Altimus, G., & Ren, D. (2016, June), Promoting Engineering Education Using a State-of-the-Art Research Facility   Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.25990

\bibitem{asee_peer_25990}
  Altimus, G., \& Ren, D. (2016, June), \emph{Promoting Engineering Education Using a State-of-the-Art Research Facility }
  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  10.18260/p.25990

Grace Altimus and Dacheng Ren.  "Promoting Engineering Education Using a State-of-the-Art Research Facility ".  2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2016.  https://peer.asee.org/25990 Internet.  16 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_25990}
  Grace Altimus and Dacheng Ren.
  "Promoting Engineering Education Using a State-of-the-Art Research Facility ".
  \emph{2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2016.
  https://peer.asee.org/25990 Internet.  16 Apr, 2024

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AB  - With the mission to solve problems, engineers have created numerous technologies, products, and infrastructures that have transformed our society by improving human life and saving the environment. In this new century, we have entered an even more exciting era with unprecedented opportunities for engineers to keep pushing the limit by finding new sources of renewable energy, seeking cures for previously untreatable diseases, and building systems with extremely high efficiency and accuracy. However, our engineering education in recent years has not been able to keep up with the pace to meet the demand of industries and global competition.

To transform engineering education, we developed new course modules and enhanced outreach activities using a state-of-the-art research facility. Specifically, we aimed to create synergy among teaching, research, and outreach using a core facility of flow cytometry funded through the MRI program of NSF. A high-end cell sorter and a flow cytometer were used to enhance teaching and outreach.

This facility was used in the junior class of Biological Principles for Engineers. A guest lecture was given by the facility operator to introduce the principles of flow cytometry and cell labeling; and a hands-on lab was designed to use the cell sorter to quantitatively follow bacterial horizontal gene transfer in a model system. These new modules allowed the students to learn cutting edge technologies at first hand and helped them understand not only the knowledge, but also the societal issues related to bacterial antibiotic resistance. The facility was also successfully used in a summer workshop to teach local K12 students and teachers modern biotechnology and advanced instrumentation. The details of the activities and outcomes will be presented.


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