Relating abstract math concepts to real world career applications can be a big challenge. BBEP engagement activities provide context for math concepts by showing students a multitude of careers in the bioenergy and bioproducts industries that use math skills. Hands on and Minds-on activities provide math and graphing exercises and ideas for expansion for students wanting in-depth projects.
Our curriculum brings Math exercises and extension ideas into the following eight focus areas relating the emerging Bioeconomy workforce skills to Math skills in these job sectors:
- Sustainability
- Systems Thinking
- Biomass production and logistics
- Liquid Biofuels (transportation)
- Biomass for heat (warmth)
- BioPower (electricity)
- BioProducts (industrial chemicals and natural products)
- Environmental Impacts, Policy & Economics
Many careers in the biobased economy use math every day. Here’s a brief sampling of experts needed in the emerging Biobased economy that use math in their jobs:
- Natural Resource Economists
- Environmental Engineers
- Environmental Scientists
- Architects
- HVAC, Building Systems Engineers
- Transportation logistics experts
- Computer programers
- Systems Engineer
- Chemical Engineers
- Mechanical Engineers
- and more