Undergraduate Research Experience in Biological Systems Engineering

小行星9619732 摘要 该计划为十名高级本科生提供了一个机会，在弗吉尼亚理工大学生物系统工程系教师的指导下，在为期十周的夏季进行独立研究。 学生参与者将参与土地和水工程和生物工程的研究。 该计划旨在为学生创造一个引导独立发现和自我表达成熟的环境。 学生将在团队中工作，包括教师，研究生和工作人员进行研究，目前正在调查的问题，在生物系统工程使用国家的最先进的设施，设备和仪器。 该计划的目标是提供积极，丰富，全面的研究经验，这将激发和激励学生走向生物系统工程的研究生涯。 学生将实践科学方法，提高他们的思维和推理能力，提高他们的沟通技巧，获得问题的复杂性和跨学科性质的进一步赞赏。 他们还将获得实验室和实地研究方法的实践经验，并学习如何成为一个积极的团队成员，一个专注和积极的团队，由不同背景的个人组成。 学生将参与生物系统工程的两个重叠的研究项目-土地和水工程和生物工程。 不同的研究问题领域包括：a）侧重于确定土地使用和水质最佳管理实践的影响的环境活动，以及B）旨在从生物原料开发和生产工业产品的生物加工问题。 这两个研究领域都寻求提供更可持续的作物和动物生产和加工系统，同时保护我们的土壤，水，空气和其他自然资源。 ***

9619732 Vaughan ABSTRACT This program provides an opportunity for ten advanced undergraduate students to conduct independent research during a ten-week summer period under the guidance of faculty in the Biological Systems Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. The student participants will be involved in research in Land and Water Engineering and Biological Engineering. The program is structured to create an environment for guided independent discovery and maturation of self-expression by the students. The students will work in teams including faculty, graduate students and staff conducting research on current problems being investigated in biological systems engineering using state of-the-art facilities, equipment and instrumentation. The goal of the program is to provide an active, rich, comprehensive research experience which will excite and motivate the students toward a research career in engineering for biological systems. Students will practice the scientific method, enhance their thinking and reasoning abilities, sharpen their communication skills, gain further appreciation of the complexity and interdisciplinary nature of problems. They will also gain hands-on experience in laboratory and field research methods, and learn how to be an active team member a focused and motivated group of individuals with diverse backgrounds. Student participants will be involved in two overlapping research programs in Biological Systems Engineering - Land and Water Engineering and Biological Engineering. Diverse research problem areas include a) environmental activities focused on determining the effects of land use and best management practices in water quality, and b) bioprocessing problems aimed at the development and production of industrial products from biological feedstocks. Both areas of research seek to provide more sustainable crop and animal production and processing systems while protecting our soil, water, air and other natural resources. ***