Chemical and BioEnergy Technology for Sustainability

布朗克斯社区学院(BCC)将与工业、政府和学术合作伙伴合作，开发可持续发展化学和生物能源技术方面的应用科学副学士学位。这一学位课程将结合生物、化学和工程学的学科，培养社区学院的学生在新兴的生物经济以及绿色化学和发酵科学的交界处就业。该项目将利用BCC正在进行的项目，如可持续能源中心、可再生燃料和可持续产品实验室和立即学院计划。现在的大学将允许高中生在这个新兴领域的职业中获得大学学分。由于BCC在纽约市的城市位置，许多有机会参加这个项目的学生将来自传统上服务不足的背景。该项目的目标是为学生在新兴的STEM领域就业做好准备，这些领域利用生物质原料平台满足对更清洁、可再生能源和化学品的需求。新的学位计划将在与生物制造、可再生交通燃料和绿色化学原料相关的领域为社区大学学生提供教育。该计划将利用首席研究员目前在仿生液体领域的工作(NSFI-CORPORT奖#1443859)，以及优先向BCC颁发的制药技术和化学奖(奖#0202386和#0936994)。BCC是纽约市一家为少数族裔服务的机构，每年约有11,500名学生接受教育。它是纽约城市大学24所学院系统的一部分，并与其服务区域的高中进行了重要的互动。这将使该项目能够影响在STEM领域任职人数不足的相当数量的学生，并为该地区的经济发展作出贡献。该项目将成为跨越学科界限的典范，为学生进入STEM职业生涯做好准备，并培养学生重要的中间就业技能。项目评估将侧重于制定项目的进度，并衡量学生的表现指标，如入学、成功和保留率。

Bronx Community College (BCC), working with industrial, governmental, and academic partners, will develop an Associates of Applied Science degree in Chemical and BioEnergy Technology for Sustainability. This degree program will combine the disciplines of biology, chemistry, and engineering, and educate community college students for careers in the emerging bio-economy and at the interface of green chemistry and fermentation science. The project will leverage ongoing projects at BCC, such as the Center for Sustainable Energy, the Renewable Fuel and Sustainable Product Laboratory and the College Now program. College Now will allow high school students to earn college credits towards careers in this emerging field. Due to BCC's urban location in the City of New York, many of the students who have access to this project will come from traditionally underserved backgrounds. The goals of this project are to prepare students for careers in emerging STEM fields that address the need for cleaner, renewable energy and chemicals using a biomass feedstock platform. The new degree program will educate community college students in fields associated with biomanufacturing, renewable transportation fuels, and green chemical feedstocks. This program will leverage the principal investigator's current work in Bionic Liquids (NSF I-Corp Award #1443859) and prior ATE awards made to BCC in pharmtech and chemtech (Award #0202386 and #0936994). BCC is a minority-serving institution in the City of New York that educates approximately 11,500 students annually. It is part of the 24 college City University of New York system and has significant interactions with high schools in its service area. This will allow the project to impact a sizable number of students underrepresented in the STEM fields and contribute to the economic development of the region. The program will be a model for crossing disciplinary boundaries to prepare students for STEM careers and developing students' important middle employment skills. Project evaluation will focus on the progress of the developing the program and measuring student performance indicators such enrollment, success, and retention.