their own notes. Additionally, this allows the lecture to move at a faster pace.