The NBC2: Growing a Regional and National Bioeconomy, One Locale at a Time

生物制造业是少数几个在国家和全球经济低迷的情况下继续扩张的制造业之一。生物制药和生物燃料是在这个新的，先进的技术，STEM丰富的行业中在细胞工厂中制造的生物产品。该项目继续中心的活动，以继续鼓励在全国范围内创建更多的生物制造项目，以支持不断增长的生物制药，生物燃料，再生医学和生物制品行业，即生物经济。 此外，它还扩展了NBC 2课程材料，增加了额外的生物燃料和新的干细胞动手实验室，与世界上最大的合同生物制造商合作的虚拟工业生物制造生产模块，以及用于生物制造课程中动手实验室的在线讲座系列。该项目还在试验NBC 2课程模块的灵活包装，以便为各种受众（高中，社区学院，大学，学生毕业生和在职工人）和时间框架定制课程。它正在为许多单元建立一个“盒装课程”，以便提供讲授每个单元所需的材料和用品。通过扩大职业网站www.biomanufacturingcareers.org，公众对生物制造职业道路的了解得到了加强。NBC 2正在努力提供全国制造业协会认可的生物制造技术人员认证。该项目正在利用基于网络的数据分析记录和公布有关学生职业道路的细节，这些数据分析跟踪学生并显示行业趋势。该中心预计将申请非营利地位，以维持NSF ATE资助后的中心。该项目的智力价值包括：1）使用不同的教学方法来教授生物制药，生物燃料和其他交叉生物制造领域，包括动手实验室，教科书，在线讲座和在线辅助支持，生成一套完整的课程产品。 此外，该项目正在开发虚拟生物制造设备和过程，以教授，评估和实践故障排除; 2）这些产品以许多不同的格式提供，包括传统的印刷或在线供不同人群的学生使用; 3）职业道路，包括高中，社区大学，生物制造经验和生物制造职业生涯;以及4）使用基于网络的数据分析工具来跟踪学生的职业路径并显示行业趋势。 该提案的更广泛影响包括：1）建立一个国家网络，为生物制造教育和培训提供自我维持的地方基础设施，并为支持不断增长的生物经济提供劳动力; 2）生物制造教育和培训课程和计划的制度化; 3）继续开发新的教学材料，以增加和加强现有的产品; 4）由全国制造商协会认可的生物制造认证考试; 5）收集生物制造职业道路和生物经济的数据;和6）成立一个非营利实体，销售产品和服务，及时支持NBC 2的功能，不断增长的合作伙伴，指导计划，促进生物制造职业道路，更新课程设置，并为学生，教师，教师和技术人员提供专业发展机会。

Biomanufacturing is one of the few manufacturing industries that continues to expand in spite of downturns in the national and global economy. Biopharmaceuticals and biofuels are among the bioproducts manufactured in cellular factories in this new, advanced technology, STEM-rich industry. This project continues the center activities in order to continue to encourage the creation of additional biomanufacturing programs throughout the nation to support a growing biopharmaceutical, biofuels, regenerative medicine, and bioproducts industry, that is, the bioeconomy. In addition, it expands the NBC2 curricular materials, adding additional biofuels and new stem cell hands-on laboratories, virtual industrial biomanufacturing production modules in partnership with the world's largest contract biomanufacturer, and an online lecture series to be used to accompany hands-on laboratories in biomanufacturing courses. The project also is experimenting with flexible packaging of NBC2 curricular modules to allow customization of courses for various audiences (high school, community college, university, student graduates and incumbent workers) and time frames. It is building a "Course in a Box" for many modules in order to provide access to the materials and supplies needed to teach each module. Public understanding of biomanufacturing career paths is enhanced through the expansion of a career website at www.biomanufacturingcareers.org. The NBC2 is working to offer a National Association of Manufacturing-endorsed biomanufacturing technician certification. The project is documenting and publicizing details about career paths of students using web-based data analysis that tracks students and shows trends in industry. The Center expects to apply for non-profit status to sustain the center after NSF ATE funding. The intellectual merit of the project includes: 1) generation of a complete suite of curriculum products using different pedagogical approaches to teach biopharmaceutical, biofuels and other crossover biomanufacturing fields, including hands-on laboratories, textbooks, online lectures with online ancillary support. In addition, the project is developing virtual biomanufacturing equipment and processes to teach, assess and practice troubleshooting; 2) availability of these products in many different formats, including traditional print or online for use by diverse populations of students; 3) a career path that includes high school, community college, biomanufacturing experience, and a career in biomanufacturing; and 4) use of a web-based data analysis tools to track student career paths and show trends in industry. The broader impacts of the proposal include: 1) creation of a national network of self-sustaining local infrastructures for biomanufacturing education and training, and the workforce to support a growing bioeconomy; 2) institutionalization of biomanufacturing education and training courses and programs; 3) continued development of new instructional materials to grow and enhance current offerings; 4) a biomanufacturing certification exam endorsed by the National Association of Manufacturers; 5) data collected on biomanufacturing career paths and the bioeconomy; and 6) formation of a non-profit entity to sell products and services which in time will support NBC2 functions of growing partners, mentoring programs, promoting biomanufacturing career paths, updating curricular offerings, and providing professional development opportunities for students, faculty, teachers and technicians.