IGERT: Musculoskeletal and Neural Adaptations in Form and Function

9987619Ji-Ping He - Arizona State UniversityIGERT：Neural and Musculoskeletal Adaptation in Forms and FunctionThis Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training（IGERT）award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary graduate training program of education and research on neural and musculoskeletal adaptation in form and function.这个主题是从生物工程，神经生理学，体质人类学，运动科学，计算机和系统科学的综合方法进行检查。该计划的目标是向具有不同生物和工程背景的学生介绍破译综合和计算神经科学，运动障碍和康复中复杂现象的挑战。该计划将促进跨学科的教育和培训，以应对这些挑战的研究工作。研究生培训将扩大两个相关领域，其中参与教师已经开发了研究和教学合作：（1）运动神经控制的机制，强调手的功能和运动，以及（2）人手和两足动物的进化形态。 围绕核心研究实验室（生物力学/解剖学，神经生理学/神经工程和计算/可视化）建立的三门跨学科课程将锚程序。研究培训将得到加强，办法是提供医学成像资源，并与主要医疗机构、生物医学企业和人类起源研究所的进化研究资源合作开展基础和应用研究项目。该计划解决了研究生教育的多学科需求，为神经工程，进化形态学，运动控制，立体建模和可视化的前沿研究创造了丰富的创新思想。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在满足教育博士的挑战。科学家和工程师与多学科背景和技术，专业和个人技能所需的未来的职业需求。 该计划旨在通过建立新的，创新的研究生教育和培训模式，促进研究生教育的文化变革，为超越传统学科界限的合作研究创造肥沃的环境。在该计划的第三年，该奖项将颁发给19个机构，这些机构的计划涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。这个特定奖项的知识焦点位于工程局;生物科学;社会，行为和经济科学;计算机和信息科学与工程;以及教育和人力资源。

9987619Ji-Ping He - Arizona State UniversityIGERT: Neural and Musculoskeletal Adaptation in Forms and FunctionThis Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary graduate training program of education and research on neural and musculoskeletal adaptation in form and function. This theme is examined with integrated approaches from bioengineering, neurophysiology, physical anthropology, exercise sciences, computer and system sciences. The goal of the program is to introduce students with diverse biological and engineering backgrounds to the challenges of deciphering complex phenomena in integrative and computational neuroscience, motor diorders and rehabilitation. The program will foster interdisciplinary education and training in research efforts toward meeting these challenges. Graduate training will expand upon two related areas in which participating faculty have developed research and teaching collaborations: (1) mechanisms underlying neural control of movements, emphasizing hand function and locomotion, and (2) evolutionary morphology of the human hand and bipedality. Three interdisciplinary courses built around core research laboratories (Biomechanics/Anatomy, Neurophysiology/Neuroengineering, and Computation/Visualization) will anchor the program. Research training will be enhanced by access to medical imaging resources and by basic and applied research projects in collaboration with leading medical institutions, biomedical enterprises and evolutionary research resources at the Institute of Human Origins. The program addresses the multidisciplinary needs of graduate education, creates a rich environment for generation of innovative ideas for leading edge research in neuroengineering, evolutionary morphology, motor control, stereo modeling and visualization. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the multidisciplinary backgrounds and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing new, innovative models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. In the third year of the program, awards are being made to nineteen institutions for programs that collectively span all areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. The intellectual foci of this specific award reside in the Directorates for Engineering; Biological Sciences; Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences; Computer and Information Science and Engineering; and Education and Human Resources.