IGERT: Bio-Applications of Membrane Science and Technology

IGERT：膜科学与技术的生物应用

• 批准号: 0333377
• 负责人: David Butler
• 金额: $ 352.2万
• 依托单位: University of Cincinnati Main Campus
• 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: 2003-10-15 至 2012-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0333377&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Bio; Applications; Membrane; Science

This IGERT program is focused around three interrelated multi-disciplinary themes: pharmaceutical, biosensor, and biomedical applications of membrane science. Membranes are integral to controlled drug release, medical devices, and biomimetics. The intellectual merit of this IGERT program is that it addresses a major challenge identified by the North American Membrane Society to integrate classical membrane science with bio-applications. This IGERT capitalizes on several opportunities at the University of Cincinnati (UC): (1) the Colleges of Engineering, Medicine and Pharmacy are on the same campus; (2) UC is a site of the only NSF Membrane Center; (3) an NSF REU Program in membrane science is established; (4) the State-funded Bio/Start technology incubator is on campus; and (5) an industry-internship program is well-established.The goals include developing an interdisciplinary graduate training program, attracting pharmaceutical and biomedical industry participation, and facilitating a revenue stream to insure self-sustaining operation. The training program involves nine required courses and three courses focused within the pharmaceutical, biosensor, or biomedical track in the traineeship program. A series of required lab rotations is designed to facilitate cross-disciplinary awareness. An international technical/cultural experience is possible with Kyoto Technical University, the Australian National University and the University of Twente. The broader impacts of this IGERT program are that it will provide a forum for interdisciplinary training in a critical emerging research area, stimulate a new research direction in bio-applications for the NSF Membrane Center, create a formalized structure that integrates classical and bio-applications of membranes, catalyze the growth of the new Biomedical Engineering Department at UC, facilitate effective university/industry interaction, encourage the formation of interdisciplinary research teams, lead to research results that will improve health care and the quality of life, and generate patentable intellectual property and industry funding to sustain this IGERT program.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.

该IGERT计划围绕三个相互关联的多学科主题：制药，生物传感器和膜科学的生物医学应用。膜是药物控释、医疗器械和仿生学不可或缺的组成部分。这个IGERT计划的智力价值在于，它解决了北美膜学会确定的一个主要挑战，即将经典膜科学与生物应用相结合。该IGERT利用了辛辛那提大学（UC）的几个机会：（1）工程学院、医学院和药学院在同一校园;（2）UC是唯一的NSF膜中心所在地;（3）建立了NSF REU膜科学计划;（4）校园内有国家资助的Bio/Start技术孵化器;以及（5）工业实习计划已经建立。其目标包括开发跨学科的研究生培训计划，吸引制药和生物医学行业的参与，并促进收入流，以确保自我维持运营。该培训计划涉及九门必修课程和三门课程，重点是培训计划中的制药，生物传感器或生物医学轨道。一系列必要的实验室轮换旨在促进跨学科的意识。在京都工业大学、澳大利亚国立大学和特温特大学学习，可以获得国际技术/文化体验。该IGERT计划的更广泛的影响是，它将为关键新兴研究领域的跨学科培训提供一个论坛，刺激NSF膜中心生物应用的新研究方向，创建一个整合膜的经典和生物应用的正式结构，促进UC新生物医学工程系的发展，促进有效的大学/行业互动，鼓励跨学科研究团队的形成，导致研究成果，将改善医疗保健和生活质量，并产生专利的知识产权和行业资金，以维持这个IGERT计划。IGERT是一个全国性的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，在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新模式，在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。在该计划的第六个年头，奖项正在颁发给那些共同跨越NSF支持的科学和工程领域的计划机构。