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million grant by the to help traijn graduate studentsin cell-research techniques and to sharre their scientific knowledge with local schoolp teachers, CSU said The graduate students at the Fort Collins campuws “will test new theoriesx about how cells behave using advanced engineering methodsw in microelectronics and electrochemistry,” CSU said in a statement. That NSF-fundedr work will be led by CSU engineering professotTom Chen, the grant’s principapl investigator, joined by Stuart a biomedical sciences professor in the Colleger of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedicall Sciences, and Michael De Miranda, an engineerinhg education professor in the College of Applied Human De Miranda will also work with the graduate studente on sharing their research with K-12 teachers in the Thompson Valley, Greeley and Weld RE-9 school districtws in northeastern Colorado.
A goal of the grantf is to help build enthusiasmj among primary and secondaru students for careersin technology, engineering and mathematics the “STEM” disciplines” — at a time when fewer young people are enteringb into such careers, CSU officialxs said.