How will students benefit from the EBI?
A. The goal of a graduate education program is to prepare students for careers in academia, industry, government or non-government organizations. Key graduate education components expected to be developed under the EBI by EBI-affiliated faculty include: • New graduate courses on current state-of-the-art issues, especially in evolving fields • Shared courses and seminars across participating academic institutions using technology such as webcasting • Opportunities for graduate students to rotate among laboratories across the disciplines and across traditional department or college barriers • Opportunities for graduate students to declare a designated emphasis (UC Berkeley) or a certificate in energy science and technology (UIUC) in addition to the primary discipline in which they will receive their Ph.Ds. • Seminar series in various areas related to the EBI mission • Laboratory rotations across UCB, UIUC, and Berkeley Lab • Programs to support student entrepreneurial interests in bioene
