Tyler G Harvey, PhD

Contact Information

Office: 313 Rhodes Engineering Research Center
Phone: (864) 656-8616
Email: tgharve@clemson.edu

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Education

PhD, Bioengineering, Clemson University, 2018
Certificate, Engineering and Science Education, Clemson University, 2018
MS, Bioengineering, Clemson University, 2016
BS, Bioengineering (Bioelectrical), Clemson University, 2014

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Research Interests

Novel Pedagogical Methods in Engineering Education
Alternative Grading
Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering
Engineering Identity and Career Development
Sports Biomechanics
Computational Modeling of Living Systems
Scanning Probe Microscopy

Recent Publications & Patents

T.G. Harvey. Factors Influencing Career Choice and Success in Undergraduate BME Students (Work in Progress). ASEE Annual Conference 2024.

A.R. Smothers, J.R. Henderson, J.J. O'Connell, J.M. Stenbeck, D. Dean, T.G. Harvey, B.W. Booth. Efficacy and Selectivity of Tumor-Treating Field Therapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells via In-House Delivery Device. Discover Oncology. 2023 Mar 29;14(1):34.

J. Rodriguez-Devora, T.G. Harvey, K. Frady, M. Hinson, B. Putnam, W.D. Ferriell. Outreach Program Evaluation through the Lens of Engineering Identity Development (Evaluation). ASEE Annual Conference 2022.

R. Rapert, R.A. Latour, G. Chumanov, T.G. Harvey, G. Korneva. (2021). A Simple, Low-Cost Method of Measuring Ammonia Concentration in Exhaled Breath for Routine Monitoring of Chronic Kidney Disease. (US Patent Application No. 17,517,919). Pending.

A.N. Chowdhury, H. T. Vo, S. Olang, E. Mappus, B. Peterson, N. Hlavac, T. Harvey, D. Dean. A Customizable Chamber for Measuring Cell Migration. J. Vis. Exp. 121. e55264, doi:10.3791/55264 (2017).

Courses I Teach

I teach primarily undergraduate Bioengineering classes. While my main focus is on senior capstone design, I also get to teach a variety of other classes for underclassmen. Here is a listing of courses I am teaching now or have taught recently. Click on any course for a copy of a recent syllabus.

• BIOE 1010: Biology for Bioengineers
• BIOE 2000: Bioengineering Professional Development
• BIOE 2010: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
• BIOE 3000: Bioengineering Ethics and Entrepeneurship
• BIOE 3700: Bioinstrumentation and Imaging
• BIOE 4010: Bioengineering Design Theory
• BIOE 4030: Applied Biomedical Design
• BIOE 4200: Sports Engineering

I'm also a faculty advisor for Clemson Bionics. Check them out on TigerQuest and Facebook.

Office Hours

Want to meet with me? Use one of the links below to schedule an appointment.

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Student Awards

I'm fortunate to mentor incredible Bioengineering undergraduates in Capstone Design. Here are a few of their recent successes:

Clemson News: Student bioengineering team wins national competition for U-Sert medical technology

Clemson News: Clemson University bioengineers win two national titles at Collegiate Inventors Competition

Clemson News: Clemson bioengineering team wins second place in ACC design contest

Software

Sometimes I make software to make research and teaching easier. Here's a couple of my recent projects:

CellSpark

CellSpark is a MATLAB based electrophysiology simulator used to allow inquiry based learning in undergrad BioE classes.

Recommended citation: Harvey, TG (2017). CellSpark Electrophysiology Simulator. [Computer Software]. Clemson, SC: Clemson University.

AFM Indentation Analysis

This is a MATLAB tool used to make the processing of AFM indentation data a little easier. It's designed for data from IGOR-based systems (Asylum) but it should work with any data.

Recommended citation: Harvey, TG & Dean, D (2017). AFM Indentation Analysis [Computer Software]. Clemson, SC: Clemson University.

Outreach

I'm passionate about increasing access to STEM for underserved and underrepresented groups. Here are a few of my past and current outreach projects:

Call Me Doctor© ESTEEMED

The NIH-funded Call Me Doctor© - ESTEEMED (Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Educational Diversity) Scholars Program helps underrepresented freshman and sophomore-level trainees develop as scholars and scientists. It lays strong foundations through academic enrichment, financial support, faculty and peer mentoring, and training in Clemson biomedical research laboratories.

Click the logo to the left to view more information about the ESTEEMED Scholars Program.

SCGSSM GoSciTech Engineering Summer Day Camp

I work extensively with the Outreach Programs division at the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics. Through this partnership, I help develop and deliver curriculum for GoSciTech Day - Engineering (Formerly CREATEng), a summer camp for rising 7-9th graders across South Carolina.

Click the logo at the left to find out more about GoSciTech Day and other outreach experiences at SCGSSM.

EXPLORE Mobile Lab

The EXPLORE Mobile Lab is a partnership between Duke Energy and Clemson's College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences which provides hands on engineering activities to 6-8th grade students across South Carolina. Using the lab as a resource, we're hoping to gauge the current state of engineering identity among SC middle school students as well as gauging the effect of outreach programs in general on helping to grow engineering identity.

Click the logo to the left to view more information about the EXPLORE Mobile Lab.

K-12 Sports Science CI

K-12 Sports Science was a student led Creative Inquiry project aimed at developing an outreach program to engage middle school student athletes in STEM by engaging them with Sports Science technologies. The second goal of this project is to provide hands on experience in circuit design, prototyping, and coding to underclassmen General Engineering and Bioengineering students here at Clemson.

Click the logo to the left to view the student designed website which documents the progress on the project and future goals.