Professional Science Master - Applied Biosciences - Sustainable Bioeconomy and Bioenergy Emphasis
About Professional Science Master - Applied Biosciences - Sustainable Bioeconomy and Bioenergy Emphasis
The primary objective of the Sustainable Bioeconomy and Bioenergy Emphasis track is to prepare students for jobs as research professionals in the field of bioenergy, biofuels, and novel agricultural systems research as part of a sustainable regional and global bioeconomy. Students will be interested in research towards selecting and improving appropriate feedstock; producing feedstock in a sustainable manner; researching conversion of the feedstock to biofuels, bioenergy, and value-added co-products; and in developing techno-economic and sustainability models to evaluate paths to commercialization and socioeconomic impacts.
Students completing the Sustainable Bioeconomy and Bioenergy Emphasis track will seek employment in public or private research organizations (including universities) that conduct research in these fields; private companies (from bioenergy startups to established multinationals in the existing energy industries) that are interested in sustainable bioenergy research and implementation; governmental agencies that regulate the biofuels industry; and in nonprofit organizations that evaluate the environmental and societal impact of these industries.
Graduates will complete an internship at a company (preferably in the Tucson-Phoenix corridor) or at the University of Arizona lab appropriate for their career goals, in order to obtain invaluable on-the-job training, experience, and knowledge. This real-world know-how obtained in the internship is unique and cannot be emulated in the classroom nor by taking on-line courses. As part of their graduate program, students will prepare, present and defend an internship report in lieu of a thesis (ABS is a non-thesis MS degree).
This report will describe the field of research the student was engaged in; details their contributions to this field; and discusses future directions such research may take. Students graduating in the Sustainable Bioeconomy and Bioenergy Emphasis program will typically do research during their professional career “at the bench” (including the “virtual bench” of the computer, in case of research in socioeconomic modeling), with the perspective of eventually managing a laboratory at a university or in industry.
With the knowledge gained in business and legal fields, the trained scholars can also become involved in the business side of the bioenergy industry, becoming project managers, regulatory agency employees, marketing and analysis professionals.
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