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U.S.-German Bioengineering Exchange
Dr. Thomas R. Harris, Vanderbilt University, EEC-876363
| A consortium for exchange of student industrial interns
and academic and industrial expertise in biotechnology
and bioengineering education has been established between
the NSF-funded VaNTH Engineering Research Center in Bioengineering
Educational Technologies and an alliance of universities
and trade organizations in Niedersachsen, Germany. The
consortium will make domain expertise in plant biotechnology
and biochemistry at the University of Hannover available
for the creation of biotechnology learning materials, enable
exchanges of U.S. and German faculty and students for short
courses and internships, and explore differences in European/U.S.
bioengineering and biotechnology education and attitudes
toward controversial aspects of biotechnology, such as
stem cell research and genetically modified food. A workshop
of scientists and educators from the U.S. and Germany scheduled
for Fall 2002 in Germany |
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