title: Problem-based learning biotechnology courses in chemical engineering.
abstract: We have developed a series of upper undergraduate/graduate lecture and laboratory courses on biotechnological topics to supplement existing biochemical engineering, bioseparations, and biomedical engineering lecture courses. The laboratory courses are based on problem-based learning techniques, featuring two- and three-person teams, journaling, and performance rubrics for guidance and assessment. Participants initially have found them to be difficult, since they had little experience with problem-based learning. To increase enrollment, we are combining the laboratory courses into 2-credit groupings and allowing students to substitute one of them for the second of our 2-credit chemical engineering unit operations laboratory courses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
authors.forename: Charles E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Glatz
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Huba
authors.forename: Surya K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mallapragada
authors.forename: Balaji
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Narasimhan
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Reilly
authors.forename: Kevin P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: Jacqueline V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Shanks
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology; D002616:Chemical Engineering / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D018794:Problem-Based Learning