Welcome to the Roper Mountain Bioengineering Innovation Lab website!
Roper Mountain Science Center (RMSC) is a center in Greenville, SC, devoted to science enrichment through interactive and informative displays. Founded in 1984, the center has been a place of learning for elementary and middle schools throughout the Upstate. However, the exhibits are in desperate need of updating. Through funding by the South Carolina government, a grant has been secured for renovations. Seven hundred square feet of the museum will be devoted to biomedical engineering and nanotechnology. This creative inquiry focuses on developing technologically advanced displays targeted to seventh grade students that engage and excite them in the field of biomedical engineering. The first interactive display we are working on involves relating high impact collisions in sports and concussions. It will show the students the importance wearing protective helmets in sports, and allow them to design their own helmets for testing. A second project is a surgery simulator which will give students an interactive approach to robotic surgery. Students from the Roper Mountain Creative Inquiry team have been working on these projects for the past year and look forward to seeing them in action at the museum in the near future.
Roper Mountain Science Center (RMSC) is a center in Greenville, SC, devoted to science enrichment through interactive and informative displays. Founded in 1984, the center has been a place of learning for elementary and middle schools throughout the Upstate. However, the exhibits are in desperate need of updating. Through funding by the South Carolina government, a grant has been secured for renovations. Seven hundred square feet of the museum will be devoted to biomedical engineering and nanotechnology. This creative inquiry focuses on developing technologically advanced displays targeted to seventh grade students that engage and excite them in the field of biomedical engineering. The first interactive display we are working on involves relating high impact collisions in sports and concussions. It will show the students the importance wearing protective helmets in sports, and allow them to design their own helmets for testing. A second project is a surgery simulator which will give students an interactive approach to robotic surgery. Students from the Roper Mountain Creative Inquiry team have been working on these projects for the past year and look forward to seeing them in action at the museum in the near future.