A biomedical laboratory course has been an important part of the undergraduate curriculum in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, CWRU for several decades. It has undergone numerous modifications and adjustments, always following the contemporary trends and requirements of the science and engineering education, including current Engineering Criteria and Objectives by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). In its current form, it consists of two "tandem" courses,

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... 313 (fall) and EBME 314 (spring), in the junior year, and includes a number of educational components. These two courses are part of the Biomedical Engineering Core, and traditionally are among students' most favorite courses. 1. The course offers unique opportunities for the students to acquire hands-on experience in "real" research in a variety of biomedical engineering areas. Students perform experiments using the equipment and employing techniques that researchers use in their studies. 2. Students are trained to and required to write lab reports in form of full-length scientific paper, which gives them powerful skills in technical communication. 3. Students are required to deliver a computer-based presentation on one of their labs. 4. Students participate in grading the presentations of their peers, thus acquiring important skills in grasping material quickly, as well as in objective and fair judgment. 5. Several lectures/discussions on ethics in science and engineering in the beginning of the fall semester are appreciated by students as important and interesting experience which many of them encounter for the first time. A short essay concludes the ethics component.