A novel approach to learning virtual engineering in the medical devices process
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A novel approach to learning virtual engineering in the medical devices process Clara Isabel López 1
& Luis
Eduardo Bautista 1 & Carlos Mantilla 2
Received: 17 October 2019 / Accepted: 21 May 2020/ # Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Currently, the use of computer-based technologies has increased to support the design process of biomedical products. However, the limited capacity of undergraduates to work with the technologies used in the development process negatively influences the research execution for biomedical product design. For this reason, we design a framework for knowledge transfer required by undergraduate students. The study aim was to evaluate the framework proposed as a strategy for knowledge transfer and ICT skills strengthening. The framework presented, manage teaching and learning process of software tools used during the ideation and development of biomedical products. The framework is oriented to undergraduates’ students in the research group, working in their final degree project. An evaluation tool was designed and applied with four undergraduate cohorts. The students’ perception of learning process satisfaction, complexity, difficulty, and usefulness of software applications was evaluated. The software applications evaluated were used in Reverse Engineering, Computer-Aided Design, Computer-Aided Engineering, and Additive Manufacturing. The results show: the role of stakeholders involved in the training process, perceived differences of teaching and learning strategy, and the value of technical support. Likewise, the empowerment and the affinity degree in developing biomedical products was evidenced. Keywords Knowledge transfer . New products development . Teaching and learning
model . RE, CAD, CAE, RP . PBL
* Clara Isabel López [email protected]
1
Escuela de Diseño Industrial, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
2
Escuela de Economía, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
Education and Information Technologies
1 Introduction In the last three decades, manufacturing processes have been evolving from mass production to lean production, mass customization to personalization (Singh et al. 2018), and recently, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which involves connectivity, flexible automation (Badri et al. 2018; Mourtzis et al. 2018; Rodriguez-Salvador and Mancilla-de-la-Cruz 2018), and smart manufacturing (Lopes de Sousa Jabbour et al. 2018). In this evolution, the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been incorporated into the design and development processes, re-defining and strengthening the manufacturing future (Wang 2018). The medical industry follows this trend, and ICT has also been incorporated into the design and development process of biomedical devices (Pegalajar 2015). This dynamic industry supports the process of new products developing, in the virtual technologies use (Ovtcharova 2010), associated with CAx technologies (CAD, CAM, CAE) (Corallo et al. 2013; Mavroidis et
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