REU Site: Sensorimotor Neural Engineering

REU 网站：感觉运动神经工程

• 批准号: 1757216
• 负责人: Eric Chudler
• 金额: $ 32.13万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-03-01 至 2022-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757216&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Sensorimotor; Neural; Engineering

This REU Site award to the University of Washington, located in Seattle, WA, will support the training of 30 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2018- 2020. The scientific theme will focus on the confluence of biotechnology and information technology. More specifically, research will focus on the emerging domain of neural engineering. This research area encompasses the development of concepts and devices used to assist, understand, and interact with neural systems. Because neural engineering is an interdisciplinary topic, students will be assigned to laboratories in several departments including Bioengineering, Biology, Physiology and Biophysics, Psychology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Computer Sciences and Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. In addition to laboratory work, students will participate in a communications course and workshops to improve their presentation and writing skills. All REU participants will complete a Responsible Conduct of Research Training including discussions about the ethical conduct of research (e.g., plagiarism, falsification of data, note keeping, statistics, animal welfare, human subjects). A special workshop will be provided about the definition of ethics and how ethical issues might arise in the field of sensorimotor neural engineering. Talented undergraduates, especially those from under-represented groups and who have completed their freshman and sophomore years, are encouraged to apply. The selection of students is based on the quality of the students' written materials in their application, letters of recommendation and academic record.It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information about the program is available by visiting http://www.csne-erc.org or by contacting the PI (Dr. Eric H. Chudler at [e-mail]). This award is supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences (DBI Division) and the Directorate for Engineering (EEC Division). It is also supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项授予位于华盛顿州西雅图市华盛顿大学的REU网站奖将在2018年至2020年的夏季对30名学生的培训10周。科学主题将重点介绍生物技术和信息技术的融合。 更具体地说，研究将重点放在神经工程的新兴领域。 该研究领域涵盖了用于协助，理解和与神经系统互动的概念和设备的开发。 由于神经工程是一个跨学科的话题，因此将向学生分配到多个部门的实验室，包括生物工程，生物学，生理学和生物物理学，心理学，康复医学，计算机科学和工程，电气工程和机械工程。 除实验室工作外，学生还将参加沟通课程和讲习班，以提高其演讲和写作技巧。所有REU参与者将完成负责任的研究培训行为，包括讨论有关研究的道德行为（例如窃，数据伪造，注释保存，统计，统计，动物福利，人类受试者）。 关于道德规范的定义以及在感觉运动神经工程领域可能会出现道德问题的特殊研讨会。鼓励有才华的本科生，特别是那些来自代表性不足的团体，已经完成新生和大二年的那些大学生。 学生的选择是基于学生在应用程序中的书面材料的质量，推荐信和学术记录中的选择。预计总共有30名学生（主要来自研究机会有限的学校）将接受该计划的培训。 学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议上介绍他们的工作结果。所有由生物基础设施部门资助的REU网站计划使用的常见基于Web的评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。计划后将跟踪学生，以确定自己的职业道路。将要求学生回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，可以通过访问http://www.csne-erc.org或通过与PI联系（通过[e-mail]与PI联系（Eric H. Chudler博士）。该奖项得到了生物科学局（DBI部）和工程局（EEC部）的支持。该奖项也得到了国防部与NSF REU计划合作的支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准，认为值得通过评估来获得支持。