National Resource Center for a Biobased Economy

The long-range goal of this project is to create a National Resource Center for Biomass Education (NRCBE) to facilitate development of a trained work force for the biobased products industry. Anticipated services to be provided by the NRCBE include identifying key areas in which training materials are critically needed, encouraging experts to create training materials needed in key areas, fostering educational collaborations between experts having complementary expertise, organizing workshops/training on effective delivery methods for distance education, assisting in assessment and quality assurance of biomass-related training materials serving as an information clearinghouse for biomass-related training materials interfacing with other organizations involved in higher education (ASEE, USDA, DOE), and organizing short courses and conferences related to biomass education.

Project leader: Mark Worden

Expertise needed: Experience developing and assessing distance education programs

Deadline: Jan-Feb, 2004