IGERT: Integrative Education and Research on Biointerfacial Engineering

IGERT：生物界面工程综合教育与研究

• 批准号: 0333196
• 负责人: Prabhas Moghe
• 金额: $ 359.04万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-10-01 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0333196&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Integrative; Education; Research; Biointerfacial

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.

罗格斯大学的这个IGERT项目，重点是集成工程生物界面，将是32名从分子生物科学、物理科学(物理、化学和化学生物学)和工程(生物医学工程、陶瓷和材料工程、化学和生化工程、机械和航空航天工程)研究生项目中挑选出来的教师密切合作的成果。智力优势：该项目的优势来自于在生物界面领域的前沿确定的超过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项目合作伙伴关系，以促进IGERT社区对最先进的研究基础设施的紧密联系。为IGERT受训者规划了广泛的论文项目主题，围绕三个研究和教育主题展开，(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：凯克合作神经科学中心、纳米材料研究中心、新泽西生物材料中心、表面修饰实验室和罗格斯计算设计中心。建议的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、技术交流、创业和有效教学/学习方法的课程模块。广泛影响：IGERT课程旨在通过为IGERT研究生提供多层次的互动体验来培养以下一代生物界面和生物材料工程师为特色的社区：多学科课程工作、在两个交叉研究小组中轮换实验室、参加半年一次的研讨会，以及参加导致白皮书的国内/国际会议。为了最大限度地发挥其影响，IGERT项目将提供不同的计划途径，以促进IGERT研究生的不同专业发展模式：(1)为有学术倾向的学生在选定的国际地点进行暑期研究实习；以及(2)为对工业和创业职业感兴趣的学生提供翻译研究和工业暑期实习。通过与罗格斯大学教育研究生院罗伯特·戴维斯学习研究所的合作，IGERT计划将在交流驱动的认知模型的启发下，建立一个COLTS(学习者和思维塑造者社区)计划，通过动态交流他们对集成工程生物界面的研究，鼓励IGERT研究员作为学习者发展。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的项目，旨在应对培养具有跨学科背景、所选学科的深厚知识以及满足未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能的美国博士科学家和工程师的挑战。该项目旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中，催化研究生教育的文化变革。在该计划的第六个年头，由NSF支持的共同跨越科学和工程领域的项目将被授予机构奖项。