IGERT CMMB Education

Courses

Education

The educational goals of the CMMB IGERT is to train the next generation of researchers and educators in the interdisciplinary area of cellular and molecular mechanics and bio-nanotechnology, and to build a community of faculty, PhD students, REU students, international researchers, and colleagues from industry and national labs to collaborate on education and research. We expect that this new generation of educators and researchers will be knowledgeable in biology and engineering, and in science and technology, and will have developed a network of resources (people, facilities, international connections) that will benefit them in their future career.

Key Objectives

Teach students with life science background a core set of physical sciences/engineering concepts and principles (with a focus on technology and methods), and those with physical sciences/engineering background a core in cell and molecular biology
Expose all students to the research tools in biology and engineering related to cellular and molecular mechanics, including experimental, and computation
Offer students the opportunity to learn the skills that will be crucial in their future career development
Create an environment that empowers the students to play a leadership role in the IGERT
Enriching the students’ learning by enrolling them in international collaborative research programs

Educational activities are designed to create an environment in which IGERT students can achieve the above objectives with guidance from co-advisors in diverse fields in their research.