About
The BME Design Spaces are housed in the Lurie Biomedical Engineering Building on North Campus at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
The goals of these spaces are to:
• foster community and teamwork in biomedical engineering
• promote experiential learning through prototyping, fabrication, and testing
• increase interprofessional interactions between engineering , industry, and medicine
You can see views of the spaces in the image carousel below to get an overview of the spaces, or scroll down this page to learn more about each space.
BME Commons
The BME Commons is a two-story atrium area with couches, chair, and tables. It is a space for BME students and friends to congregrate, socialize, study, and unwind. It features large south-facing windows and a glass showcase that exhibits displays about BME's history, current activities, and future.
Collaboration Spaces
These spaces feature counter seating, a kitchenette, and semi-enclosed huddle areas to promote collaboration and interaction. Central wall-mounted monitors allow students to display their work or can display messages. A glass-enclosed showcase connects the space visually to the BME Commons.
Ideation Spaces
These spaces are designed for students and student teams to hold meetings and working sessions in an open and inviting space. The VizHub stations feature fully-equipped CAEN workstations, and the Huddles provide floor-to-ceiling whiteboards and a wall-mounted monitor.
Prototyping Hub
Project lockers and work stations
Hand tools and prototyping supplies
This space is for simple prototyping and fabrication using crafting supplies and hand tools. It features eight moveable butcher-block workstations and a central work counter with ventilation. The entire south wall is devoted to project lockers and the entire surface is writeable whiteboard. This room also has a computer and workstation for student Design Space Supervisors.
3D Printing Workshop
3D printers (FDM and SLA)
Processing stations and industrial sewing machine
Appended to the Prototyping Hub is a high ventilation room that houses up to 14 commercial 3D printers, including FDM, SLA, and multi-material printers. The room also has print processing equipment and workstations, as well as an industrial-grade sewing machine.
Fabrication Workshop
Project work areas and supplies.
Storage bays for BME student co-curricular groups.
This room is for larger-scale and more advanced prototyping, and is still being outfitted to provide enhanced machining and fabrication tools. It features large work areas and storage for supplies. It also houses floor-to-ceiling storage bays for use by the BME Department and BME-affiliated student groups (Beta Mu Epsilon, BMES Student Chapter, BME Graduate Student Council, M-HEAL, MedLaunch, Sling Health).
Biomechanics & Biotechnology Lab
Mechanical testing, microscopy, and instrumentation workstations.
Cell and tissue culture lab.
This teaching lab houses mechanical testing, microscopy, and analytical tools used for BME courses and student design teams, including six workstations and two chemical fume hoods. It also features a cell and tissue culture laboratory with three biosafety cabinets and associated microscopes, incubators, centrifuges, and cold storage.
Instrumentation Lab
This teaching lab is focused on circuit design and testing. It includes eight workstations, lecture projection capabilities and a soldering station.
Active Learning Classroom
The configuration of this large classroom is flexible to accommodate different session types and sizes (up to 132 people, see below). It features 12 CAEN workstations either wall-mounted or on moveable carts. It has full videoconferencing and lecture capture capabilities.
Simulation Studio
This room is outfitted to resemble a clinical environment, with a hospital headwall, sink, storage cabinets, and wall-mounted display monitor. It also features a height-adjustable worktable and a moveable laptop cart. This space is for use by student teams for customer discovery, human factors engineering, and device testing.
Meeting Rooms
Multifunction Room
Student Conference Room
To reserve the Student Conference Room, click here.
These rooms are for meetings of student teams, subgroups from courses, department faculty and staff, and other BME stakeholders. Both are equipped with full videoconferencing facilities, including front cameras and room microphones.