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NSF-CRCD Chemicals from Biorenewables
PI: Charles E. Glatz co-PIs: Surya Mallapragada
Balaji Narasimhan Peter Reilly
Jacqueline Shanks
Objectives
Develop four 1-credit open-ended multidisciplinary laboratory courses involving “Chemicals from Biorenewables” to be integrated with existing and new bioengineering-related ChE classes
Target audience: – undergraduate (seniors) and graduate students in
Chemical Engineering – undergraduate and graduate students in Biochemistry
and Biophysics.
Motivation: Research
ChE evolving from a petrochemical-based to a biorenewables-based discipline
Product Species used Company
Indigo Microbial Genencor
(Poly)lactic acid Microbial Cargill/Dow
Biopol Microbial/plants Monsanto
1,3 propane diol Microbial DuPont
Motivation: Research “Although classical chemical engineering and the
material sciences will remain extremely important well into the future, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to maintain the
benefits of developed economies and extend them to
developing countries in a sustainable manner without
employing biotechnology". [DuPont website]
Current ChE curriculum does not reflect this trend Introduce new courses to cover this new
technology
Motivation: Educational Problem-based learning
– Open-ended problems
– Learning based approach
– Students direct learning of the topic
– Problems provide motivation for learning
Interdisciplinary – Team-based approach
ABET criteria– Life-long learning
Existing Programs/ Resources
Research of the PIs Size of the department - among top 10 ChE
programs in the country Emphasis on quality undergraduate education Plant Sciences Institute New faculty hire Project LEARN Bioethics Institute
Proposed Curriculum Structure Four new 1-credit laboratories - each associated
with an existing or new ChE 400 or 500 level biotechnology related theory course
Each laboratory course has one open-ended design project topic and list of desired outcomes
Students work in teams of three - each team will have students with a biology/biochemistry background
Opportunity for problem-based, student-directed, multidisciplinary team-based learning
Bioethics component
Proposed Curriculum Structure
Investigator Research Instruction
P. Reilly Protein Engineering Biochemical Engr (425)J. Shanks Plant Metabolic Engineering Metabolic Engr (new)S. Mallapragada Materials for Tissue Culture Biomaterials (595G)B. Narasimhan Polymeric Materials Polymers (443)C. Glatz (PI) Bioseparations Bioseparations (562)R. Seagrave Models of Biosystems Biomed Engr (540), Assessment
Proposed Laboratory Modules
Bioinformatics Metabolic engineering Plant protein recovery Development of materials for skin tissue
propagation
Impact
Make ChE education more relevant for our undergraduate students
Teach students – problem-based learning techniques
– develop their metacognitive abilities
– life-long learning
Coupling these educational techiques with valued new technologies
Integrate some of these new experiments in a non open-ended manner into the required ChE undergraduate laboratories
Potential Collaborators
Biochemistry and Biophysics Department Food Science and Human Nutrition Industrial collaborators
– Advanced Tissue Sciences– Cargill– Dow Agrosciences– Genencor– Ajinomoto– Amersham Pharmacia– Prodigene