The bioeconomy is a significant contributor to the Indiana economy and faces challenges to due to globalization, consumer choice, and rising population. The bioeconomy of food security, defined by consistent nutrition for public health, is a global challenge facing a variety of global interests. Engineering Technology (ET) Pathways: the Food and Foodstuff Supply Chain is an NSF supported project based upon a collaboration of Purdue's College of Technology in West Lafayette and Ivy Tech Community College. The goal of ET Pathways is to create an advanced technical educated workforce for Indiana and the region and incorporates a Pathway model from 2 year to 4 year Engineering Technology degree programs. This video session was conducted at the Engineering Technology Summit in 2013 among Purdue College of Technology and Ivy Tech faculty and students. Chad Laux, PI for ET Pathways, discusses bioeconomy trends and how Purdue and Ivy Tech have created a Pathway model to meet Indiana's bioeconomy needs.

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Chad Laux (2014). The Bioeconomy and Indiana: An Engineering Technology Pathway for Food Security. Purdue University Research Repository. doi:10.4231/D3Z60C23S

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1. Advanced Technical Education
2. Agriculture
3. Bioeconomy
4. Consumer Science
5. Engineering Education
6. Engineering Technology
7. Engineering Technology Pathways
8. Engineering Technology Summit 2013
9. Food Security
10. National Science Foundation
11. NSF Grant: 105582
12. Nutrition
13. Technology Leadership and Innovation
14. Technology Leadership and Innovation (Dept)

The included .MP4 file has been derived from an original .MOD file. The video runs 46 minutes, 47 seconds.