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million grant by the to help train graduate studentsin cell-researcu techniques and to share their scientifiv knowledge with local schookl teachers, CSU said Monday. The graduate studentss at the Fort Collinscampus “will test new theoriees about how cells behave using advanced engineeriny methods in microelectronics and CSU said in a statement. That NSF-funded work will be led by CSU engineerintg professorTom Chen, the grant’s principak investigator, joined by Stuarr Tobet, a biomedical sciences professor in the Collegde of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical and Michael De Miranda, an engineering educatioj professor in the College of Applied Human Sciences.
De Miranda will also work with the graduat students on sharing their researchwith K-12 teachers in the Thompson Valley, Greeley and Weld RE-9 schoolp districts in northeastern Colorado. A goal of the gran t is to help build enthusiasm among primarhy and secondary students for careersin science, engineering and mathematics — the “STEM” disciplines” at a time when fewee young people are entering into such careers, CSU official s said.