Acquisition of Equipment for Development of a Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory

工程-化学(53)这个项目正在改造和实施生物过程工程实验室(BEL)，该实验室帮助整合理工科学生的教育，并为他们提供生物技术行业所需的专业知识。该课程是对凯伦·麦克唐纳博士在加州大学戴维斯分校(NSF ILI-LLD)制定的课程的改编，对课程的实验室和多学科团队发展部分进行了修改。具体地说，制药和其他生物技术行业使用的工艺技术的最新发展正被添加到实验室课程中，并正在开发额外的微生物生理学、生物信息学和生物化学工程课程，以加强理工科学生之间的接口技能。该项目的目标是：利用行业参与来开发BEL的实验部分；促进工程/科学家学生团队在五门课程中的使用；开发十个生物过程工程实验(用于两个实验室课程)；开发五个生化工程、生物化学和微生物学课程的示范；评估BEL在实现所述目标方面的有效性。

Engineering - Chemical (53) This project is adapting and implementing a Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory (BEL) which is helping to integrate the education of science and engineering students and provide them with the expertise necessary to be hired by the biotechnology industry. The curriculum is an adaptation of that developed at the University of California at Davis (NSF ILI-LLD) by Dr. Karen McDonald, with modifications to both the laboratory and multi-disciplinary team development components of the curriculum. Specifically, the latest developments in process technology utilized by pharmaceutical and other biotechnology industries are being added to the laboratory course, and additional courses in Microbial Physiology, Bioinformatics and Biochemical Engineering are being developed to enhance the interface skills between science and engineering students. The objectives of the project are to: utilize industry participation to develop the experimental components of the BEL; facilitate the utilization of engineering/scientist student teams in five courses; develop ten bioprocess engineering experiments (for the two laboratory courses); develop five demonstrations for biochemical engineering, biochemistry and microbiology courses; assess the effectiveness of the BEL in meeting the stated goal.