CUBE: Integrating Biological Engineering into Undergraduate Engineering Education at CU

这项计划拨款旨在在科罗拉多大学化学与生物工程系(CBEN)内建立一个教育基础设施，作为一个卓越的中心，用于教育学生，并在结合生物学和工程原理的领域整合教育和前瞻性研究。预计多方面的计划将结合一些不同的方法，包括新的和改进的课程、外联活动和教学进展，将导致建立化学和生物工程理科学士学位。该计划将生物、生物化学和生物工程核心课程和实验室纳入该课程；以生物工程为载体，通过开设新课程和加强核心课程来改革课程；将生物研究纳入本科教育，使每个本科生都有机会探索实验室经验，让毕业生为进一步的学术努力或就业做好充分准备；增加少数民族和女性在该系的招生和留住。

This planning grant aims to build an educational infrastructure within the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBEN) at the University of Colorado that will serve as a center of excellence for educating students and integrating education and visionary research in areas that incorporate biology and engineering principles. It is anticipated that multi-faceted plan blending a number of different approaches, including new and enhanced curricula, outreach activities and pedagogical advances will lead to establishing a B.S. degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering. The plan will integrate biology, biochemistry, and biological engineering core courses and laboratories into this curriculum; use biological engineering as a vehicle to reform the curriculum by creating new courses and enhancing the core curriculum; integrate biological research into undergraduate education so that every undergraduate has the opportunity to explore the laboratory experience and students graduate fully prepared to pursue further academic endeavors or employment; and increase the enrollment and retention of minorities and women in the department.