Requirements for BME MQP
The BME department has established requirements for the Major Qualifying Project (MQP) that must be fulfilled by each BME student. Because the MQP is used to fulfill the design requirement for ABET accreditation, these requirements must be met irrespective of the advisor's departmental affiliation or the number of BME students on the project. In addition to any special requirements made by the advisor, groups must 1) keep a design notebook that documents the design process, 2) complete an MQP report, and 3) present orally the results of the project.
Because of the importance of the design component of the MQP, each group is required to keep a notebook that documents the design history of the project and any other relevant documentation material. These notebooks will be available from the departmental office and will become the property of the BME Department upon completion of the project.
The MQP report must be written in a format that conforms to that given in the BME department's MQP Tutorial document. This tutorial is included as part of the BME department's MQP Resource Information Packet. The Packet can be found on the web at http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/BioMedEng/Resources/mqp_rip.pdf and contains both the tutorial and the forms that the departmental reviewer uses to evaluate the MQP reports.
The requirement that students present the results of their project orally can be fulfilled in a number of ways. The first is an oral presentation at the BME department's Project Presentation Day. This event is held in D-term of each year and involves both undergraduate and graduate presenters. All projects advised by BME faculty are required to present at this event. If your project is co-advised by a faculty member from a non-BME department, you may also be asked to present at their department's Project Presentation Day event. If your advisors are all from a non-BME department, the presentation requirement may be satisfied by presentation in that department's Project Presentation Day event. You are, however, also encouraged to present at the BME department's event, if possible. The presentation requirement may also be satisfied by a poster presentation in a non-BME department. For example, if your advisor is from the ME department, you may be asked to present in their Project Presentation Day poster session. If you will be presenting solely in a department other than BME, you must alert the BME department office to this fact prior to Project Presentation Day.
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