Kettering University Dedicates the $1.2 Million Dane and Mary Louise Miller Life Sciences and Bio-Engineering Laboratories During Ceremonies in Flint, Mich.FLINT flint, mineral flint, variety of quartz that commonly occurs in rounded nodules and whose crystal structure is not visible to the naked eye. Flint is dark gray, smoky brown, or black in color; pale gray flint is called chert. , Mich. -- Engineering curricula traditionally have not had a life sciences component, but that is changing at Kettering University The university boasts that the majority of its' seniors are employed or accepted to graduate schools before graduation and that one out of 15 alumni either own their own business or are high-level managers in leading companies (see Notable Alumni). in Flint, Mich. The university dedicated the Dane and Mary Louise Miller Life Sciences and Bio-Engineering Laboratories during ceremonies Thursday, Sept. 13. The labs are designed to "better understand the most elegantly engineered structure known - the human body," said Dr. Patrick Atkinson, professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering. The Dane and Mary Louise Miller Life Sciences and Bio-Engineering Laboratories are in honor of alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. , trustee and long-time supporter of Kettering, Dr. Dane Miller '69 and his wife Mary Louise Miller of Warsaw, Ind. Construction of the $1.2 million laboratories was made possible by a generous gift from the Millers. The Bio-Engineering labs support new curriculum enabling students to get an engineering degree as preparation for medical school or a career in pharmaceuticals, said Atkinson. "The labs are multi-use spaces that can be used in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem or separately by converting to surgery simulation suites complete with surgical scrub surgical scrub, n a health care provider's first hand and arm wash of the day prior to entering a sterile surgical field. It involves a systematic routine in which a minimum of 10 minutes are spent lathering, soaking, and brushing one hand and arm and sinks where students will perform simulated surgery," he explained. Both laboratories, comprising approximately 3.400 square feet, can be used for lectures or labs, and both can be converted to surgery simulation suites, Atkinson said. Additional features include a cold room, storage area and a prep room to support laboratory functions. Classes to be taught using the labs include: Anatomy and Physiology physiology (fĭzēŏl`əjē), study of the normal functioning of animals and plants during life and of the activities by which life is maintained and transmitted. It is based fundamentally on the activities of protoplasm. , Bio-Chemistry I & II, Biology I & II and Introduction to Bio-Engineering Applications. For more, visit: http://www.kettering.edu/futurestudents/undergraduate/premed.jsp Located in Flint, Mich., Kettering University is the nation's most modern professional co-operative education program and provides 2,200 undergraduate students with career-based education in engineering, applied sciences, mathematics, and business management. Kettering's Graduate Studies program is designed for the working professional and now includes an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration degree. For more on Kettering, visit www.kettering.edu. |
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