Conference Session

Innovations in Biological/Agricultural Education-II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Meyer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

, 1993, Carr, 1996, and others), or small, but significant paperbacks (Turner and Hill, 1999and Ramsey 1996). Monographs are best used as library reserve resource materials. Some booksfeature a programming language for instrumentation and controls. Examples are Khalid (2000),Olansen and Rosow (2002), Travis and Kring (2006), and Khoo (1999). Many text books dependon the student’s background to understand the material presented. A new text book beingcompleted by the author also provides the student of this discipline an opportunity to understandand gain practical experience with modern measurement equipment, data acquisition, and digitalcontrol systems. The course assumes that the student is a junior, senior pre-engineer, or afirst–year graduate

Conference Session

Innovations in Biological/Agricultural Education-I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS; Jerry Visser, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

, manufacturing curricula need to provide more emphasis onsustainability issues, including green engineering,21 not only at an undergraduate level, but alsofor graduate students.22 Incorporating biomass processing and utilization into engineering andtechnology curricula is one way to do this.7 In this vein, there has been a growing interest. Forexample, student research projects on bio-based polymers,23 and laboratory experiencesexamining biodegradability behavior of polymers24 have been discussed. Beyond these,unfortunately, there is a surprising lack of discussion regarding the manufacture of biologicalmaterials in terms of educational opportunities for curricular enhancement.The research literature, on the other hand, is rich with many examples of