Answer 2

Content:

• EQ = What is most important for success as a biomedical engineer? (May change)
• Answer 2 
•  An efficient Biomedical Engineer should know how to work at the component level so that when doing repairs, the biomed will not have to rely heavily on another person to do repairs. This also applies to higher levels of biomed such as R&D due to the heavy amounts of electrical and mechanical engineering they are exposed to as well.
• Evidence
• Many new biomeds do not have this skill and get used to sending the defective equipment to someone else in order to get it repaired.
• When working in R&D, different kinds of medical equipment use different kinds of electronics. Due to the fact that you will be creating, designing, and researching these technologies, you must have an understanding of all the functions of the equipment to the component level. 
• Many trainees don't see components or work with them, thus making those who have the experience seem more qualified and able to do their job.
• Source 
• Winston Gotte

Independent Component 2 Plan Approva

CONTENT:

 (1) Write a description of what you plan on doing for your independent study component

For my independent component, I am deciding whether to do extra hours at San Dimas Community Hospital or do something very focused and allows me to practice a skill. I was thinking of taking circuit boards from medical equipment and identifying all the components and dissecting the boards. This will give me an experience with electronics and can be very useful in engineering fields.

(2) Describe in detail how you think your plan will meet the 30 hours work requirement.

The circuit boards will take a long time to dissect and organize due to the many components on a single board. Extracting the board from medical equipment also takes some time. I hope to be able to dissect, and then reassemble parts of a board by studying schematics for available equipment.

(3) How does your independent study component relate to your EQ?   

As of now, I felt that having experience with technology at the component level is a very valuable skill. My service learning has told me that many biomeds don't know the basics about circuit boards which results in longer time to repair a certain piece of equipment because they need to send it to another individual who then fixes the tech. This is very time consuming and inefficient and can be avoided with basic knowledge of schematics and components.

The Product

As of now, the product of my senior project is the experience I have obtained with different medical equipments. I have gotten an intro into electrical engineering with wire soldering and circuit boards as well as the different components. I can use my experiences as references if I go to any kind of engineering. I also can have experience in the biomedical field which I would not have had the opportunity to do if it wasn't my senior project.



Product Definition:
Have obtained different skills such as getting better at troubleshooting different technical problems not only with medical equipment but as well as everyday pieces of technology. I am also dissecting circuit boards as an independent component and am going into signal chasing. These are skills that many biomeds lack and is very useful in many engineering fields.

Evidence:
Pictures will be posted up at a later date as independent component is started.