Integration of Chemical & Biological Engineering: A Seamless Approach

该计划授予塔夫茨大学化学和生物工程系，将化学和生物工程整合在一个统一的旗帜下，从而以透明的方式将生物学添加到基地中。为了实现这一整合，五个系统（生物细胞、生物器官、聚合物植物、硅植物和氨植物）将平行引入开始课程，并在每个核心课程的其余课程中遵循。这种方法被称为“线程式课程”，提供了所需的无缝集成。“线程”也为课程提供了一个持续的背景。我们可以利用化学工程的强大范例，揭示这些系统在复杂性和规模方面的共性和差异。

This planning grant to Tufts University Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, to integrate chemical and biological engineering under one unifying banner and thus adds biology to the base in a transparent manner. To achieve this integration, five systems (a biological cell, a biological organ, a polymer plant, a silicon plant and an ammonia plant) will be introduced into the beginning courses in parallel and followed throughout the rest of the course of study in each core course. This approach, called a "threaded curriculum", provides the seamless integration desired. The "threads" also provide an ongoing context for the curriculum.. The powerful paradigm of chemical engineering can be utilized and we expose both the commonality and differences between these systems in terms of both complexity and scale.