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Students will launch the biotechnology challenge by examining how Legionnaires’ disease affects NYC communities, identifying who is most impacted in residential water systems, and generating evidence-based challenge and inquiry documents that will guide later research and engineering work as biomedical engineers.
Days 1 - 3
🚰 NYC Legionnaires Case Launch
Launch 45m
🧩 Challenge Definition
Deliverable 45m
👥 End User Overview & Inquiry Questions
Deliverable 45m
Examine
Students will analyze outbreak evidence, investigate how Legionella risk develops in residential water systems, learn from public health perspectives, and use that evidence to define a grounded engineering direction for a low-cost biosensing tool.
Days 4 - 17
🗺️ NYC Outbreak Pattern Sprint
Launch 45m
🌡️ Legionella Growth Conditions Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
📚 Source Evaluation Report
Deliverable 60m
🧪 Testing Methods and Biosensors
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🎤 Columbia Mailman Q&A Notes
Community Experience 45m
🔎 Root Cause Analysis
Deliverable 60m
🧠 Biosensor Idea Burst
Project Work 45m
📏 Criteria and Constraints Clinic
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
📝 Solution Proposal Draft
Deliverable 45m
💬 Proposal Feedback Carousel
Project Work 45m
🔁 Solution Proposal
Assessment 60m
Engineer
Students will translate outbreak research and user needs into a feasible biosensor concept for NYC residential water systems by studying exemplars, planning materials and roles, making testable design hypotheses, building an initial prototype, and revising it through peer and expert-informed feedback.
Days 18 - 26
🧪 Biosensor Trade-Off Mini Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🧭 Exemplar Exploration
Deliverable 45m
📐 Human-Centered Prototype Sketches
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🛠️ Creation Plan
Deliverable 45m
🔍 Hypothesis
Deliverable 30m
🧰 Prototype Build Sprint
Project Work 45m
👥 User Flow Feedback Round
Project Work 45m
🎓 Columbia Reviewer Q&A
Community Experience 45m
📄 Solution Development Report
Deliverable 45m
Do
Students will implement their team biosensor concepts with simulated apartment water samples, collect and analyze evidence about accuracy, reliability, and usability, and revise their conclusions using peer and stakeholder-oriented feedback before preparing results for the final share phase.
Days 27 - 29
🧪 Implementation and Data Collection Plan
Deliverable 40m
🔧 Simulated Sample Test Cycle
Project Work 50m
🧾 Implementation Results
Deliverable 45m
Share
Students will present the story of their biosensor design work for NYC Housing Authority water safety, synthesize evidence from testing and feedback, and conclude the project by documenting how their scientific understanding, engineering practice, and future goals developed across the full project.
Day 30
🔍 Growth Reflection
Assessment 45m