Faculty DirectoryDavid Gatchell
Clinical Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Contact
2133 Sheridan RoadFord G319
Evanston, IL 60208-3109
Email David Gatchell
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Education
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA
A.B. in Physics, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Research Interests
My research interests remain focused on undergraduate engineering education, particularly in the area of engineering design. I collaborate with faculty within McCormick and outside of Northwestern to develop in-class experiences that facilitate learning about global, societal, economic, and environmental (GSEE) factors and how they can inform design decisions. I am also interested in understanding how to best scaffold these experiences throughout the curriculum so that students graduate with the tools that they need to be globally minded engineers. In practice, I am currently working to bring biomedical engineering as a discipline to sub-Saharan Africa. Supported by the NIH's Fogarty Center, a group of NU faculty from the business, engineering, and medical schools is working to develop the biomedical infrastructure in Nigeria required to identify unmet medical needs, develop solutions to these needs, and, in turn, commercialize these solutions. The overarching goal is to promote "home-grown" medical devices, processes, and products that will effectively address the needs of the local populations.
Selected Publications
- Ige, Ebenezer Olubunmi; Dare, Ademola Adebukola; Adeniyi, Kayode Anthony; Coker, Akinwale Oladotun; Murphy, Robert L.; Glucksberg, Matthew; Gatchell, David, Suitability of Hood Geometry for Design of a PCM Neonate Incubator for Resource-Limited Clinical Applications, Journal of Medical Systems 45(3) (2021).
- Gatchell, David W.; Osuntoki, Akinniyi Adediran; Coker, Akinwale Oladotun; Glucksberg, Matthew R.; Douglas, Tania; Palamountain, Kara M., Deliverables from international cooperation on an NIH-funded biomedical engineering project in Africa, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings 2018-June (2018).
- Gatchell, David W; Linsenmeier, Robert A; Murphy, Robert Leo; Coker, Akinwale Oladotun; Osuntoki, Akinniyi A., Developing innovative interdisciplinary biomedical engineering programs in Nigeria, American Society for Engineering Education (2016).