Ann Saterbak

Journal article Journal of Research in Science Teaching · January 1, 2019 Can engaging college students in client-centered projects in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) coursework increase interest in STEM professions? The current study explored the effectiveness of project-based learning (PjBL) courses on ... Full text Cite

Using a Teaching Intervention and Calibrated Peer Review™ Diagnostics to Improve Visual Communication Skills.

Journal article Annals of biomedical engineering · March 2018 Rice University's bioengineering department incorporates written, oral, and visual communication instruction into its undergraduate curriculum to aid student learning and to prepare students to communicate their knowledge and discoveries precisely and pers ... Full text Cite

Implementing and assessing a flipped classroom model for first-year engineering design

Journal article Advances in Engineering Education · January 1, 2016 Faculty at Rice University are creating instructional resources to support teaching first-year engineering design using a flipped classroom model. This implementation of flipped pedagogy is unusual because content-driven, lecture courses are usually target ... Cite

Maji: a new tool to prevent overhydration of children receiving intravenous fluid therapy in low-resource settings.

Journal article The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · May 2015 We designed and evaluated the accuracy and usability of a device to regulate the volume of fluid dispensed during intravenous drip therapy. The mechanical system was developed in response to a pressing need articulated by clinicians in pediatric wards thro ... Full text Cite

Educational methods and best practices in BME laboratories.

Journal article Annals of biomedical engineering · February 2006 Full text Cite

Development of new bioengineering curricula at Rice university

Journal article Transactions 7th World Biomaterials Congress · December 1, 2004 Rice University has developed a new bioengineering curricula at the graduate and undergraduate levels. The new curricula aims to provide students with a rigorous engineering background while making them fully conversant in modern cellular and molecular bio ... Cite

Erratum: A laboratory batch reactor test for assessing nonspeciated volatile organic compound biodegradation in activated sludge (Water Environment Research (2003) 75 (342-353))

Journal article Water Environment Research · January 1, 2004 Cite

A laboratory batch reactor test for assessing nonspeciated volatile organic compound biodegradation in activated sludge.

Journal article Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · July 2003 The relative rates of biodegradation and stripping and volatilization of nonspeciated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in wastewater treated with aerobic activated-sludge processes can be quantified using a newly developed procedure. This method was adapt ... Full text Cite

Ecotoxicological and analytical assessment of effects of bioremediation on hydrocarbon-containing soils

Journal article Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry · January 1, 2000 Ecotoxicological assessments of contaminated soils require an understanding of the impact of chemicals on the terrestrial ecosystem. Eight hydrocarbon-containing field soils were evaluated using physical-chemical, hydrocarbon, and ecotoxicological assays d ... Full text Cite

Ecotoxicological and analytical assessment of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils and application to ecological risk assessment

Journal article Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry · July 1, 1999 Ecotoxicological assessments of contaminated soil aim to understand the effect of introduced chemicals on the soil flora and fauna. Ecotoxicity test methods were developed and conducted on hydrocarbon-contaminated soils (<5,000-30,000 mg/kg total petroleum ... Full text Cite

Adhesion mediated by bonds in series.

Journal article Biotechnology progress · September 1996 Cell adhesion in physiological situations and biotechnological applications is often mediated through serial protein/protein linkages. The adhesion strength of cell/substrate contacts through receptor/ligand bonds in series is explored with a simple mathem ... Full text Cite

Heterogeneity and probabilistic binding contributions to receptor-mediated cell detachment kinetics.

Journal article Biophysical journal · July 1993 Biospecific cell adhesion is mediated by receptor-ligand bonds. Early theoretical work presented a deterministic analysis of receptor-mediated cell attachment and detachment for a homogeneous cell population. However, initial comparison of a deterministic ... Full text Cite