Mechanical Properties of Biological Tissue: Integration into Undergraduate Biology and Engineering Curricula

Information

• NSF Award
• 0837615

Owner

• Youngstown State University

• Award Id

  0837615

• Award Effective Date

  8/1/2009 - 14 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  7/31/2012 - 11 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 149,592.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

Interdisciplinary(99) This project brings interdisciplinary study to mechanical engineering and biology students through a course entitled "Mechanical Properties of Biological Tissue". Emerging fields which include biology applications in engineering are important and involve contributions from a number of fields. The course enhances opportunities for students from engineering and science in the field of bioengineering. The project focuses on the need to increase collaboration between students and faculty from different disciplines to solve increasingly complex problems in technology. Through innovative modules of learning, biology and engineering students interact and share expertise from the perspectives of their disciplines. Students serve as peer mentors in a hands-on discovery-based laboratory setting to study issues involved in the engineering of connective tissues. The course produces students who have experienced the benefits of working at the interface of disciplines and working in tandem with peers from a different disciplinary background. This interaction contributes to the creation of a workforce prepared to address increasingly complex technological problems.

• Program Officer

  Myles G. Boylan

• Min Amd Letter Date

  7/17/2009 - 14 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  7/17/2009 - 14 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Youngstown State University

• City

  Youngstown

• State

  OH

• Country

  United States

• Address

  One University Plaza

• Postal Code

  445550001

• Phone Number

  3309412377

• First Name

  Gary

• Last Name

  Walker

• Email Address

  grwalker@ysu.edu

• Start Date

  7/17/2009 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Gary

• Last Name

  Kerns

• Email Address

  gkerns@ysu.edu

• Start Date

  7/17/2009 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Hazel

• Last Name

  Marie

• Email Address

  hmarie@ysu.edu

• Start Date

  7/17/2009 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Guang-Hwa

• Last Name

  Chang

• Email Address

  chang@math.ysu.edu

• Start Date

  7/17/2009 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Human Subjects

• Code

  116000

• Text

  S-STEM:SCHLR SCI TECH ENG&MATH

• Code

  1536

• Text

  CCLI-Type 1 (Exploratory)

• Code

  7494

• Text

  UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

• Code

  9178

• Text

  SCIENCE, MATH, ENG & TECH EDUCATION