Mechanical Properties of Biological Tissue: Integration into Undergraduate Biology and Engineering Curricula

跨学科（99）本项目通过“生物组织的力学特性”课程，为机械工程和生物学专业的学生带来跨学科的研究。包括生物学在工程中的应用在内的新兴领域是重要的，涉及许多领域的贡献。本课程为生物工程领域的工程和科学专业的学生提供了更多的机会。该项目的重点是加强不同学科的学生和教师之间的合作，以解决日益复杂的技术问题。通过创新的学习模块，生物学和工程学的学生从各自学科的角度进行互动和分享专业知识。学生作为同行导师在动手发现为基础的实验室设置研究结缔组织工程涉及的问题。本课程培养的学生已经体验到在不同学科背景的同行中工作和在不同学科背景的同行中工作的好处。这种相互作用有助于创造一支准备好解决日益复杂的技术问题的劳动力队伍。

Interdisciplinary(99) This project brings interdisciplinary study to mechanical engineering and biology students through a course entitled "Mechanical Properties of Biological Tissue". Emerging fields which include biology applications in engineering are important and involve contributions from a number of fields. The course enhances opportunities for students from engineering and science in the field of bioengineering. The project focuses on the need to increase collaboration between students and faculty from different disciplines to solve increasingly complex problems in technology. Through innovative modules of learning, biology and engineering students interact and share expertise from the perspectives of their disciplines. Students serve as peer mentors in a hands-on discovery-based laboratory setting to study issues involved in the engineering of connective tissues. The course produces students who have experienced the benefits of working at the interface of disciplines and working in tandem with peers from a different disciplinary background. This interaction contributes to the creation of a workforce prepared to address increasingly complex technological problems.