Connecting Educators and Engaging Students
The Center for Engineering MechanoBiology has expanded our educational community with the launch of the Network of Educational Partners in 2020. Through ongoing dialogue and programs dedicated to integrating and teaching mechanobiology to undergraduate and graduate students, we hope to achieve the following objectives:
- Involve more diverse students and faculty in CEMB educational programs
- Create a lasting community of mechanobiology educators
- Increase student engagement from regional universities in CEMB programs and mechanobiology research
- Develop and test best practices for teaching mechanobiology to diverse audiences, classes, and in different formats
CEMB Educational Partners
CEMB Education Network Opportunities for Our Partners
- Enroll in core CEMB course
- Apply for Trainee Pilot Grants
- Grad students attend Boot Camp
- Preference for UExB summer program
- On-site MechanoBiology Workshops
- Support for term-time work in CEMB or home labs
- Participate in Working Groups
- Attend Annual Retreat
- Curriculum development support
- Apply for mini-sabbatical funds
- Faculty apply for seed grants
- Apply for travel support to Annual Mechanobiology Symposium
Teaching Mechanobiology Round Table Discussions
View presentations from our first round table discussion on teaching mechanobiology
Topics Include:
- Teaching to Undergraduates
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- Led by Phil Nelson, UPenn, Physics
- Teaching to Graduate students
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- Led by Rebecca G. Wells, UPenn, Bioengineering, Cell and Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology, and Ram Dixit, WUSTL, Biology
