Development of a Comprehensive, Fully-Integrated Biological Engineering Curriculum

这笔规划补助金旨在通过开发生物工程课程，有效地将工程原理与生物科学的教与学结合起来，促进在整个部门范围内的重大改革。新课程将把生物科学的基本知识整合到工程课程中，并将工程原理应用于生物系统，从而为学生在生物工程相关领域的职业生涯做好准备。教研结合、师资队伍持续发展将是此次院级改革的基础。这项计划拨款将：1)开发综合生物工程本科学位课程的课程，该课程将成为国家多学科努力的典范；2)调查、确定和整合对学生的学习、招生和保留具有高度影响的现代学习策略和教学环境；3)调查、确定和整合全系范围内影响较大的学生体验式学习机会；以及4)在生物工程的学习和教学科学方面吸引院系教职员工，为新课程的成功实施做好准备。这项计划拨款的重点是将正在进行的生物工程研究发展与本科生的教学联系起来。这种必要的灵活和不断发展的课程将作为类似发展的学科的典范，弥合工程和科学之间的鸿沟。通过普渡大学农业与生物工程系教员和相关利益攸关方的共同努力，他们将通过一系列工作会议开发出全面、完全整合的生物工程课程，重点放在：(1)工程和生物科学的整合，(2)包括体验式学习机会的策略，以及(3)现代教学方法的纳入和实施。更广泛的影响能够对生物现象进行量化和建模的研究进展正在导致影响和改善人类状况的发展。毕业生需要具备Abet标准3a-k所阐明的能力，对生物化学/生物学有深刻的理解，并有能力跨越工程和科学之间的传统鸿沟，才能将这些研究进展转化为实际应用。一个能够有效地招收、留住和培养多样化的学生群体，以便在不断发展的生物工程领域工作和发展的本科学位课程，将满足全国对增长技术劳动力的需求。

This planning grant is to facilitate significant reform on a departmental wide basis by developing a biological engineering curriculum that effectively integrates the teaching and learning of engineering principles with biological sciences. The new curriculum will prepare students for careers in bioengineering-related areas by integrating the fundamentals of the biological sciences into the engineering curriculum and applying engineering principles to biological systems. Integration of teaching and research as well as continuous faculty development will be the basis of this departmental level reform. This planning grant will: 1) Develop a curriculum for an integrated biological engineering undergraduate degree program that wil serve as a national model for multidisciplinary efforts; 2) Investigate, identify, and integrate modern learning strategies and pedagogical environments with high-impact on student learning, recruitment, and retention; 3) ?Investigate, identify, and integrate high-impact department-wide student experiential learning opportunities, and 4) Engage departmental faculty in the science of learning and teaching biological engineering to prepare for successful implementation of the new curriculum. Intellectual Merit This planning grant is focused on linking ongoing research developments in biological engineering to the teaching of undergraduates. This necessarily flexible and evolving curriculum will serve as a model for similarly evolving disciplines that bridge the divide between engineering and science. Through the collaborative efforts of faculty in the Department of Agricultural an Biological Engineering at Purdue University and associated stakeholders, they will develop a comprehensive, fully-integrated biological engineering curriculum through a series of working sessions that focus on: (1) integration of engineering and biological sciences, (2) strategies for including experiential learning opportunities, and (3) incorporation and implementation of modern teaching and learning methods. Broader Impacts Research advances that enable quantification and modeling of biological phenomenon are leading to developments that impact and improve the human condition. Graduates with the abilities articulated by ABET Criterion 3 a-k, deep understandings of biochemistry/biology, and an ability to work across the traditional divide between engineering and science are needed to translate these research advances to practical use. An undergraduate degree program that can effectively recruit, retain, and prepare a diverse student population to work and grow in the evolving field of biological engineering will fill a national need to grow the technical workforce.