Conference Session

Bioengineering laboratories: Bringing research into the classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alvin Post, Arizona State University; Qiang Hu, Arizona State University; Milton Sommerfeld, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

purchased a regenerative blower for aeration. Funding for this reactor was providedthrough a local Edson Student Entrepreneur Grant.Figure 2: Students Stewart Clark and Linda Graham with the stairstep reactor they built.Unfortunately, the biology students graduated and left before the reactor was complete. Noprovision for cooling was made, and the units were not assembled. To keep the project moving,two senior mechanical and manufacturing technology students, Linda Graham and Stewart Page 12.309.4Clark, were assigned the task of completing the reactor for their Capstone project. Thesestudents designed a cooling system and plumbing, checked the

Conference Session

Bioengineering laboratories: Bringing research into the classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rupa Iyer, University of Houston (CoE)

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

technologies haveprofoundly transformed the way scientists design, perform and analyze experiments. Asbiological concepts and models become more quantitative, biological research is increasinglydependent on concepts and methods drawn from other scientific disciplines. Thus as biologybecomes more quantitative and systematic, it will become a foundational science for engineeringsimilar to physics, chemistry and mathematics.The long term goal of this project is to design and disseminate interdisciplinary teaching materialthat will bridge different disciplines and provide an increasing understanding of the relevance ofconcepts of chemistry, engineering, and computing in biology. The objectives are to: (1)Develop an interdisciplinary biotechnology