Title

Paul J Benkeser

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Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
Areas of Research

Areas of Research

Engineering Education , Biomedical Imaging & Instrumentation
Contact

Contact

U.A. WhitakerGeorgia Tech
pbenkeser@gatech.edu
404.385.0124
Education

Education

  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 1985 - University of Illinois, Urbana IL
  • M.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1983 - University of Illinois, Urbana IL
  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1981 - Purdue University, West Lafayette IN
Research Interests

Research Interests

Professor Benkeser's early research interests were in the areas of therapeutic and diagnostic application of ultrasound.  After joining the Coulter Department, his energies were redirected towards enhancing undergraduate biomedical engineering education, with particular interests in integrating problem-driven learning and global experiential learning opportunities into the BME curriculum.

Teaching Interests

Teaching Interests

Professor Benkeser has extensive experience teaching biomedical imaging and instrumentation at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. More recently, his teaching has focused on using problem-driven learning to introduce first- and second-year undergraduate students to the biomedical engineering design process as framed by FDA design controls, including identification of user needs, development of design inputs and design outputs, design verification and validation, and risk analysis within realistic healthcare contexts.
Publications

Publications

B. Pai, K. Patil, T. Fernandez, P. Benkeser, J. LeDoux, WIP: A novel problem-driven learning laboratory course in which biomedical engineering students conduct experiments of their own design to answer an authentic research question Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. https://peer.asee.org/41519
K. Billiar; D.P. Gaver III; K. Barbee; A. Singh; J.D. DesJardins; B. Pruitt; J. Tranqillo; G. Gaudette; B. Winkelstein; L. Makowski; J.R. Amos; A. Saterbak; J. Le Doux; B. Helmke; M. Grimm; P. Benkeser; L. Dourte Segan; B. Pfister; D. Meaney; T. Arinzeh; S. Margulies. Learning Environments and Evidence-Based Practices in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering. Biomed Eng Education 2, pp. 1-16, 2022.
K. Morgan, Y. Wu, M. Kukura, J.M. Le Doux & P.J. Benkeser. Perceived Value and Student Reflective Learning from Industry Site Visits in an Engineering Study Abroad Program, European Journal of Engineering Education, 46:5, 779-795, 2021.
C.L. Bell-Huff, T.M. Fernandez, K.L. Morgan, P. Benkeser, and J.M. LeDoux. "A Vertically Integrated Portfolio Process to Foster Entrepreneurial Mindset Within an Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Curriculum". 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line, 2020, June. ASEE Conferences, 2020. https://peer.asee.org/34081.
J. Cho and P.J. Benkeser, "Cardiac Segmentation by a Velocity-Aided Contour Model," Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 31-41, 2006.*