Since 2020 I have been teaching at the Johns Hopkins University Biomedical Engineering undergraduate level Design Teams. Instructor for the BME “Design Teams” course suite. The BME undergraduate design team program supports more than 15 teams of undergraduates each year as they develop solutions to some of the most challenging and important healthcare opportunities in the world. Apart from teaching, I am a developer of curricular content and the creation of assessment tools, and I work on envisioning new teaching strategies for the course. I also apply for educational grants. Courses taught: EN580.407 [DTL Clinical Immersion], EN580.408 [DTL Project Management], EN580.404 [DT Project Definition], EN580.X11 [Design Teams Spring], EN580.413 [Design Team Leader], EN580.414 [DTL Preparation], EN580.X12 [Design Teams Fall], EN580.581 [Senior Design Capstone/ Independent Design], EN580.590 [Adv. Teams]. If you want to do undergraduate research with me, please send me an email. 

WEBSITES FOR MY COURSES
This is a great way to see what my courses are about and what you can expect from the classes to be.

• “HopIn Course: AnthroDesign for Innovation”. Summer 2024. A month-long course taught for first-generation limited-income (FLI) engineering students starting at Johns Hopkins University.
• “HopIn Course: AnthroDesign for Innovation”. Summer 2023. A month-long course taught for first-generation, limited-income (FLI) students at The Johns Hopkins University’s School of Engineering.
• “First-Year Seminar: AnthroDesign for Healthcare”. Fall 2023. A semester-long course that uses field research from an anthropological framework to embrace the understanding of culture, and beliefs to make more ethical and multivocal solutions. Offered for the Whiting School of Engineering and the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.
• “Design Teams”. Fall 23/ Spring 24. A two-semester course that uses design to explore and tackle difficulties that can be better served by medical technology. Offered by the Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Department.

RESEARCHERS AT DR.MIRANDA’S ENGINEERING EDULAB

• 2024-2025 Mareham Yacoub / Undergraduate Student, MatSci (JHU)
• 2023-2024 Rachel McClam / Doctoral Student, School of Education (JHU)
• 2023-2024 Mareham Yacoub / Undergraduate Student, MatSci (JHU)
• 2022-2023 Rachel McClam / Doctoral Student, School of Education (JHU)
• 2022-2023 Oscar Muñoz / Undergraduate Student, Computer Sciences (JHU)
• 2022-2023 Ronald García / Undergraduate Student, MECHE (JHU)
• 2021-2022 Amadea Martino Smith / Anthropologist (JHU)

COURSES I AM TEACHING

FALL 2024 / WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

• EN501.121.01.FA22 First Year Seminar. AnthroDesign for Healthcare. Fall 2024 (Miranda). Course open to KSAS and WSE. 12 students. Undergraduate.
• EN580.497.03 / EN580.298.03 Advanced Design Projects. Fall 2024 (Miranda’s section).
• EN580.211/311/411 BME Health Tech Design. Fall 2024 (Logsdon / Miranda/ Zwernemann). 20 teams. 100 students in total. Undergraduate.

SUMMER 2024 / WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

• HOP-IN WSE Crash Course in AnthroDesign for Innovation. 20 undergraduate students. This course is only available to first-gen students from the HopIn program (FLI). July 1st -Aug 1st.

SPRING 2024 / WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
This semester I teach 50% Design Teams. 50% of my effort is to train faculty on mentoring.

EN580.112/212/312/412 BME Design Health Tech II. Spring 2024 (Durr/ Logsdon / Miranda/ Zwernemann) 144 students in total. 22 Team Leaders. My 1:1 teams:
1. DT8. Team Leader: Amy Zhang. Sponsored Research Project with Philips Oral HealthCare in Seattle. Mentor Irish Malig Director of Innovation, Product Research, and Consumer Care Experience – 8 students.
2. DT7. Team Co-Leaders: Iralde Sicilia and Natasha Porwal. Pain Illusion for consciousness assessment in the ICU. Clinical Mentor:  Adam Schiavi (Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine JHU) – 8 students.
3. DT5. Team Leader: Ethan Wu. Designing for Urinary Incontinence in Male Patients. Clinical Mentor: Andrew Cohen MD (Urology JHU) – 8 students.
4. DT16. Team Leader: Samhita Vasu. Simplifying discharge instructions through images: Using generative AI in partnership with patients and families to create an image-generating tool to strengthen equitable communication. Clinical Mentor: Tania Caballero, MD (Pediatrics JHU).

FALL 2023 / WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

• EN501.121.01.FA22 First Year Seminar. AnthroDesign for Healthcare. Fall 2023 (Miranda). Course open to KSAS and WSE. 12 students. Undergraduate.
• EN580.497.03 / EN580.298.03 Advanced Design Projects. Fall 2023 (Miranda’s section). Teams continuing DT8. Team Leader: Joshua Devier. Multiplexed test for respiratory viruses in infants. Clinical Mentor H. Benjamin Larman, PhD (Pathology JHU) – 8 students.
• EN580.211/311/411 BME Design Group. Fall 2023 (Durr/ Logsdon / Miranda/ Zwernemann). 20 teams. 100 students in total. Undergraduate.

SUMMER 2023 / WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

• HOP-IN WSE Crash Course in AnthroDesign for Innovation. 19 undergraduate students. This course is only available to first-gen students from the HopIn program. July 5th-Aug 6th.

SPRING 2023 / WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
This semester I part my effort into 50% teaching & research and 50% as the assistant dean for mentoring for the Whiting School of Engineering.

• EN580.112/212/312/412 BME Design Group. Spring 2023 (Durr/ Logsdon / Miranda/ Zwernemann) 144 students in total. 22 Team Leaders. My 1:1 teams:
  1. DT8. Team Leader: Joshua Devier. Multiplexed test for respiratory viruses in infants. Clinical Mentor H. Benjamin Larman, PhD (Pathology JHU) – 8 students.
  2. DT10. Team Leader: Noam Rotenberg. Point of care test for stroke in the ICU. Clinical Mentor:  Robert Stevens, MD (Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine JHU) – 8 students.
  3. DT18. Team Leader: Noah Lu. Assessing medical competence using EEG. Clinical Mentor:  Deborah Schwengel, MD (Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine JHU) – 8 students.
  4. DT12. Team Co-Leaders: Sai Dharmasena and Ike Zhang. Point of care test for screening cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mentor: Samson Jarso, PhD. – 8 students

FALL 2022 / WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

• EN501.121.01.FA22 First Year Seminar. AnthroDesign for Healthcare. Fall 2022 (Miranda). New course open to KSAS and WSE. 12 students. Undergraduate.
• EN580.497.03 / EN580.298.03 Advanced Design Projects. Fall 2022 (Miranda’s section). Teams that are continuing are: OR Fires, Silectrode (nerve damage assessment), Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, and Simulation for Emergency Medicine. Undergraduate. 4 teams. 32 students in total.
• EN580.211/311/411 BME Design Group. Fall 2022 (Durr/ Logsdon / Miranda). 18 teams. 90 students in total. Undergraduate.

SUMMER 2022 / WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

• HOP-IN WSE Crash Course in AnthroDesign for Innovation. 18 undergraduate students. This course is only available to first-gen students from the HopIn program. July 2022.

SPRING 2022 / WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

• EN580.581 Senior Capstone, Independent Design. Spring 2022 (Miranda)
• EN580.413 Opportunity Definition. Design Teams. Spring 2022. (Logsdon / Miranda)
• EN580.112/212/312/412 BME Design Group. Spring 2022 (Durr/ Logsdon / Miranda)
• EN580.404 Design Team Project Definition. Spring 2022. (Logsdon / Miranda)
• EN580.408 Design Team Leader Project Management (Team Leaders). Spring 2022. (Logsdon / Miranda)

INTERSESSION 2022 / WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

• EN580.407 Design Team Clinical Immersion. (Team Leaders). Intersession Jan 2022 (Logsdon / Miranda)

FALL 2021 / WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

• EN580.XXX Advanced Design Teams. Fall 2021 (Durr/ Logsdon / Miranda)
• EN580.211/311/411 BME Design Group. Fall 2021 (Durr/ Logsdon / Miranda)

SPRING 2021 / WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

• EN580.413 Opportunity Definition. Design Teams. Spring 2021. (Logsdon / Miranda)
• EN580.112/212/312/412 BME Design Group. (Team Leaders). Spring 2021 (Durr/ Logsdon / Miranda)
• EN580.404 Design Team Project Definition. Spring 2021. (Logsdon / Miranda)
• EN580.408 Design Team Leader Project Management (Team Leaders). Spring 2021. (Logsdon / Miranda)

INTERSESSION 2021 / WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

• EN580.407 Design Team Clinical Immersion. (Team Leaders). Intersession Jan 2021 (Logsdon / Miranda)

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Until 2020, apart from directing the Engineering, Design, and Innovation Major, the main courses I was teaching at the UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL AT PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE:

• IDI2004 Design and Systems Thinking Lab, PUC School of Engineering
  This course partners with companies and organizations in real-life wicked challenges that need applied research, the use of technology, and people-centered design. The students go through a process that I’ve been iterating for the last 10 years. Students finish in proof of concept working prototypes that can be implemented by the organizations.
• IDI2015 Anthro Design, PUC School of Engineering
  This course partners with companies and organizations in real-life wicked challenges that need a great amount of applied research in order to find opportunities for innovation. We use Anthropological frameworks to make sense of the data.
• Undergraduate Research, PUC School of Engineering
  I take students in the areas of biomedical research and engineering education. If you are a student, you can find the research opportunities here.

AT THE GRADUATE LEVEL:

• Master in Engineering Sciences
• Master in Innovation (School of Engineering and School of Business)
• Students that have graduated: 
  1. Pedro Hojas, Background: Computer Sciences, Engineering, Design. Program: Master in Engineering Sciences Graduated:2018. MODELAMIENTO DE PREDICTOR DE FUGA DE CLIENTES, CON LA UTILIZACIÓN DEL VALOR DE VIDA DEL CLIENTE Y REDES NEURONALES RECURRENTES. Artificial Intelligence to create a B2B trustworthiness indicator.
  2. Ignacio Villagrán, Background: Health Sciences, Program: Master of Innovation, University: PUC, Graduated: 2018, Thesis: PROGRAMA PARA EL ENTRENAMIENTO POR TELE-SIMULACIÓN PARA LAPAROSCOPÍA: UNA PERSPECTIVA DESDE LA EXPERIENCIA DE USUARIO (UX)
  3. Sebastián Corthorn, Background: Mechanical Engineering, Program: Master in Engineering Sciences Graduated: 2016 Thesis: Characterization of the Achronilo Butadiene Styrene by Fused Deposition Modeling for the Fabrication of a Plantar Insert.
  4. Angel Morales, Background: Business, Program: Master of Innovation, University: PUC, Graduated: 2016, Thesis: An educational experience in “Deep Science”
  5. Nicolás Cifuentes Ph.D., Background: Biology, Program: Master of Innovation, University: PUC, Graduated: 2016, Thesis: Field research and experience prototyping for an educative experience in Deep Science.
  6. Fuenzalida, H. (2020). Exposing Minorities to STEM concepts: the Pre-engineering Program Savialab as a case Study. Tesis para optar a grado de Magister de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Environmental Engineering/ Engineering Education.
  7. Rodriguez, S. (2020). Initial Study for the use of Materials that are Composed of Epoxy and Copper Fibers for Create Injection Molds for Pre-production Series. Tesis para optar a grado de Magister de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Mechanical Engineering.
  8. Trinidad Sotomayor 2021, Thesis: Design and Statistical Validation of an Instrument for the Assessment of Entrepreneurial Behaviors in Engineering Students. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Tesis para optar a grado de Magister de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Mechanical Engineering/ Engineering Education.
  9. Ivania Yovanovic 2021: Evaluation of Visualization Interfaces for Topic Modeling in Citizen Consultations: A Case Study of the Participative Process for the Constitution in Chile. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Tesis para optar a grado de Magister de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Computer Sciences

UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL IN DETAIL:

2019-2 August-December (2nd Semester)

• IDI2004 Design and Systems Thinking Lab, PUC School of Engineering (13 students/ 5 counterparts)
  Projects: Agrosuper – Santiago- TOPIC: Food Design for an Aging Population/ IC3BSEK – Santiago- TOPIC: 3D printing and new application in personalized prosthetics/ Hobe – Santiago- TOPIC: Climatization in small shelter units/ Blood Bank UC Christus– Santiago- TOPIC: Improve the system for blood bank donation experience.
• IDI2015 Anthro Design, PUC School of Engineering (43 students, 10 counterparts)
  Challenges: I-TEK Foundation – Santiago- TOPIC: Understand career path decisions from young students from technical schools/ UC Christus Health – Santiago- TOPIC: Fast Track/ UC Christus Health – Santiago- TOPIC: Transitional Care/ UC Christus Health – Santiago- TOPIC: Adolescent programs/ Taram Capital – Santiago- TOPIC: Big data and small businesses/ SURA: Informal workers and their motivations/ Deporte Libre Foundation – Santiago- TOPIC: work with communities to build up on public space safety/ Fracción – Santiago- TOPIC: Expand on their idea to bring value to clients in the pharmaceutical area/ Service Learning UC – Santiago- TOPIC: Understand the ecosystem to develop insights that help evaluate the program at the university level/ Law School’s Innovation Lab – Santiago- TOPIC: explore methodologies to engage in innovative practices for law students and companies.
• Undergraduate Research (2 students)
  1. Trinidad Sotomayor (Mechanical IDI) – Entrepreneurship (awarded The Bridge Scholarship for January 2020 Texas A&M)
  2. María Padilla (Mechanical IDI)- Pre-engineering education (awarded The Bridge Scholarship for January 2020 Notre Dame)

2019-1 August-December (1st Semester)

• IDI2004 Design and Systems Thinking Lab, PUC School of Engineering (25 students/ 6 challenges)
  Projects: MBM – Santiago- TOPIC: Reformulating exhibition modules with recycled plastic-circular economy/ MBM1 – Santiago- TOPIC: Reformulating backend logistics for exhibition modules/ Contexto ARQ – Santiago- TOPIC: Exploring new ways to involve biophilia in offices/ ETHOS Univ.of Dayton– Ohio- TOPIC: develop a finger prosthetic in FDM/ Darwin Foundation – Chiloé- TOPIC: Innovate in the water absorption in fields making water available to local communities/ Agronomy School – Santiago- TOPIC: Use citizen science to monitor trees’ health
• Undergraduate Research Students IPRE (2 students)
  1. Trinidad Sotomayor (Mechanical IDI) – Engineering and Pre-engineering education
  2. Henry Fuentes (Mechanical IDI) – Research Project in Medical Simulation

2018-2 August-December (2nd Semester)

• IDI2004 Design and Systems Thinking Lab, PUC School of Engineering (17 students/ 6 counterparts)
  Projects: Speech Therapy Career at UC- Santiago – TOPIC: Create a device that improves the diagnosis of vertiginous syndrome/ CIGIDEN – Santiago – TOPIC: Create a system that improves the experience of the Dronlab activities with the community/ School of Dentistry – Santiago – TOPIC: Innovate in the teaching of temporomandibular disorder/ Dimerc– Santiago – TOPIC: Redesign the multi-channel interactions from executives and sales people/ School of Chemistry UC – Santiago – TOPIC: Provide an open inclusive system for teaching basic sciences/ School of Physiotherapy UC– Santiago – TOPIC: Widen the access to orthoses taking advantage of the digital prototyping technologies/
• IDI2015 Anthro Design, PUC School of Engineering (45 students, 9 counterparts)
  Challenges: Clínica Alemana- Santiago – TOPIC: Improving the waiting experience at the medical clinic/ Decanato Ingeniería- Santiago – TOPIC: Deepen the contextual information on what “care” means to engineering students/ Contrabajo Foundation – Santiago – TOPIC: Work inclusion/ Postgraduate Engineering Unit – Santiago – TOPIC: Opportunities for “care”  the processes for postgraduate students at the School of Engineering/ Transfer Department at UC- Santiago – TOPIC: Detect the opportunities to engage professors in their transfer to society/ Renca Municipality- Santiago – TOPIC: Towards a public culture of innovation within the local community/ Simulmedic- Santiago – TOPIC: Understand the ecosystem of central venous access to detect opportunities/ Starco- Santiago – TOPIC: Understand the recycling behavior in gatherers and house staff/ U-Planner- Santiago – TOPIC: Learning analytics.

2018-1 March-July (1st Semester)

• IDI2004 Design and Systems Thinking Lab, PUC School of Engineering (18 students/ 6 counterparts)
  Projects: Urogynaecology (School of Medicine), Odontology prevention and teaching(School of Medicine), Project Mandela with (Chilean jail system-Invictus NGO), Simulmedic learning platform for IV Training (Simulmedic Startup), Prevention of pedestrian Accidents (CONASET-Ministry of Transportation).
• Undergraduate Research, PUC School of Engineering

2017-2 August-December (2nd Semester)

• IDI2004 Design and Systems Thinking Lab, PUC School of Engineering (8 students/ 4 counterparts)
  Projects: OPICCI – Santiago – TOPIC: Improving the UX in autoclaves for sterilization at the hospital, MUNANI – Santiago – Social Entrepreneur TOPIC: Creating a new way to dry algae in the coast, Colorado State University – USA – TOPIC: Innovating in an Exoskeleton for rescue workers, Arauco – Santiago – Topic: Reformulating a game for teaching skills for 2020
• IDI2015 Anthro Design, PUC School of Engineering (53 students/ 10 counterparts)
  Challenges: Coaniquem 1- TOPIC: Understanding patient derivation from health centers/ Coaniquem 2 – TOPIC: Understanding the transportation of patients/ Coaniquem 3 – TOPIC: Understanding why patients do not use their treatments/ Coaniquem 4 –  TOPIC: Understanding the potential for neighbors engagement/ Arauco 1 –  TOPIC: Understanding the potential to teach coding through analog games/ Arauco 2 – TOPIC: Understanding the skills to teach on 2030 in public spaces / Arauco 3 –  TOPIC: Understanding the skills to teach on 2030 at home/ Munani –  TOPIC: Understanding how to improve relationships with algae gatherers/ Conaset 1- TOPIC: Understanding the behavior of the pedestrian/  Conaset 2-  TOPIC: Understanding the use of smartphones while driving/ Opicci –  TOPIC: Understanding the individuals working in the production line
• Undergraduate Research, PUC School of Engineering

2017-1 March-July (1st Semester)

• This semester I was on maternity leave.

2016-2 August-December (2nd Semester)

• IDI2004 Design and Systems Thinking Lab, PUC School of Engineering (18 students)
  Projects: Archdaily – Santiago – TOPIC: How to take advantage of tech devices to share architect. spaces, Fondef on Seismic Isolators – Santiago – TOPIC: Measuring load on seismic isolators for wine tanks, SNA – Santiago – TOPIC: Feeding animals in extreme isolated cold areas, (an Energy Company) Santiago – TOPIC: Electrical mobility related to e-commerce, University of Dayton – USA – TOPIC: how to avoid the loss of water in greenhouses, AALTO University – Helsinki – TOPIC: Improving mobility in aging populations
• IDI2015 Anthro Design, PUC School of Engineering (40 students/ 10 challenges)
  Challenges: Dimerc –  TOPIC: How do we enhance e-commerce channels /Dimerc1 – TOPIC: Understanding proactivity in salespeople/ Engie –  TOPIC: Opportunities for a better service of selling Climo /Engie2- TOPIC: Opportunities in sustainability for the DENDA website/ Engie3 –  TOPIC: Opportunities in residential sustainable behavior/ FIA –  TOPIC: Opportunities to seduce students with agriculture/ FIA2- TOPIC: Understanding the communication of what is an innocuous sprout/ FIa3 – TOPIC: Understanding the culture of small providers/ SNA –  TOPIC: Explore the potential of genetic tagging in racehorses/ SNA2 – TOPIC: Opportunities of education in the rural areas for 2050
• Research undergraduate and graduate, PUC School of Engineering
  I take students in the areas of biomedical research and engineering education. If you are a student, you can find the research opportunities here. I have 2 master’s students from the innovation master (MIUC) working on the development of an educational platform. I have 1 master (MSc) student working in the mechanical properties of 3D prototyping for final products and 1 master (MSc) student working on e-commerce. 

2016-1 March-July (1st Semester)

• IDI2004 Design and Systems Thinking Lab, PUC School of Engineering (16 students/ 5 counterparts)
  Projects: Al Gramo – Santiago – TOPIC: Improving the dispenser for liquids and soaps (Social)// Metrogas – Santiago – TOPIC: Displace the combustion with wood and replace for gas// Late – Santiago – Social Entrepreneur – TOPIC: Reducing the environmental impact of our products// Innovaxxion – Santiago – TOPIC: Reducing water use in mining// Innovaxxion2 – Santiago – TOPIC: Use the sun as a potential for mining
• Research undergraduate and graduate, PUC School of Engineering
  2 undergraduate students in education, 1 in biomedical research, 1 MSc, 2MIUC

2015-2 August-December (2nd Semester)

• IDI2015 Anthro Design, PUC School of Engineering (37 students)
  Challenges: Hunter Douglas – Santiago TOPIC: Opportunities to improve fabrication process/ Hunter Douglas –  TOPIC: Opportunities in residential consumption Chile/ Chilectra – Santiago TOPIC: Service experience for clients/ Chilectra – Santiago TOPIC: Service experience for businesses (B2B)/ Metrogas – Santiago  TOPIC: Opportunities in residential consumption in Puerto Montt/ Metrogas – Santiago / TOPIC: Opportunities in residential consumption in Temuco-Pucón/ Imagen de Chile – Santiago TOPIC: Opportunities to create an identity of astronomic capital/ Imagen de Chile – Santiago TOPIC: Opportunities to connect astronomy and education/ FabLab UC – Santiago TOPIC: Opportunities to connect with the local industry
• Research undergraduate and graduate, PUC School of Engineering
  1 undergraduate student in education, 1 in biomedical research, 1 MSc

2015-1 March-July (1st Semester)

• IDI2004 Design and Systems Thinking Lab, PUC School of Engineering (17 students)
  Projects: Escuela de Medicina PUC – Santiago. TOPIC: Education and simulation in urology/ CINTAC – Santiago TOPIC: Innovating in Construction Systems / Departamento de Ingeniería Estructural Ingeniería UC-Santiago  TOPIC: Vineyards and Seismology / Metrogas – Santiago Topic: Innovating in the connection and delivery of natural gas services / Electrolux – Santiago Topic: Innovating in the whole delivery system of home appliance

2014-2 August-December

• IDI2004 Design and Systems Thinking Lab, PUC School of Engineering (9 students – while optional course)
  Projects: Chilectra – Santiago  TOPIC: Energy for residence heating/ Modernización del Estado GOB Chile- Santiago TOPIC: Government Notre Dame University – South Bend TOPIC: Aging Populations
• IDI2015 Anthro Design, PUC School of Engineering (20 students)
  Challenges: Modernización del Estado GOB Chile, Santiago // TOPIC: Government Services /Departamento de Ingeniería de Transportes UC Santiago. TOPIC: Buses / Escuela de Medicina UC, Santiago TOPIC: Medical Training / Parque Metropolitano Santiago TOPIC: Government Services Parks & Security
  • ICM2985 Undergraduate Research Students (IPRE)
  1. Inés Ortúzar (Mechanical) – Orthosis
  • IDI2985 Undergraduate Research Students (IPRE)
  1. Sebastián Corthorn (Construction) – Orthosis