REU Site: Interactive Biomaterials

REU 网站：互动生物材料

• 批准号: 1156942
• 负责人: Julie Hasenwinkel
• 金额: $ 29.81万
• 依托单位: Syracuse University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-05-01 至 2016-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1156942&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Interactive; Biomaterials

This three year REU Site program at Syracuse University will engage undergraduate students in research focused in the area of interactive biomaterials. The objectives of this REU Site program are to: (1) train students in leading edge research techniques through independent biomaterials research projects in a multidisciplinary, collaborative, and open laboratory environment; (2) to provide multifaceted mentoring opportunities and network building experiences that ultimately increase the likelihood that participants will pursue graduate education in their chosen discipline; and (3) to train students to be effective communicators of their research to their peers and the scientific community. These goals will be accomplished through participation in independent, interactive biomaterials research projects in faculty laboratories, one-on-one mentoring from faculty advisors and graduate student coaches, an innovative career mentoring program, interactive laboratory tours with REU student-led demonstrations, student research presentations, team building activities, and social events. This program aims to engage undergraduate students in meaningful and stimulating research, educational and social experiences as a means of increasing their enthusiasm and preparation for future graduate level study and careers in biomaterials science and engineering. The research projects available to students in the REU program will advance fundamental scientific knowledge in the areas of shape memory polymers, stimulus-responsive polymers, drug delivery, control of bacterial biofilms, cell-biomaterial interactions, electrochemistry of metallic biomaterials, tissue engineering, and molecular modeling of interactive biomaterials.The REU Site program will broaden the participation of students from institutions with limited research opportunities, women, and underrepresented minorities in meaningful undergraduate research, strengthened by the Hampton Roads HBCU Cluster Partnership. A signature element of the proposed REU site is a career mentoring initiative, focused on both industrial and academic career paths at the PhD level, which emphasizes the importance and benefits of graduate education in STEM disciplines. The best practices of this REU site will be broadly disseminated via the web and educational publications, with an aim to produce models for replication at future REU sites.

雪城大学的这个为期三年的 REU 站点项目将让本科生参与交互式生物材料领域的研究。该 REU 站点项目的目标是：(1) 通过在多学科、协作和开放的实验室环境中的独立生物材料研究项目，培养学生前沿研究技术； (2) 提供多方面的指导机会和网络建设经验，最终增加参与者在其所选学科中接受研究生教育的可能性； (3) 培养学生成为向同行和科学界有效传播其研究成果的人。这些目标将通过参与教师实验室的独立、交互式生物材料研究项目、教师顾问和研究生教练的一对一指导、创新的职业指导计划、由 REU 学生主导的演示互动实验室参观、学生研究来实现。演示、团队建设活动和社交活动。该项目旨在让本科生参与有意义和刺激的研究、教育和社会体验，以此提高他们的热情，为未来生物材料科学与工程领域的研究生学习和职业做好准备。 REU项目为学生提供的研究项目将推进形状记忆聚合物、刺激响应聚合物、药物输送、细菌生物膜控制、细胞-生物材料相互作用、金属生物材料电化学、组织工程和REU 站点计划将扩大来自研究机会有限的院校的学生、女性和代表性不足的少数群体对有意义的本科研究的参与，汉普顿路 HBCU 集群合作伙伴关系将加强这一研究。 REU 拟议站点的一个标志性元素是职业指导计划，重点关注博士级别的工业和学术职业道路，强调 STEM 学科研究生教育的重要性和好处。该 REU 站点的最佳实践将通过网络和教育出版物广泛传播，旨在为未来的 REU 站点提供可复制的模型。