Biomolecular Engineering: From Molecules to Tissues

摘要目标是：开发的材料，使所有本科化学工程专业的学生在核心课程的背景下了解当前生物技术的工业应用；我们将培养感兴趣的本科和研究生化学工程学生，通过将当前的研究纳入课程来迎接生物技术的新挑战。这些目标的实现是通过实现以下具体目标：开发新的生物技术课程——一门名为“生物分子工程”的高级本科/低级研究生课程将侧重于分子、细胞和组织水平的工程分析和应用。它将主要基于密歇根大学实验室及其一些工业研究合作伙伴正在进行的研究工作。现有的高级生化工程课程将进行修改，纳入更高级的概念。由此产生的生物工程序列将为学生提供广度和深度的生物技术知识。2. 为新课程开发交互式多媒体软件，并将其整合到本科化学工程核心课程中。该软件将用于新课程（目标1）以及涵盖生物技术更传统方面的现有生物技术课程，例如发酵过程设计。该软件的简化版本将准备用于核心本科化学工程课程。这些模块将在全国范围内分发，既可以激励学生接触生物技术领域，也可以促进学生在应用于新情况时分析工程基础。＊＊＊

9420567 Montgomery ABSTRACT The goals are: The developed materials to expose all undergraduate chemical engineering students to current industrial applications of biotechnology within the context of the core curriculum; and we will train interested undergraduate and graduate chemical engineering students to meet the new challenges in biotechnology by integrating current research into the curriculum. The accomplished of these goals are by fulfilling the following specific aims: 1. Develop a new biotechnology curriculum - An upper level undergraduate/lower level graduate course, entitled "Biomolecular Engineering", will focus on engineering analyses and applications at the molecular, cellular, and tissue level. It will be based largely on on-going research efforts in laboratories of the University of Michigan and some of its industrial research partners. The existing upper level biochemical engineering courses will be modified to include more advanced concepts. The resulting bioengineering sequence will provide students with breadth as well as depth of knowledge in biotechnology. 2. Develop interactive multimedia-based software for the new curriculum and for national integration into the core undergraduate chemical engineering curriculum - This software will be used in the new course (Aim 1) as well as in an existing biotechnology course which covers the more traditional aspects of biotechnology, e.g. fermentation process design. Abbreviated versions of the software will be prepared for use in core undergraduate chemical engineering courses. These modules, which will be distributed nationally, will serve both as motivators to provide exposure to the biotechnology field as well as facilitators to enable students to analyze engineering fundamentals as they are applied to new situations. ***