Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Tech Session I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

novel curriculum based upon provenpedagogical approaches designed to engage the students and improve their mastery of concepts.This paper highlights two curriculum modules developed for a bioprocess engineering programas part of a larger curriculum improvement program.Project BackgroundIn 1999, the National Research Council published How People Learn: Mind, Brain, Experience,and School 2 as the summary of what we know from research about the first three words of thistitle. This document proposed four “centerednesses” that, taken together, optimize learning:knowledge-centeredness, student-centeredness, assessment-centeredness, and community-centeredness. When these four are in place, studies show that students increase both theircontent

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Tech Session I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ernest Tollner, University of Georgia, Athens; John Schramski, University of Georgia; Caner Kazanci, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

AC 2009-2020: NETWORK PARTICLE TRACKING (NPT) FOR ECOSYSTEMTHERMODYNAMICS AND RISK ANALYSISErnest Tollner, University of Georgia, AthensJohn Schramski, University of Georgia Building on a distinguished and a uniquely diverse career in both public and private industry Dr. Schramski is a member of both the Environmental Engineering Faculty and the Systems & Engineering Ecology Research Program at the University of Georgia. Among other areas, his research and pedagogical pursuits include ecosystem energetics, industrial ecology, ecological network analysis, and engineering education curriculum. Currently, his engineering education research includes his restructuring of the traditional