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In my previous column, I highlighted some areas of improvement in the curriculum, including the BME Design Fellows, a great step in developing skills which could be used in the engineering industry, an area which was previously lacking.
As a senior biomedical engineering (BME) and electrical and computer (ECE) double major, Duke BME was quite the experience. Biomedical engineering is a broad field, and the coursework for the major follows a fitting path, exposing undergraduates to many different areas. I learned basics—starting at cellular biology and differential equations—to eclectic topics like materials science and physiology, to modern technologies including diagnostic imaging and medical device software design. This approach has its benefits as well as its drawbacks: on one hand, I got a taste of how broad the field really is and learned a little bit of everything, but at the same time, the major lacked a cohesive picture of what I was really meant to take away from it.
As a senior who hasn’t tented before, this tenting season was my last chance to endure the frosty temperatures, complain endlessly about how much I don’t want to sleep in a tent tonight, and forge friendships through a shared suffering. As ludicrous I think tenting actually is, here I am, a K-Ville resident.
As a Fall teaching assistant in EGR101, the new required engineering class for all first-years, the biggest question students asked me wasn’t about the materials, it was about what to take next semester. After all, spring of first year is the first chance for those interested in engineering to take a specialized course, like molecular biology or engineering innovation. For some, it’s a question of which engineering track to pursue. A seemingly endless number of introductory and fundamental classes to get through, plus a constrained schedule always leads to concerns from the first-years. With their limited knowledge of the various engineering disciplines, it’s always “I don’t know much about electrical and computer engineering/biomedical engineering/mechanical engineering, I don’t want to pick the wrong one,” or, “Do I even want to be an engineer?”
