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Baeta, Adelaide Maria Coelho; Liboreiro, Karla Rocha; Diniz, Marcia Consuelo; Padrão, Vanessa Paiva; Teixeira, Camila Palhares – Industry and Higher Education, 2022
This paper analyses evidence of innovation in the joint work of a company, a university and government in creating a professional Master's degree program in Biotechnology and Innovation Management at the Centro Universitário de Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It presents a new perspective by combining two fields of knowledge: biotechnology and…
Descriptors: Program Development, Masters Programs, Biotechnology, Innovation
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Kyle, Aaron M.; Jangraw, David C.; Bouchard, Matthew B.; Downs, Matthew E. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2016
This paper presents the development, implementation, and assessment of a project-based Bioinstrumentation course. All course lectures and hands-on laboratory activities are related to a central project theme: a cardiac pacemaker. The students create a benchtop cardiac pacemaker by applying instrumentation knowledge acquired in the course to each…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Engineering Education, Biotechnology
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Janasik, Nina – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2011
The notions of user involvement and user orientation have become popular catchphrases in innovation research and practice. Central in this research are the ideas that knowledge about users leads to better design, and that the interests of users and producers need to be aligned. In another field of research, scholars have long recognised the…
Descriptors: Semantics, Innovation, Program Development, Research and Development
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Herz, Lori; Russo, M. Jean; Ou-Yang, H. Daniel; El-Aasser, Mohamed; Jagota, Anand; Tatic-Lucic, Svetlana; Ochs, John – Advances in Engineering Education, 2011
The undergraduate Bioengineering Program at Lehigh University was established as part of the university's Bioscience and Biotechnology Initiative with support from the National Science Foundation through a grant from its Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC). The objective here is to describe the program development and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Engineering Education, Biotechnology, Program Descriptions
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Liang, Jia-chi; Kung, Shieh-shiuh; Sun, Yi-ming – Chemical Engineering Education, 2009
Yuan Ze University targeted Biomaterials Science and developed a curriculum related to Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering, and Biomaterials for engineering students to cultivate talents for both engineering and biotechnology. After several years of operation, recruiting students has succeeded, and students are satisfied with the course design…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Butler, Peter J.; Dong, Cheng; Snyder, Alan J.; Jones, A. Daniel; Sheets, Erin D. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2008
Summer undergraduate research programs in science and engineering facilitate research progress for faculty and provide a close-ended research experience for students, which can prepare them for careers in industry, medicine, and academia. However, ensuring these outcomes is a challenge when the students arrive ill-prepared for substantive research…
Descriptors: Cytology, Undergraduate Study, Summer Science Programs, Biotechnology
Georgia Univ., Athens. Dept. of Vocational Education. – 1990
This publication contains statewide standards for the biotechnology program in Georgia. The standards are divided into 12 categories: foundations (philosophy, purpose, goals, program objectives, availability, evaluation); admissions (admission requirements, provisional admission requirements, recruitment, evaluation and planning); program…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Competency Based Education, Program Development
Musil, Caryn McTighe, Ed.; Hovland, Kevin, Ed. – Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2006
This issue of "Diversity Digest" grows out of one recent effort to raise the visibility of science in diversity and global learning initiatives. Articles in this issue include: (1) Science, Diversity, and Global Learning: Untangling Complex Problems (Kevin Hovland); (2) Breaking the Pyramid: Putting Science in the Core (Darcy Kelley);…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Global Approach, Higher Education, Cultural Pluralism
Stevens, Carla J.; And Others – 1996
The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) Career Academy was initiated at Worthing High School (WHS) in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District at the beginning of the 1994-95 school year. The career-oriented program operated as a "school-within-a-school" program and was designed to meet the needs of students at risk of…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Biotechnology, Career Academies