IGERT: Integrative Education and Research on Biointerfacial Engineering

罗格斯大学的IGERT项目专注于综合工程生物界面，将由32名来自分子生物科学、物理科学（物理学、化学与化学生物学）和工程（生物医学工程、陶瓷与材料工程、化学与生物化学工程、机械与航空航天工程）研究生专业的精选教师密切合作。智力优势：该计划的优势来自于在生物界面领域前沿确定的超过15个研究项目领域的高度跨学科性质，以及与五个战略卓越中心的计划性合作伙伴关系，以促进IGERT社区获得最先进的研究基础设施。为IGERT受训者计划了广泛的论文项目主题，围绕三个研究和教育重点，(1)基于活细胞的界面，(2)微工程和纳米工程生物界面，(3)生物传感和生物响应界面。IGERT项目的五个主要合作中心是：凯克协作神经科学中心、纳米材料研究中心、新泽西生物材料中心、表面改性实验室和罗格斯计算设计中心。拟议的IGERT计划的教育核心将密切支持研究计划，包括生物界面工程综合领域的研究生课程，以及负责任的研究行为，技术通信，创业和有效的教学方法的课程模块。更广泛的影响：通过为IGERT研究生提供一系列多层次的互动体验，IGERT课程旨在培养一个以下一代生物界面和生物材料工程师为特色的社区：多学科课程，两个交叉研究小组的实验室轮转，每两年参加一次专题讨论会，以及参加一次国家/国际会议并发表白皮书。为了最大限度地发挥其影响力，IGERT项目将提供多种方案途径，以促进IGERT研究生的各种专业发展模式：(1)为有学术倾向的学生提供在选定的国际地点进行暑期研究实习；(2)为对工业和创业事业感兴趣的学生提供转化研究和工业暑期实习。通过与罗格斯大学教育研究所研究生院的罗伯特·戴维斯学习研究所的合作，IGERT项目将建立一个COLTS（学习者和思想塑造者社区）项目，受交流驱动的认知模型的启发，鼓励IGERT研究员通过动态交流他们对集成工程生物界面的研究来发展为学习者。IGERT是一项nsf范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士科学家和工程师的挑战，他们具有跨学科背景，所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训模式，在一个超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中，促进研究生教育的文化变革。在该计划的第六年，奖项将颁发给那些由NSF支持的科学和工程领域的项目的机构。

This IGERT program at Rutgers University, focused on integratively engineered biointerfaces, will be an intimately collaborative effort of 32 selected faculty from graduate programs in Molecular Biosciences, Physical Sciences (Physics, Chemistry & Chemical Biology), and Engineering (Biomedical Engineering, Ceramics and Materials Engineering, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering).Intellectual Merit: The program derives strength from the highly cross-disciplinary nature of over fifteen research project areas identified at the cutting edge of the field of biointerfaces, and programmatic partnerships with five strategic centers of excellence to promote cohesive access for the IGERT community to state-of-the-art research infrastructure. A wide range of thesis project themes is planned for the IGERT trainees, developed around three research and educational thrusts, (1) living cell-based interfaces, (2) microengineered and nanoengineered biointerfaces, (3) biosensing and bioresponsive interfaces. The five major partnering Centers for the IGERT program are: Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience, Center for Nanomaterials Research, New Jersey Center for Biomaterials, the Laboratory for Surface Modification, and the Rutgers Center for Computational Design. The educational core of the proposed IGERT program will intimately support the research program, and includes graduate courses in the integrative areas of biointerfacial engineering, as well as course modules on responsible conduct of research, technical communications, entrepreneurship and effective teaching/learning methods.Broader Impact: The IGERT curriculum is designed to foster a community featuring the next generation of biointerfacial and biomaterials engineers by offering IGERT graduate fellows a range of interactive experiences at multiple levels: multi-disciplinary coursework, lab rotations in two cross-cutting research groups, biannual participation in symposia, and participation in a national/international conference resulting in a white paper. To maximize its impact, the IGERT program will offer varied programmatic pathways to promote diverse modes of professional development of IGERT graduate fellows: (1) Summer research internships at selected international sites for academically inclined students; and (2) Translational research and industrial summer internships for students interested in industrial and entrepreneurial careers. Through a partnership with the Robert Davis Learning Institute of the Rutgers Graduate School of Education Institute, the IGERT program will establish a COLTS (Community of Learners and Thought Shapers) program, inspired by communication-driven cognition models, to encourage IGERT fellows to develop as learners by dynamically communicating their research on integratively engineered biointerfaces. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, 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 innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. In this sixth year of the program, awards are being made to institutions for programs that collectively span the areas of science and engineering supported by NSF.