Undergraduate Summer Research in Bioengineering

克莱姆森大学为期九周的暑期项目旨在为八名优秀的本科生提供第一次参与高度个性化的生物工程研究活动的机会，在典型的大学环境中，由四名教师直接监督，并由两名经验丰富的研究生协助。参与者是从大约50所院校征集的申请者中挑选出来的，这些院校主要是本科院校，女性和/或少数族裔的入学率为60%至100%。这些机构中的大多数获得研究成果的途径有限。虽然该计划是面向可能考虑生物工程研究生培训的工程本科学生，但鼓励其他相关物理和生物科学学科的优秀学生参加该计划，成为未来的生物工程师。该计划旨在为学生提供一个小型研究项目的逐步方案。这将需要(a)与生物工程相关的基本专题指导；(b)关于文献检索和概述研究项目计划的实践练习；(c)接触生物工程研究中使用的一般和特定实验室技术；(d)观察和参与计划的研究活动，认识到作为研究实验人员团队成员的重要方面，并在实验室环境中做出现场决策；(e)记录、分析、呈现技术数据，并对结果进行技术判断，并得出支持性结论。在课堂和实验室中，学生将学习如何与同学、经验丰富的研究生和研究生研究导师进行有效的互动。

The nine week summer program at Clemson University is intended to provide a group of eight outstanding undergraduate students with perhaps the first opportunity to participate in highly individualized bioengineering research activities, in a typical university environment under direct supervision by four faculty members assisted by two experienced graduate students. The participants are selected from among applicants solicited from about 50 institutions which are primarily undergraduate colleges with 60-100% women and/or minority enrollment. Most of these institutions have limited access to research. Although the program is geared to undergraduate engineering students who may consider graduate training in bioengineering, exceptional students from other pertinent physical and biological science disciplines are encouraged to enroll in the program, as future bioengineers. The program is designed to provide the students with a step-wise scenario of a mini-research project. This will entail (a) having basic topical instructions pertinent to bioengineering; (b) hands- on exercise on literature search and outlining of plans for a research project; (c) exposure to general and specific laboratory techniques used in bioengineering research; (d) observing and taking part in the planned research activities, recognizing important aspects of being a team-member among research experimentalists, and making on-the-spot decisions in the laboratory environment; and (e) recording, analyzing, and presenting technical data, as well as making technical judgements on results with supported conclusions. In the classroom and laboratory, students will learn how to interact effectively with classmates, experienced graduates students and graduate research advisors at their respective levels.