Collaborative research..Molecular Biology for Environmental Engineers

合作研究..环境工程师的分子生物学

• 批准号: 0511335
• 负责人: Baikun Li
• 金额: $ 4万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-08-15 至 2007-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0511335&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; research..Molecular; Biology; Environmental; Engineers

The objective of this project is to adapt and implement a prior successful CCLI pilot project developed at the University of Cincinnati (DUE 0127279) where hands-on laboratory modules and multi-media course materials have been used to introduce teams of undergraduate engineering students to molecular biology as a screening tool to track microorganisms in the environment. The pilot project will be reproduced at four peer institutions with assessment performed both locally and a "meta-assessment" performed as an overall component of the project. An advisory board with representatives from two- and four-year undergraduate institutions, an HBCU, and the National Academy of Engineering will provide independent feedback to the team. Expected outcomes of the project include: four additional institutions offering an inquiry-based course where interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate students collaborate on open-ended group projects following the "full-cycle 16S rRNA approach"; a text book to be published by a nationally-recognized publishing house; and broad dissemination through presentations at conferences and publications in the peer-review engineering education literature. The project will include successfully bridging the gap between environmental engineering research and undergraduate instruction to integrate molecular biology tools into the day-to-day practice of environmental engineering. A two- and four-year institutions and an HBCU will participate in this project.

该项目的目的是适应和实施在辛辛那提大学（Due 0127279）开发的先前成功的CCLI试点项目，在该项目中，动手实验室模块和多媒体课程材料已被用来介绍分子生物学的筛选工具，以追踪微型机构的筛选工具。 试点项目将在四个同行机构中复制，并在本地进行评估，并且作为该项目的总体组成部分进行了“元评估”。 由两年和四年的本科机构，HBCU和美国国家工程学院的代表的顾问委员会将为团队提供独立的反馈。 该项目的预期成果包括：另外四家提供基于询问的课程的机构，本科生的跨学科团队在“全循环16S RRNA方法”之后就在开放式小组项目上合作；一本由全国认可的出版社出版的教科书；通过在同行评审工程教育文献中的会议和出版物上的演讲中进行广泛的传播。 该项目将包括成功弥合环境工程研究与本科教学之间的差距，以将分子生物学工具整合到环境工程的日常实践中。 一个两年和四年的机构和HBCU将参加该项目。