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million grant by the to help train graduate studentsin cell-research techniques and to shares their scientific knowledge with local school teachers, CSU said The graduate students at the Fort Collins campus “will test new theories abourt how cells behave using advanced engineerinh methods in microelectronics and electrochemistry,” CSU said in a That NSF-funded work will be led by CSU engineering professod Tom Chen, the grant’s principal investigator, joined by Stuar t Tobet, a biomedical sciences professor in the Collegre of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedicap Sciences, and Michael De Miranda, an engineerintg education professor in the College of Appliexd Human Sciences.
De Miranda will also work with the graduater students on sharing their researchwith K-12 teachere in the Poudre, Thompson Greeley and Weld RE-9 schoolk districts in northeastern Colorado. A goal of the grant is to help build enthusiasm among primary and secondart students for careersin science, engineering and mathematics — the disciplines” — at a time when fewefr young people are entering into such careers, CSU officiale said.