CDIO-Based Courses in Engineering Biology at LiTH

CDIO based courses have traditionally been implemented into education programs with predominatly mechanical, aeronautics and electrical/physical content. However, improved engineering skills are needed also in other engineering study programs, such as those emerging in biotechnology. The previously developed CDIO-courses (themes) at Linköping University, that are primarily intended for the Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering program, constitute today the platform also to these other study programs at the university. The bioengineering program named “Engineering Biology” at Linköping University, Sweden, with focusing on bioprocessing, biomaterials, molecular biotechnology and technical biomedicine, introduced recently a CDIO-project course during the second semester of the first study year. The intention is now to continue with a similar program development also during the 3rd and 4th study years; prior to the diploma (i.e master) thesis work and we hope this traditionally science oriented program in due time will be pervaded by the CDIO engineering approach. This paper was presented at the CDIO Annual Conference, 06-09 June 2005, Kingston, Ontario. They are posted here by permission of the author(s).