IGERT: Training Program on Therapeutic and Diagnostic devices

该综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持在治疗和诊断设备（PTDD）领域建立多学科，多机构的教育和研究生培训计划。PTDD的愿景是成为美国生物医学设备领域受过良好教育的工程师的首要来源。PTDD的主要使命是培养在工程基础和生物医学科学领域的重要跨学科专业知识方面具有强大背景的优秀工程师。该计划是普渡大学工程学院、兽医学院和药学院、位于印第安纳波利斯的印第安纳州普渡大学工程与技术学院和印第安纳州大学医学院的共同努力。PTDD的目标和战略包括与毕业生参与者实习的强有力的行业互动;四个新课程和三个新的教学实验室;以及购买新设备以支持新实验室。将采取措施宣传新项目，吸引优秀的研究生，重点是吸引来自传统上代表性不足的地区的工程师。PTDD将在教育学生，将能够设计，分析和实施新的医疗设备的治疗和诊断产生重大影响。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在促进建立创新的，以研究为基础的研究生课程，将培养一个多元化的科学家和工程师群体做好充分准备，以利用广泛的职业选择。IGERT为博士机构提供了一个开发新的，重点突出的多学科研究生课程的机会，这些课程超越了组织界限，并将来自多个部门或机构的教师联合起来，为培训和研究建立一个高度互动，协作的环境。在该计划的第二年，该奖项将颁发给21个机构，这些机构的项目涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。该奖项由工程局、数学和物理科学局（多学科活动办公室）以及教育和人力资源局提供资金支持。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional graduate training program of education and research in the area of Therapeutic and Diagnostic Devices (PTDD). The vision of PTDD is to be the premier source in the U.S. of well-educated engineers in the field of biomedical devices. The main mission of PTDD will be to prepare outstanding engineers with strong background in the fundamentals of engineering and significant crossdisciplinary expertise in the biomedical science area. The program is a collaborative effort of the Schools of Engineering, Veterinary Medicine, and Pharmacy of Purdue University, the School of Engineering and Technology of Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, and the School of Medicine of Indiana University. The objectives and strategies of the PTDD include strong industrial interaction with internships for the graduate participants; four new courses and three new teaching laboratories; and purchase of new equipment for the support of the new laboratories. Procedures will be adopted to advertise the new program and attract excellent graduate students with emphasis on attracting engineers from traditionally underrepresented areas. PTDD will have a major impact in educating students that will be able to design, analyze and implement new medical devices for therapy and diagnosis.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to facilitate the establishment of innovative, research-based graduate programs that will train a diverse group of scientists and engineers to be well-prepared to take advantage of a broad spectrum of career options. IGERT provides doctoral institutions with an opportunity to develop new, well-focussed multidisciplinary graduate programs that transcend organizational boundaries and unite faculty from several departments or institutions to establish a highly interactive, collaborative environment for both training and research. In this second year of the program, awards are being made to twenty-one institutions for programs that collectively span all areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. This specific award is supported by funds from the Directorates for Engineering, for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Office of Multidisciplinary Activities), and for Education and Human Resources.