During the month of October the campus received the visit of my friend and colleague Dr. Enrique Berjano. He is an Associate Professor of Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Valencia, Spain. Valencia is just few miles south of Barcelona, where I was born and grew up.Enrique and I share a research interest in biomedical engineering as well as in pedagogical methods in order to increase student learning in engineering. We have published a couple of papers together and continue our collaboration. One of the reasons for visiting the Wilkes-Barre campus was to have a first hand experience of the different methods we use to engage our engineering and engineering technology students in active, student-centered learning. He was also interested in learning about the general education requirements for all students and in particular the different writing and communication courses that these students have to take before graduation.
Dr. Berjano was able to deliver two lectures to our campus community. The first lecture was focused on explaining how the different engineering disciplines support biomedical research. The second lecture talked about the role that mathematical models play in this type of research. He discussed how his group uses mathematical models in their research activities. Both lectures were specifically aimed towards students, encouraging them to continue with their studies in engineering. The picture below, courtesy of Melissa Gunshannon, the Campus Public Information Coordinator, shows Dr. Berjano discussing how the results predicted by their models was validated in patients.
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