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Entries Tagged as 'Life Sciences'

2009 Premier Award Competition – Submission date July 17

May 6th, 2009 · Add a Comment

Have you developed courseware – interactive websites, simulations, tutorials, case studies, software environments or tools – designed to enhance engineering education? We want to see it! Submissions due July 17, 2009. The Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware, hosted by the Engineering Pathway, is open to a wide range of submissions of high-quality, [...]

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Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: Darwin publishes his theory of evolution

November 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Today in History – November 24, 1859 – Charles Darwin publishes his “On the Origin of the Species“, explaining the theory of evolution. Although controversial in some circles, the theory of evolution is a fundamental part of our understanding of biological systems and agricultural engineering and genetic engineering. The BioQuest biological curriculum uses controversy as [...]

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Tags: BioEngineering and Biomedical Engineering · Biological Systems and Agricultural Engineering · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Life Sciences

Engineering Education Blog: Opening of the First Medical School for Women

November 1st, 2008 · Add a Comment

Today in History – November 1, 1848 – opening of the Boston Female Medical College, the first medical school for women in the world. Twelve women enroll in the first class and graduate in 1850. The Boston medical establishment’s reaction was immediately condemnatory, claiming women had insufficient stamina to deal with the tension of medical [...]

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Tags: BioEngineering and Biomedical Engineering · Broadening Participation · Gender Equity · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Life Sciences

Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: Discovery of the Structure of DNA

October 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Today in History – October 18, 1962 - Watson, Crick, and Wilkins receive Nobel Prize for the discovery of DNA as a double helix. They first proposed their model for the structure of DNA in 1953. As this model was composed of two right-handed, antiparallel, polynucleotide chains coiled around a common axis it is sometimes referred [...]

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Tags: BioEngineering and Biomedical Engineering · Biological Systems and Agricultural Engineering · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Life Sciences

Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Plants first patented

May 23rd, 2008 · Add a Comment

Today in History – May 23, 1930 – U.S. Plant Patent Act of the Hawley-Smot Trariff allows plants to be patented. This new U.S. Plant Patent Act provided, for the first time, patent protection for new and distinct varieties of asexually reproduced plants. Plant breeders now had a financial incentive to perform plant breeding experiments [...]

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Tags: Biological Systems and Agricultural Engineering · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Life Sciences

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