REU Site: Interactive Biomaterials

REU 网站：互动生物材料

• 批准号: 1460784
• 负责人: James Henderson
• 金额: $ 28.2万
• 依托单位: Syracuse University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-05-01 至 2018-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1460784&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Interactive; Biomaterials

NON-TECHNICAL PART: The educational objectives of the Interactive Biomaterials REU Site at Syracuse University are: (1) to 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 mentors, an innovative career mentoring program, interactive laboratory tours with REU student-led demonstrations, student research presentations, team building activities, and social events. This site aims to engage undergraduate students in meaningful and stimulating research and 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. A partnership with the Hampton Roads HBCU Cluster will help to broaden the participation of students from institutions with limited research opportunities, women, and underrepresented minorities in meaningful undergraduate research. A signature element of the 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.TECHNICAL PART: The research projects available to students in the REU site will advance fundamental scientific knowledge in areas that include 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. These hypothesis-driven, multidisciplinary research projects draw upon the collective expertise of the faculty of the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, and, in many cases, foster collaborative research across faculty laboratories, academic departments, and institutions. The site team is highly qualified to mentor undergraduate students in their laboratories and has a vast array of facilities and equipment at their disposal for training these students in cutting edge research and analytical techniques.

非技术部分：雪城大学交互式生物材料 REU 站点的教育目标是：(1) 通过在多学科、协作和开放实验室环境中的独立生物材料研究项目，培训学生掌握前沿研究技术，(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，以及（3）培训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、教师顾问和研究生导师的一对一指导、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。 该网站旨在让本科生参与有意义和刺激的研究以及教育和社会体验，以此提高他们的热情并为未来生物材料科学与工程的研究生水平学习和职业做好准备。 与汉普顿路 HBCU 集群的合作将有助于扩大研究机会有限的院校的学生、女性和代表性不足的少数族裔参与有意义的本科研究。 REU 网站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 网站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 网站提供可复制的模型。技术部分：REU 网站中向学生提供的研究项目将推进以下领域的基础科学知识：这些领域包括形状记忆聚合物、刺激响应聚合物、药物输送、细菌生物膜的控制、细胞-生物材料相互作用、金属生物材料的电化学、组织工程和交互式生物材料的分子建模。 这些假设驱动的多学科研究项目利用了锡拉丘兹生物材料研究所教师的集体专业知识，并且在许多情况下促进了教师实验室、学术部门和机构之间的合作研究。 该现场团队非常有资格在实验室指导本科生，并拥有大量设施和设备可供使用，用于培训这些学生进行尖端研究和分析技术。