STEM project at Davis By JENNIFER NOBLIT Wednesday May 14, 2014 10:47 AM <\/p>\n
Before the school year ends, Davis Middle School eighth-graders must come up with a new way to use biometrics at the school. <\/p>\n
The new project led by teachers Eileen Shaughnessy and Sarah Redick will have students solving real-world problems and the top projects will move on to a competition for bragging rights. <\/p>\n
The project is part of the district's effort to combine real-world science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, problems into classrooms. <\/p>\n
\"We wanted to do something STEM-related with the life science unit,\" Shaughnessy said of the project. <\/p>\n
To prepare, students have read articles about biometrics and last week got a visit from Mark Ruegsegger, professor of biomedical engineering at Ohio State University. <\/p>\n
The Dublin resident has worked at OSU for 12 years and has students create inventions that solve medical problems each year. <\/p>\n
\"The big thing is to look for the idea,\" he told students. <\/p>\n
After telling them about the different areas of biomedical engineering, such as bio-imaging, tissue engineering, micro and nano technology, biomechanics and biotransport, Ruegsegger discussed the education students would need for the field. <\/p>\n
He also covered current biometrics used including fingerprints, eyes, footprints, genetic codes and blood. <\/p>\n
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