Introducing Molecular Biology to Environmental Engineers through Development of a New Course
Abstract
Technology from molecular biology increasingly is used by engineers to monitor biological unit operations. Training engineering students in molecular biology represents a significant challenge to engineering education. At the University of Cincinnati, the author has developed a new course, “Molecular Methods in Environmental Engineering.” This course employs a team project to teach graduate engineering students the fundamentals of molecular biology as quantitative measurement tools used to improve existing designs and explore new biological unit operations.