Biophysics software for interdisciplinary education and research

Biophysics software for interdisciplinary education and research

Implications for Undergraduate Education of Two Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences: Biochemistry and Biophysics

As CBE—Life Sciences Education readers know, modern biology has become more quantitative and mechanistic rather than qualitative and phenomenological. Indeed, the American Society for Cell Biology (2010) notes that “biology learning encompasses diverse fields, including math, chemistry, physics, engineering, and computer science, as well as the interdisciplinary intersections of biology with th...

A Shallow Draft Vehicle for Interdisciplinary Research and Education

Water quality data collection in shallow water areas can be a challenging task. Obstacles encountered in such environments include difficulty in covering large territories and the presence of inaccessible areas due to a variety of reasons such as a soft bottom or contamination. There is also a high probability of disturbing the test area while placing the sensors. This paper describes a NASA-fu...

PRIDE: Photonics Research in Interdisciplinary Education

A new combined research-curriculum development (CRCD) program at Boston University titled Photonics Research in Interdisciplinary Education (PRIDE) is described. The PRIDE program is designed to demonstrate vertically integrated curriculum development by incorporating three levels of modules into a wide range of existing courses. Examples of photonics research and knowledge are molded into modu...

Software Tools for Research and Education

We present a comparison of software tools for microwave circuit simulation from the research and educational view point. We highlight salient features of the tools and their relevance and suitability for research tasks and undergraduate teaching process. The accompanying 3D EM simulation functionality, provided by the tools, is considered as the mean for better understanding circuit models and ...