Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

, students also could relateto the importance of measurement and control of biological systems with an aim to maximize thebenefit from the system. The examples and laboratory exercises had allowed the students to relate therole of instrumentation for both measurement and control in variety of scenarios.The question on “I feel that skills I learned with respect to MATLAB have broader use to my futurecourses, and my career” also showed a significant difference between pre- and post- tests and positivelydemonstrated that repeated experience through multiple courses enforced the skills on using specificengineering tool and gain an understanding on lifelong professional implications of such skills. Some ofthe students from the class continued to use the

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle Bellmer, Oklahoma State University; Mary E. Rezac, Kansas State University; Danielle Julie Carrier, University of Arkansas; Daniel Humburg, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

message from thesurvey was that the employee pool lacked knowledge and experience with biobased processes.The survey findings demonstrated that there exists an urgent need for specialized training that isaccessible for on-campus students as well as industry personnel who would like to pursuedistance education while working full-time.Four Universities are working together to develop a new graduate program that preparesparticipants for careers in the emerging biobased industries by enhancing their knowledge inrenewable resource development. In order to optimize resources and to utilize expertise atmultiple institutions, the program will be delivered via distance education through each of thepartner institutions, making it accessible anywhere in the