Incorporation of Problem-Based Learning into Two Courses -- Technology Foundations II-Materials and Bioprocessing -- in the Integrated Science, Business and Technology Program

拉萨尔大学正在通过将基于问题的学习（PBL）纳入其新的综合科学，商业和技术（ISBT）计划的两门课程中来加强学生的学习。ISBT是一个跨学科的本科专业，以詹姆斯麦迪逊大学的一个非常成功的项目为蓝本，利用拉萨尔在科学、技术和商业教育方面的坚实传统，培养具有独特资格的毕业生，在为现实世界的问题提供科学和经济的解决方案方面发挥积极的领导作用。资金用于购买两台utm，一台带自动进样器的气相色谱仪和两台5升B. Braun B发酵系统，并用于支持技术基础ii -材料（二年级）和生物处理（三年级）的教师和课程开发。材料是围绕学生使用通用试验机（UTM）设计的，学生正在学习使用UTM测试黑色和有色金属、聚合物和弹性体、陶瓷、复合材料和粘合剂，并进行拉伸、压缩、剪切和弯曲测试。这种实验室密集型的方法在一个学期的课程中提供了广泛的材料类型的调查，并允许每个学生发现材料类型和物理行为的有效分类。生物加工旨在整合以前课程中介绍的概念，并传授发酵系统基础知识，几种不同哺乳动物和微生物生化系统的知识，以及对每个系统独特要求的欣赏。学生操纵和使用实时数据保持发酵系统在控制之下。PBL是通过便利的小型学生团体和利用新设备提供的。

Interdisciplinary (99)LaSalle University is enhancing student learning by incorporating Problem-Based Learning (PBL) into two courses that are integral components of its new Integrated Science, Business and Technology (ISBT) Program. Modeled after a very successful program at James Madison University, ISBT is an interdisciplinary, undergraduate major that draws on LaSalle's solid traditions in science, technology, and business education to develop graduates that are uniquely qualified to take active leadership roles in arriving at scientifically and economically informed solutions to real-world problems. Funds are being used to purchase two UTMs, one Gas Chromatograph with auto sampler, and two, 5-liter B. Braun B Fermentation Systems, and to support faculty and curriculum development for Technology Foundations II-Materials (sophomore-level) and Bioprocessing (junior-level). Materials are designed around student use of a Universal Testing Machine (UTM) and students are learning to use the UTM to test ferrous and non-ferrous metals, polymers and elastomers, ceramics, composites, and adhesives and to perform tensile, compression, shear, and flexure testing. This laboratory-intensive approach affords the investigation of a broad range of material types within a one-semester course and permits each student to discover a valid taxonomy of material type and physical behavior. Bioprocessing is designed to integrate concepts introduced in previous courses and imparts an understanding of fermentation system fundamentals, knowledge of several different mammalian and microbial biochemical systems, and an appreciation of the unique requirements of each system. Students manipulate and use real-time data to keep fermentation systems under control. PBL is being delivered through facilitated small student groups and utilize the new equipment.